LIVING A RAGTIME LIFE

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Song Title
LIVING A RAGTIME LIFE
Writers
Morath, Roberts, Jefferson
Publisher
HOLLIS MUSIC, INC. (BMI)
% Publisher Controls
100%
Territory Controlled
WORLD
Themes/Keywords
Animals, Clocks, Days, Land, Piano, Prayer, Rag, Ragtime, Sunday, Time, Trouble, Troubles
Lyrics
Got more trouble than I can stand,
Ever since ragtime has struck the land,
Never saw the like in all my days,
Ev’rybody’s got the ragtime craze;
Stood it just as long as I could,
At last I got it and I got it good,
First I didn’t want ragged time,
But now I’m right in line.

I got a ragtime dog and a ragtime cat,
A ragtime piano in my ragtime flat,
Wear ragtime clothes, from hat to shoes,
I read a paper called the “Ragtime news.”
Got ragtime habits and I talk that way,
I sleep in ragtime and rag all day,
Got ragtime troubles with my ragtime wife,
I’m certainly Living A Ragtime Life.

Big pray’r meetin’ last Sunday morn,
Hymns were in ragtime as sure’s you’re born,
Syncopation is in ev’ry song,
Clocks and watches are all running wrong;
Cakewalk music it fills the air,
You can’t escape it ‘cause it’s ev’rywhere,
Once I didn’t belong, you see,
But now you can’t lose me.

I got a ragtime dog and a ragtime cat,
A ragtime piano in my ragtime flat,
Wear ragtime clothes, from hat to shoes,
I read a paper called the “Ragtime news.”
Got ragtime habits and I talk that way,
I sleep in ragtime and rag all day,
Got ragtime troubles with my ragtime wife,
Certainly living what you might call a ragtime life.

Recordings

Recording Artist Genre Mood Arrangement Era iTunes
MAX MORATH Jazz Cheerful, Confident, Tuneful Piano, Vocal 1980's Buy >

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