That Mysterious Rag

A popular song from 1911
words and music by Irving Berlin and Ted Snyder

The sheet music:

That-Mysterious-Rag – Sheet MusicDownload

Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:

That_Mysterious_Rag – MIDIDownload

Lyrics

  1. Did you hear it? Were you near it?
    If you weren’t then you’ve yet to fear it
    Once you’ve met it, you’ll regret it
    Just because you never will forget it
    If you ever wake up from your dreaming
    A-scheming, eyes gleaming
    Then if suddenly you take a screaming fit
    That’s it

Chorus
That mysterious rag
While awake or while you’re a slumbering
You’re saying keep playing
That mysterious drag
Are you listenin’? Are you listenin’?
Look! Look! You’re whistlin’
That mysterious rag
Sneaky, freaky, ever melodious
Mysterious rag

  1. Any minute they begin it
    E’er you know what you’re about you’re in it
    Then a feeling, most appealing
    Comes a-stealing, sets your brain a-reeling
    When it’s late and ev’ryone is yawning
    Good morning, day dawning
    Then if suddenly you hear a warning shout
    Look out

Sung here by Fred Feild: