That was my earliest take on that tune, copied and pasted without attribution. Thanks. :/ This is a more recent version. RAGTIME MILLIONAIRE (Songwriter: ) (Played in G, or the G formation) Now, I'll just find myself a corner and I'll pick 'em a song, Nobody needs a ticket, and it wouldn't be long. With a little guitar to maybe tickle a bone, I'm a sidewalk star and you let it be known. Well, all ya little people, take your hat off to me-- I'm a ragtime millionaire. Now, hear me syncopate it, shuffle it, or pick it up slow, I bring back around and I'm ridin' the flow, Swingin' it easy, in two-four time, I'm flush, I'm a-loaded, and I ain't got a dime. Now, all ya little people, take your hat off to me-- I'm a ragtime millionaire. BREAK (MELODY OF THE CHORUS) See me playin' on the corner with a feather in my hat, I'm a holy-shoed and ragged shirt aristocrat. Hear me rollin' the strings, it's a knack, it's a flair, Well, I'm one ragtime millionaire. Now, all ya little people, take your hat off to me-- I'm a ragged-time millionaire. CHORUS Well, I'm a rag, yes I'm a rag. Well, I'm a rag, yes, I'm a ragtime millionaire, So all ya little people take your hat off to me-- I'm a ragtime millionaire. INSTRUMENTAL ENDING _ Wrote Internet user "Bunker Hill": Moore's song is actually a parody (using the same tune and title) of Irving Jones's 1900 hit "'The' Ragtime Millionaire." Jones was a very popular and successful black composer (c.1895-1905). A loose version of the song is available on one of my sites: http://www.isound.com/ov_michaelsen_singer_songwriter_guitarist_aut
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