Song Lyrics Berlin Irving - Opera Burlesque (24 Feb 1912)    [Lyrics & Song Text Archive] lyrics archive>> B>> Berlin Irving Singer Lyrics [Berlin Irving other resources]>> Opera Burlesque (24 Feb 1912) Song Lyrics Author/Artist/Singer: Berlin Irving Music Title/Track: Opera Burlesque (24 Feb 1912) Theme ID: 20070 Album: N/A [Full title: "Opera Burlesque (on the Sextette from Lucia di Lammermoor)".] Let's sing -Let us sing, let us sing Some Ragtime Op'ra -Ragtime Op'ra Let's sing -Let us sing, let us sing Some op'ra grand -We understand About a man -Let us sing about a man Called Ephraham -Ephraham, Ephraham Who heard -Who heard The Sextette from Lucia, so beautiful -Beautiful! Ev'ry night you'd see him sitting in the gallery -At the op'ra house, quiet as a mouse He loved to hear Caruso sing his part so tenderly -When he struck a high one, to the sky one Ephraham would begin to holler -"That note alone is worth a dollar!" Take it! -Take it! Make it -Make it! Jump to the top of the house and shake it soon -Very soon, very soon This op'ra darkey -Op'ra darkey He bought -Yes, he bought, yes, he bought That score, you bet! -That sweet sextette! He hunted then -He went out and hunted then For colored men -Colored men, colored men Who could -Who could Sing that sextette he heard so beautiful -Beautiful Soon he found some coons who understood the harmony -And they said: "We'll do it! Go right to it!" So he gave them parts and said: "The hard one is for me!" -Then they started tuning up their voices Ephraham at the old piano -Struck at a chord in a fancy manner Swaying -Swaying Saying -Saying "Start in to sing, never mind my playing," so -They began, they began To sing the sextette -Sing the sextette And say -Let us say, let us say It was a bird -When Ephr'am heard He shouted, "Stop!" -But the singers wouldn't stop They'd rather drop -Rather drop, rather drop Than stop -Than stop That Sextette from Lucia, so beautiful -Beautiful! Ephraham cried out, "You all are singing out of tune!" -But they kept on goin', blowin', showin' How they could sing that Ragtime Op'ra -Ephraham began to shout "Stop!" -"No!" "Stop!" -"No!" "Stop!" -"No!" "Stop!" -"Keep it up, keep it up! Hon'!" "Where's my gun, where's my gun?" -"We have only begun" "Better run, better run" -"Let us sing it for fun" "You're off the key!" -"Let it be, let it be" "Try and sing it right for me -"Let's sing that melody" "Off the key, off the key!" -"It's as sweet as can be, like pickin' cotton" "Rotten!" -"No!" "Yes!" -"No!" "Yes!" -"No!" "Yes!" -"No!" "Yes, stop, I say!" -"Let us sing, let us sing" "I'd be willing to pay" -"Let us sing, let us sing" "If you stop right away" -"Let us sing, let us sing" "You'd better stop!" -"Keep it up!" "Please stop!" -"Keep it up!" "Please stop!" -"Keep it up!" "You'll stop! Don't you intend to ever stop? " -"We don't intend to ever stop!" "Please stop!" -"Keep it up, keep it up, keep it up, keep it up!" 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