Maple Leaf Rag
Scott Joplin
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I came from ole Virginy from the county Acomac I have no wealth to speak of 'cept de clothes upon my back I can do the country hoe-down I can buck and wing to show down And while I'm in the notion, just step back and watch my motion Oh go 'way man, I can hypnotize dis nation I can shake the earth's foundation wit' the Maple Leaf Rag Oh go 'way man, just hold you breath a minute For there's not a stunt that's in it with the Maple Leaf Rag I dropped into the swellest ball, the great exclusive it But my face was dead agin me and my trousers didn't fit But when Maple Leaf was started, my timidity departed I lost my trepidation, you could taste the admiration Oh go 'way man, I can hypnotize this nation I can shake the earth's foundation wit' the Maple Leaf Rag Oh go 'way man, just hold you breath a minute For there's not a stunt that's in it with the Maple Leaf Rag The men were struck wit' jealousy, the razors 'gan to flash But de ladies gathered 'round me for I'd surely made a mash The finest belle, she sent a boy to call a coach and four We rode around a season 'till we both were lost to reason Oh go 'way man, I can hypnotize this nation I can shake the earth's foundation wit' the Maple Leaf Rag Oh go 'way man, just hold you breath a minute For there's not a stunt that's in it with the Maple Leaf Rag
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Written by: SYDNEY KEITH RUSSELL, SCOTT JOPLIN, JULE STYNE, RICHARD R. HYMAN
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