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Thread #89992   Message #1701986
Posted By: Dave4Guild
24-Mar-06 - 03:16 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Ragtime Millionaire
Subject: Lyr Add: RAGTIME MILLIONAIRE (William Moore)
Here's a version I cribbed from John James some years ago - I actually ended up playing it on stage with him one night!

RAGTIME MILLIONAIRE - William Moore, 1928

You don't need no ticket, don't need no dough.
Just find yourself a corner and give 'em a show.
Make it sound so good, the people in the town
Will leave their bettsies a-wobbling down.
Telling all the little people, take your hat off to me.
I'm a ragtime millionaire.

CHORUS: Oh, I'm a rag, yes, I'm a rag,
Oh, I'm a rag, I'm a ragtime millionaire.
Now all you little people, take your hat off to me.
I'm a ragtime millionaire.

Now hear me syncopate it, shuffle it, and pick it up slow,
Then bring it back around and around I go,
Swingin' it easy in two/four time.
I'm flush, I'm loaded, but I ain't got a dime.
So all you little people. take your hat off to me.
I'm a ragtime millionaire.

Now you see me in the street with a feather in my hat.
Everyone's saying, "Now who is that?"
I'm a-ringing these strings for all to hear.
Yes, I'm that ragtime millionaire.
So all you little people, take your hat off to me.
I'm a ragtime millionaire.

Every foot of my hair is made of gold,
And when I kiss you, gonna kiss you cold.
I don't care if the banks go bust.
I'm gonna spit out loads of gold dust.
So all you little people, take your hat off to me
I'm a ragtime millionaire.