[Full title: "Stop That Rag (Keep On Playing, Honey)"]



[1st verse:]

Do my ears deceive me or am I goin' mad?

Honey, please believe me, that my hearin' ain't bad

But something seems to tell me that I'm list'nin' to Rag

I've been suspectin' so all night

Tunes I've heard befo' was only music what ain't

Melody like this is what an artist can't paint

Go get me some ammonia 'cause I fear I must faint

I'm suffocating with delight



[chorus:]

Stop dat rag, keep on playin', honey

Stop dat rag, hear me prayin', honey

Run away, I feel that I must be alone

But don't you dare to leave me, 'till the cows come home

Cease dat strain, please repeat it, honey

Once again, and I'll meet it, honey

Oh, I'm sad

No, I'm glad

Stop dat rag, I'm sayin'

I mean keep on playin'

Don't you dare to stop dat rag



[2nd verse:]

Call in some physician, 'cause I feel that I'm ill

Somehow or another, hon', my feet won't keep still

Please request that leaderman to keep a-playin' till

I cry enough, enough some more

Hon, I'll never forgive you, just for takin' me here

Take me miles and miles away from here anywhere

Just raise a hand to move me, mister man if you dare

I'm satisfied to die right now