-singer 1- Won't you play some simple melody? Like my mother sang to me. One with a good old fashioned harmony. Play some simple melody. -singer 2- Musical demons set my honey a-screeming. Won't you play me some rag? Just change that classical nag . To some sweet musical drag. Won't you play from a copyof a tune that is choppy. You'll get all my applausesimply because. I wanna' listen to rag.
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