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Hymn/Doing the Latest Rag
Passengers:
God lift me up in mighty waters
Keep my eyes on things above
Righteousness, divine atonement
Peace and everlasting love...
Bandmaster Wallace Hartley and his Two-Man Ensemble:
Ladies and gentleman -
Everyone up and out
Follow the band and shout:
"Isn't it a lovely day?" (Yes!)
Hartley:
Watching all the ladies in Parisian fashions
On display
Band:
Young Mister Hartley
Is playing quite smartly
In Rhythm that could never lag
1st class Passengers:
It's a musical treat
to hear a band with a beat
Performing their latest rag!
Hartley:
How do you do, my friends?
So good to see you once more!
How long since we first met?
It's been three days or four?
It seems like so much longer
Than a little weekend jag
Hartley & Band:
On the ship, by ourselves
On this glorious afternoon
Doing the latest rag!
Hartley:
I love the cool of the Breeze
Feel the rhythm of the song in your knees
Promenading along at your ease
Like a feather in the air
Hartley:
Is that the hint of a chill?
When you're dancing out of doors it's a thrill
Keeps you hardy and healthier still
Take a partner if you dare
Everyone is bursting with emotion
Dancing as we cross the mighty ocean
Moving to the rhythm of
The latest rag!
| All: Dance with me please Feel the rhythm of the song in your knees Promenading along At your ease Like a feather in the air! Is that a hint of a chill? When you're dancing out of doors It's a thrill Keeps you hardy and healthier still Take a partner if you dare... |
Hartley & Women: Dance The latest ragtime Ragtime Now! Dance The latest ragtime Ragtime |
Hartley & Band:
Out on the well-deck
Ship's personnel deck
Feel all the ocean spray
| Band: Get yourself upon |
Passengers: Port... |
Hartley & Band:
The upper hotel deck
Oh what a swell deck!
Great for your dejeuner
Band:
Turn the corner on
Hartley & Band
The port parallel deck
It's La Plus belle deck
All of the rest passe
All:
Now the band is betting
This ragtime setting
Will take you away..
Everyone up and out!
Nobody lag about
Let your darker spirits climb!
Strolling with the orchestra beside you
Playing the four-four time
Hartley & Band Member:
We've got a fellow
Who's better on cello
Than any other ship can brag
All:
So take your girl by the hand
And lend an ear to the band
And do today's latest rag!
Come dancing!
| Hartley & Band & Bystanders: Out on the well-deck Oh what a swell deck! Kick all your cares away Turn the corner on The port parallel deck Great Demoiselle Deck! Watch the girls sashay All: How the ragtime music The ragtime music Can take you away! |
Dancers: Out |
| ALL: How the ragtime music The ragtime music Can take you away! Out on the well-deck Ships personnel deck! Feel all the ocean spray Upper Hotel Deck Oh what a swell deck! Kick all your troubles away The port parallel deck It's La Plus belle deck All of the rest passe Great demoiselle deck watch all the girls Sashay! |
Dancers: Dance with me please Feel the rhythm of the song in your knees Promenading along At your ease Like a feather in the air! Is that a hint of a chill? When you're dancing out of doors It's a thrill Keeps you hardy and healthier still Take a partner if you dare... |
Everyone is bursting with emotion
Dancing as we cross the mighty ocean
Hasn't it been absolutely great to dance
The latest rag!
I Have Danced
Alice Beane:
I have danced with the first class Edgar
It was oh, such a dream come true!
Edgar Beane:
That class isn't for our kind, Alice...
Alice Beane:
That won't do!
There are hotels on island Edgar!
Great resorts near a sandy beach...
Edgar Beane:
That's a world that's beyond our income
And our reach...
Alice Beane:
Please don't tell me never
I'll want this forever...ever...
There's a new world around us, Edgar
Edgar Beane:
Won't you ever give up that view?
Alice Beane:
I want more than we've got now Edgar
Why don't you?
