Title

Any Rags / music by Thos. S. Allen; words by Thos. S. Allen

Authors

Thos. S. AllenFollow
Thos. S. AllenFollow
George M. Krey Co. (Boston)

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ISBN

MUM00682, 0005

Description

Cover: drawing of African American calling out the title, while carrying a full sack over his shoulder; Publisher: George M. Krey Co. (Boston)

Subject Headings (Library of Congress)

Songs -- United States -- 20th Century; Popular Music -- United States

Relational Format

music score

Original Format

scores

Original Collection

Sheldon Harris Collection (MUM00682), Archives and Special Collections, University of Mississippi Libraries

Finding Aid

https://egrove.olemiss.edu/finding_aids/322

Lyrics

Lyrics:
First verse
Did you ever hear the story of Ragged, Jagged Jack? Here he comes down the street with a pack on his back. He comes in the morning, and he comes at night, And he gobbles up ev'ry thing in sight, He wakes up the neighborhood for miles around, He's a reglar alarm clock, always wound. he gets beneath your window when you try to get to sleep, And yells in a voice so loud and deep,
Chorus
Any rags? Rags? Any rags, any bones, any bottles today, There's a big black rag picker coming this way, Any rags? Rags? Any rags, any bones, any bottles today, It's the same old story, in the same old way.
Second verse
If you happen for to leave a thing out all night, you get up in the morn and it's gone from yer sight. You'll know then that Ragged jack has been that way. He's a very bad omen, people say. He stole all his furniture, he stole his wife, If he'd steal from his friend he'd steal yer life. he never gets molested as he daily walks about, But things disappear when he yells out:
(Chorus)

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