Wing Lee's Rag-Time Clock 1899 'By the Sad Sea Waves'

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 23 Mar 2005

WingLee bought a clock the other day;
he considered it no crime,
but it caused him trouble people say,
just because it ticked ragtime.
Coons all heard about this ragtime clock,
They rushed in his laundry
broke the lock.
WingLee half asleep jumped out of bed,
when he saw them dancing said:

No likee ragtime, no likee coon,
all lookee samee to me,
no likee ragtime, no likee coon,
shouted poor WingLee
he lost his temper
pulled out his hair,
yelled for the darkies to stop
all the rag time coons were there
dancing to the ragtime clock.

No likee ragtime, no likee coon,
all lookee samee to me,
no likee ragtime, no likee coon,
shouted poor WingLee
he lost his temper
pulled out his hair,
yelled for the darkies to stop
all the rag time coons were there
dancing to the ragtime clock.

Wing was almost crazy wanted fight,
didn't like the coons rough ways,
tried to stop the clock
'twas wound up tight,
sure to tick for eight long days.
Then he called a copper dressed in blue,
but he was a nigger dancer too.
When he heard the ragtime danced all night,
Poor Wing yelled with all his might:

No likee ragtime, no likee coon,
all lookee samee to me,
no likee ragtime, no likee coon,
shouted poor WingLee
he lost his temper
pulled out his hair,
yelled for the darkies to stop
all the rag time coons were there
dancing to the ragtime clock.

No likee ragtime, no likee coon,
all lookee samee to me,
no likee ragtime, no likee coon,
shouted poor WingLee
he lost his temper
pulled out his hair,
yelled for the darkies to stop
all the rag time coons were there
dancing to the ragtime clock.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Wing Lee's Rag-Time Clock 1899
Written and Composed by Al Trahern
Performer: Sung by Mathews & Bulger in - "By the Sad Sea Waves"
© 1899 by Myll Bros. New York and Published by
Shapiro, Bernstein & Von Tilzer, 45 W. 28th St.
Supplement of The New York Journal & Advertiser,
Sunday, Sep. 2nd, 1900, Pages 5-8].
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Wednesday 23 March 2005 at 19.46
in association with Doug Grierson
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