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Dat Possum Rag

THE CHARACTER SONG HIT FROM FRAZEE AND LEDERER'S PRESENTATION
of RICHARD CARLE IN "JUMPING JUPITER"

'Way down South in New Or-leans
the big noon's bright,
Coons are sing-ing on the lev-ee
ev-'ry night.

Ras-tus Johnson Black is there and he's some gay,
With his hon-ey gall he does the bom-ba-shay:

Hear that ban-jo go-in',
that's some music, man;
Lord-y! see those Sun-day clothes of Dix-ie Dan;

Come on, Ba-by Doll,
we'll do that chick-en drag,
And we'll do that dance,
they call the Pos-sum-rag.

CHORUS

Come on! com a-long ba-by, Oh! Oh!
you cloc'late la-dy;

Roll those great big eyes at me;--
Here that mu-sic swell-in',
Sweet as wa-ter-mel-on;

Dog-gone, I feel so fun-ny,
Like I was read-y mon-ey;
Oh, you hon-ey blossom!
love you more than pos-sum,

Come and do that Pos-sum Rag.

Mem-phis Sam is pranc-ing
with his Choc'late drop,
Dance that John-son, Pas-ma-la and don't you stop!

Here's Miss Jackson com-ing, now-say!
"how-do Lize,
Hon-ey, you're some sas-sy, when you roll them eyes."

Sing those songs, they used to sing be-fore the war,
Hur-ry 'long, you chil-un shake your feet some more;