Lyr Add: Twelfth Street Rag

Subject: Lyr Add: Twelfth Street Rag
From: John in Brisbane
Date: 04 Sep 04 - 02:52 AM

If this has not been previously done I'll add the 'dots' later.

Verse:

In a cer -tain ci -ty, where the girls are cute and pret -ty, they have a rag -gy jaz -zy jazz -time tune.
When you hear that syn -co -pat -ed Jazz cre -a -ted mel -o -dy you could dance all morn -ing night and noon,
When the slide trom -bone and moan -ing sax -o -phone be -gin to play. It will make you sad, 'twill make you glad
Oh! Boy, What Joy, Burn my clothes for I'm in Heav -en, Wish I had a mil -lion wo -men,
Sol -o -man in all his glo -ry, could have told an -oth -er sto -ry, Were he but liv -ing here to -day,
With his thou -sand wives or more, a Jazz -Band on some E -gypt shore, he could dance the night and day a -way.
I will tell you how they dance
That tant -a -liz -ing 12th. Street Rag.

Chorus:

First you slide and then you glide, then shim -mie for a while;
To the left then to the right "Lame Duck" "Get o -ver Sal"
Watch your step then Pi -rou -ette, Fox Trot, then squeeze your pal
O -ver you comes steal -ing such a fun -ny feel -ing 'til you feel your sen -ses reel -ing,
tant -a -liz -ing, hyp -no -tiz -ing, mes -mer -iz -ing strain,
I can't get e -nough of it please play it o'er a -gain;
I could dance for ev -er to this re -frain,
To that 12th. Street, Oh you 12th. Street Rag.

Regards, John

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Twelfth Street Rag
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 04 Sep 04 - 01:51 PM

"12th Street Rag," by Euday L. Bowman, 1919, had words put to it by James S. Sumner, also 1919. Sheet music for the two printings is available at Levy Sheet Music, J. W. Jenkins Music Co. Kansas City, MO. Adding to the above post:

Second Verse:

Jazz time music is the rage, this is a syncopated age,
ev'rybody loves a jazz time tune.
For the music captivating, sets your heart a-palpitating,
you just can't make your feet behave,
Ancient youths of sixty-four, do steps they never did before,
Father Time is mad, no one grows old.
Oh, Boy! What Joy,
Put your loving arms around me,
Say Babe, ain't you glad you found me,
Cleopatra on the Nile, could vamp right in the latest style,
If she'd only known this rag-time tune;
Old King Cole a merry soul, called for his pipe and then his bowl,
and the first jazz band his fiddlers three,
Play, oh play me while I dance
That tantalizing 12th. Street Rag.

12st Street Rag

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Twelfth Street Rag
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 04 Sep 04 - 02:01 PM

A 1921 Edison recording (no lyrics) may be heard at American Memory. Played by the Imperial Marimba Band.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Twelfth Street Rag
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 04 Sep 04 - 04:14 PM

12th Street Rag as a solo piano piece was written in 1914, and the piece sold to Jenkins soon after. He also wrote the "11th Street Rag," 1918.
The story of the song ("Jazz Journal") is told here. The midi (good) may be heard and downloaded: 12th Street Rag

Subject: Lyr Add: 12TH STREET RAG (J S Sumner, E L Bowman)
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 06 Sep 04 - 01:34 AM

Thanks, John of Brisbane, for posting those lyrics, but I'm afraid all those extra hyphens will make them impossible to find with our search engine, so I've reformatted the lyrics without them.

12TH STREET RAG
Words, James S. Sumner. Music, Euday L. Bowman. 1919.

1. In a certain city, where the girls are cute and pretty,
They have a raggy, jazzy, jazz-time tune.
When you hear that syncopated jazz-created melody,
You could dance all morning night and noon.
When the slide trombone and moaning saxophone begin to play,
It will make you sad; 'twill make you glad.
Oh boy! What joy! Burn my clothes for I'm in heaven.
Wish I had a million women.
Solomon in all his glory could have told another story,
Were he but living here today.
With his thousand wives or more, a jazz band on some Egypt shore,
He could dance the night and day away.
I will tell you how they dance that tantalizing 12th Street Rag.

CHORUS: First you slide and then you glide, then shimmy for a while.
To the left, then to the right, "Lame Duck" "Get Over, Sal."
Watch your step, then pirouette, fox trot, then squeeze your pal.
Over you comes stealing such a funny feeling
Till you feel your senses reeling,
Tantalizing, hypnotizing, mesmerizing strain,
I can't get enough of it. Please play it o'er again.
I could dance forever to this refrain,
To that 12th Street, oh you 12th Street Rag.

2. Jazz time music is the rage. This is a syncopated age.
Ev'rybody loves a jazz-time tune.
For the music captivating sets your heart a-palpitating.
You just can't make your feet behave.
Ancient youths of sixty-four do steps they never did before.
Father time is mad. No one grows old.
Oh boy! What joy! Put your loving arms around me.
Say, Babe, ain't you glad you found me?
Cleopatra on the Nile could vamp right in the latest style,
If she'd only known this ragtime tune.
Old king Cole, a merry soul, called for his pipe and then his bowl,
And the first jazz band, his fiddlers three.
Play, oh play me while I dance that tantalizing 12th Street Rag.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Twelfth Street Rag
From: John in Brisbane
Date: 06 Sep 04 - 03:57 AM

I see your point Jim, I'd done that as prelude to creating a NWC or ABC file with embedded lyrics.

Regards, John