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GUEST,O.V. Michaelsen (Ove Ofteness) Lyr Req: Ragtime Millionaire (William Moore) (13) Lyr Add: RAGTIME MILLIONAIRE (William Moore) 21 Aug 08


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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