You're Talking Ragtime 1899

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 28 Nov 2008
2008

Jim Johnson loved Miss Nancy Green
but what do you suppose,
He couldn't get up nerve enough
to go in and propose,
Until one night he filled himself
with good old Rock and Rye,
Then sailed down to Miss Nancy's house
to win her hand or die,
When he met her at the door,
his nerve gave out once more,
He muttered and he stuttered
and the words that darkey uttered
made Miss Nancy feel dead sore,
And then she said:

You're talking ragtime,
you're talking dragtime,
can't understand, sir,
one word you say,
If that ain't ragtime,
it must be jagtime!
It's awful funny
when you talk that way.

You're talking ragtime,
you're talking dragtime,
can't understand, sir,
one word you say,
If that ain't ragtime,
it must be jagtime!
It's awful funny
when you talk that way.

Jim Johnson felt insulted
at the way Miss Nancy spoke,
The more he tried to talk
the more that coon
would nearly choke,
Miss Nancy got her parasol
and held it o'er her head,
Because it rained
in bucketfuls
at ev'ry word Jim said.
Then he grew black in the face,
from talking out of place,
he hammered and he clamored
and the way Jom Johnson stammered
brought him further in disgrace
and then she said:

You're talking ragtime,
you're talking dragtime,
can't understand, sir,
one word you say,
If that ain't ragtime,
it must be jagtime!
It's awful funny
when you talk that way.

You're talking ragtime,
you're talking dragtime,
can't understand, sir,
one word you say,
If that ain't ragtime,
it must be jagtime!
It's awful funny
when you talk that way.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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You're Talking Ragtime 1899
by The Beaumont Sisters
© MDCCCXCIX by T.B.Harms & Co.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Friday 28 November 2008 at 10.38
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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