The Ragtime Dance - Scott Joplin

Won't you play the music so the cradle can rock To a lullaby in ragtime? Sleepy hands are creepin' to the end of the clock Play a lullaby in ragtime You can tell the sandman is on his way By the way that they play As still as the trill of a thrush in a twilight high So you can hear the Rhythm of the ripples on the side of the boat As you sail away to Dreamland High above the moon you hear a silvery note As the sandman takes your hand So rock-a-bye, my baby Don't you cry, my baby Sleepy-time is nigh Won't you rock me to a ragtime lullaby? So rock-a-bye, my baby Don't you cry, my baby Sleepy-time is nigh Won't you rock me to a ragtime lullaby?

I've been misery 'n, Ever since my daddy gone, yeah. I've been, honey, I've been misery 'n, yes I have, now. Ever since my, since my daddy gone, gone, gone. But I believe that it won't, Baby, it won't be too long, If I just could hang on, Yeah, until my, till my misery Will all be gone. Whoa, I said my rooms, you know, They're so empty, empty, empty, empty, empty. Filled up with sadness, sometimes, yeah. My rooms are so empty, empty, empty, empty. Child, filled up with sadness, honey, sometimes, sometimes. Oh well it just, it just moves in, Like the fog rolls in. And I find I, well I can't see you, baby, For my tears. But I've tried. Don't you know I've tried. Cried, cried, cried, cried, cried. Baby now, I've been missin' you. Oh, I've been missin' you, babe! Yeah, and it all seems to bother me Much more that it seems it should be. So, baby, now, now, Baby, now, now, Baby, tell me why, Does it have to be Oh, so wrong for me? I never thought I could ever want anybody, No, no, no, never did, I never did. Why am I feelin' so strange? Whoaaaaa, I never, never, never needed nobody, no, no, But maybe you could help me â€" Why am I feelin' so strange? Yeah, an' I've got me a great, An' I've got a great big bed With two pillows for my head. Hey, but lately I been sleepin', sleepin' alone. But I've tried, Don't you know I've tried. Cried, cried, You know how I've cried. An', an' baby, I've been missin' you. Tried, Don't you know I've tried. Cried, Cried, cried, cried, cried, Baby now, I've been missin' you. Tried, Don't you know I've tried. Cried, cried, You know how I've cried. An', an' baby, I've been missin' you, Yeah ...