I've been requested
to sing an old -time song.
Ah, you're just the man to do it,
Pappy.
Don't get flipped.
There's three very clever lads
waiting at home to replace you.
Something our granddaddies
used to sing.
Granddaddies?
Why, you told me you started it.
Sh h, Luella might be listening.
But I've a little plan,
and I'll do the best I can
To sing an old song so we
all can understand
You simply take a favorite,
then you flavor it
With just a note or two of
new harmony
Tell the orchestra to play staccato
An d then you jazz a little obbligato
Now that Maggie tune is a raggy tune
Pay no attention to the
music that they play
But just rock your blues
The red on the spot start to sway,
getting hot now
Hear the broken tie, it just broke in time
All around I see harmony charming me
Every loving note is a loving blow
Just full of music that you can't refuse
But I love to sing, I love old times,
When you and I were young, when we were young.
You simply take a favorite
An d then you flavor it
With just a note or two of blue harmony
I like this
Tell the orchestra to play staccato
An d then you jazz a little obbligato
But now that Maggie
Toon is a raggy tune,
Pay no attention to the
music that you play,
But just ride your blues away.
On the spot, start to sway,
get a lot in zone.
green grove is gone from the hill,
Maggie,
Where once the daisies sprung.
And when you listen, Maggie,
I got those aggravatin',
agitatin' blues I'm hatin'
So I'm statin', I'm only waitin',
waitin' to lose
Those ever -lovin',
ever -lovin' Maggie Blue