Used in the film musical “THERE’S NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOW BUSINESS,” 1954.
Words and Music by Irving Berlin.
Copyright ©2 Dec 1914. (1950 Arrangement).
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Play_A_Simple_Melody – MIDIDOWNLOAD
Lyrics
Won’t you play a simple melody
Like my mother sang to me
One with good old fashioned harmony
Play a simple melody
Musical demon, set your honey a-dreamin’
Won’t you play me some rag
Just change that classical nag
To some sweet beautiful drag
If you will play from a copy
Of a tune that is choppy
You’ll get all my applause
And that is simply because
I want to listen to rag
Low part sung by Laurence Rubenstein
High part sung by Fred Feild: