| You’ve heard all about your raggy melody
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| Everything from opera down to harmony
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| But I’ve a little song that I will sing to you
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| It’s gonna win you through and through
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| There ain’t much to the words but the music is grand
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| And you’ll be a-singing it to beat the band
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| You’ve heard of the tisket and tasket, it’s true
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| But give a little listen to this, will you?
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| Ja-da, ja-da, ja-da, ja-da, jing, jing, jing
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| Ja-da, ja-da, ja-da, ja-da, jing, jing, jing
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| That’s a funny little bit of melody
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| It’s so soothing and appealing to me
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| It goes ja-da, ja-da, ja-da, ja-da, jing, jing, jing
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| Our bands have been digging back for tunes to be sung
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| Operas and nursery rhymes have been overdone
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| I dug a little deeper and I found this thing
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| It’s ragtime but it still can swing
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| It ain’t a turkey trot or a shimmy one step
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| But when grandma danced to it, she thought she was hep
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| It still is a ditty, I’m sure you will find
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| Will keep a-runnin' 'round and 'round your mind
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| Ja-da, ja-da, ja-da, ja-da, jing, jing, jing
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| Ja-da, ja-da, ja-da, ja-da, jing, jing, jing
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| That’s a funny little bit of melody
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| It’s so soothing and appealing to me
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| It goes ja-da, ja-da, ja-da, ja-da, jing, jing, jing |