A popular song from 1914.
Words by Morris Manley.
Music by Lem Trombley.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- I took my lady friend last night
To a rest’rant on the Square
Everything was a-ragging around
As the music filled the air
Of course, my mind had turned a bit
From drinking Champagne wine
And this is what I saw that night
I will tell you in my rhyme
Chorus
The waiter started ragging
The tablecloth was sagging
The salad with the napkin looped the loop
A lobster he was flopping
The chicken Turkey Trotting
And the oyster did the Bear Cat in the soup
The butter started talking
The looking glass was looking in my face
The pepper it was sneezing
The lemons they were squeezing
At this Ragtime eating place
- The orchestra played ragtime tunes
And we all felt light and gay
Tango Fiends cleared the tables away
And they danced till break of day
The Turkey Trot was not forgot
Till my lady said to me
“I’d like a nice big juicy steak
And a cup of Lipton’s tea”
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: