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Irving Berlin
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Opera Burlesque (24 Feb 1912)
Berlin Irving Let's sing -Let us sing, let us sing Some Ragtime Op'ra -Ragtime Op'ra Let's sing -Let us sing, let us sing Some op'ra grand -We understand About a man -Let us sing about a man Called Ephraham -Ephraham, Ephraham Who heard -Who heard The Sextette from Lucia, so beautiful -Beautiful! Ev'ry night you'd see him sitting in the gallery -At the op'ra house, quiet as a mouse He loved to hear Caruso sing his part so tenderly -When he struck a high one, to the sky one Ephraham would begin to holler -'That note alone is worth a dollar!' Take it! -Take it! Make it -Make it! Jump to the top of the house and shake it soon -Very soon, very soon This op'ra darkey -Op'ra darkey He bought -Yes, he bought, yes, he bought That score, you bet! -That sweet sextette! He hunted then -He went out and hunted then For colored men -Colored men, colored men Who could -Who could Sing that sextette he heard so beautiful -Beautiful Soon he found some coons who understood the harmony -And they said: 'We'll do it! Go right to it!' So he gave them parts and said: 'The hard one is for me!' -Then they started tuning up their voices Ephraham at the old piano -Struck at a chord in a fancy manner Swaying -Swaying Saying -Saying 'Start in to sing, never mind my playing,' so -They began, they began To sing the sextette -Sing the sextette And say -Let us say, let us say Find more lyrics at ※ Mojim.com It was a bird -When Ephr'am heard He shouted, 'Stop!' -But the singers wouldn't stop They'd rather drop -Rather drop, rather drop Than stop -Than stop That Sextette from Lucia, so beautiful -Beautiful! Ephraham cried out, 'You all are singing out of tune!' -But they kept on goin', blowin', showin' How they could sing that Ragtime Op'ra -Ephraham began to shout 'Stop!' -'No!' 'Stop!' -'No!' 'Stop!' -'No!' 'Stop!' -'Keep it up, keep it up! Hon'!' 'Where's my gun, where's my gun?' -'We have only begun' 'Better run, better run' -'Let us sing it for fun' 'You're off the key!' -'Let it be, let it be' 'Try and sing it right for me -'Let's sing that melody' 'Off the key, off the key!' -'It's as sweet as can be, like pickin' cotton' 'Rotten!' -'No!' 'Yes!' -'No!' 'Yes!' -'No!' 'Yes!' -'No!' 'Yes, stop, I say!' -'Let us sing, let us sing' 'I'd be willing to pay' -'Let us sing, let us sing' 'If you stop right away' -'Let us sing, let us sing' 'You'd better stop!' -'Keep it up!' 'Please stop!' -'Keep it up!' 'Please stop!' -'Keep it up!' 'You'll stop! Don't you intend to ever stop? ' -'We don't intend to ever stop!' 'Please stop!' -'Keep it up, keep it up, keep it up, keep it up!'
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