personal for Dave4Guild

Subject: Lyr Add: RAGTIME MILLIONAIRE (William Moore)
From: GUEST
Date: 21 Aug 08 - 09:40 PM

Hi, Dave.

I found my earliest rendition of William Moore's 1928 song "Ragtime Millionaire" on a Mudcat site.

My revision of that song, 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
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I posted a very rough recording I made of it, but find it hard to listen to.

http://www.isound.com/ov_michaelsen_singer_songwriter_guitarist_aut

Subject: RE: personal for Dave4Guild
From: Dave4Guild
Date: 21 Aug 02 - 07:49 PM

Will get back to you, with news etc, oh, and thanks! It's late at the moment, well it has been for a couple of hours, so I'll compose my thoughts later. Best wishes to you & Judy. Dave Bennett & Brenda.

Subject: personal for Dave4Guild
From: Gurney
Date: 21 Aug 02 - 06:53 AM

Hi Dave. See you still have the whimsical sense of humour. If you can remember me, Chris Marden, late (1974)of Nuneaton, short, bearded, bald,(still) married to Judy, and would like a contact in NZ, My eMail is [e-mail] Wouldn't mind hearing from anyone else who knew me then, -and is nosy enough to read Dave's mail.