Mosquito Rag

A popular song from 1911.
Words by Arthur Longbrake.
Music by Ed. Edwards.

The sheet music:

Mosquito-Rag – Sheet MusicDownload

Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:

Mosquito_Rag – MIDIDownload

Lyrics

  1. While strolling in the moonlight, he and she
    Sat down upon a bench there by the sea
    Soon his arm was stealing out of place
    ‘Round her waist, laced to taste
    He said, “I love you, dear, to beat the band”
    Just then a big mosquito bit his hand
    With themselves they soon were playing tag
    To that Mosquito Rag

Chorus
Oh! oh! that Mosquito Rag
Oh! oh! that Mosquito Rag
She said, “Honey, kill the one that’s biting me”
He said, “Can’t because I’m busy here with three”
Oh! oh! that Mosquito Rag
Oh! oh! that Mosquito Rag
Ev’ry movement has a meaning
And each movement means a bite
“Let’s move on dear, we can’t spoon here
Doing that Mosquito, z-z-z-z-z-z
Doing that Mosquito Rag

  1. That night they both had on those silken hose
    They are inviting, a mosquito knows
    And each bite brought forth a movement rare
    From the pair, seated there
    He stoop’d to kill a big one biting him
    And by mistake he slapp’d her on the limb
    “That one didn’t bite me then,” she said
    “But he struck me instead”

Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: