IT'S A RAGGY WALTZ
Dave Brubeck  1961

Carmen McRae w The Dave Brubeck Quartet  
rec dec 15th 1961  (vocal version released 2001)


It's a raggy waltz, a raggy waltz, a raggy waltz
That I'm gonna dance with you;
Now you've heard this very funny beat,
Let me see if you can feel it in your feet!
Yeah, you got it, start in to swing,
Just forget everything,
Raggy waltzin' with me!

It's not a waltz, so Viennese
Johann Strauss could never please!

It's a raggy waltz, a raggy waltz, a raggy waltz
And no other dance will do!
And when the dance is through
You're gonna say,
"Never stop romancin', dancin' in this way
Makes me love ya!".
Out on the floor
You'll be askin' for more
Raggy waltzin' with me!

It's not a waltz, so Viennese
Johann Strauss could never please!

It's a raggy waltz, a raggy waltz, a raggy waltz
And no other dance will do!
And when the dance is through
You're gonna say,
"Never stop romancin', dancin' in this way
Makes me love ya!".
Out on the floor
You'll be askin' for more
Raggy waltzin' with me!
Out on the floor
You'll be askin' for more
Raggy waltzin' with me!





(Contributed by Peter Akers - December 2009)