"You are the music while the music lasts."
AUTHOR: T. S. Eliot
"While listening to music you can escape the
realities of life and create your own universe."
COMPOSER
JOPLIN
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PINEAPPLE RAG
Piano Roll
Piano Roll
PINEAPPLE RAG
Piano Roll
A Different Version
Piano Roll
A Different Version
PINEAPPLE RAG
Piano Tutorial
(Synthesia)
Written in 1908, The Pine Apple Rag
will be familiar to any who have
seen the movie "The Sting."
Instrumental Version
As Heard in "The Sting"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=34&v=PgW81_3-8Q0
It is one of the best rags Joplin wrote in the
midst of an extremely productive and creative
period and was also one of the few Joplin rags
turned into a song. It is based on folk themes
that are cleverly handled in this context.
rags since it is slightly slower than other
rags and features a tropical accent
through-out the composition.
AABBACCDD.
Using the A (in B-flat major)
section as a demonstration of the
section as a demonstration of the
power of syncopation, removing the syncopation
turns it into a simple march tune, while
adding it back in creates a dramatic contrast.
WHAT IS RAGTIME:
WHAT IS RAGTIME:
is wonderfully bright and cheery in
spite of a simple repeated pattern.
It is in the C (in E-flat major)
section that Joplin shows true
foresight. The bass pattern predicts a style
of Boogie piano which would become popular
some fifteen years later, and he actually uses
a flat seventh, a "blue" note, in the right hand.
Whether it is intended to reflect what would
ultimately become "the Blues" which would be
everywhere within a few years, or just a stab
at innovative composition, such as would be
practiced by George Gershwin, is a
matter of conjecture.
The D section (in E-flat major)
is equally innovative, with another
variation of what would become an
important boogie (walking) bass pattern,
and a chord pattern that clearly signals
the end of this exuberant piece.
PINEAPPLE RAG
Joe Snyder, Lyrics
Scott Joplin, Music
Alide M.Salvetta, Vocalist
Hark to the music,
It's the Pine Apple Rag,
That tune is certainly divine.
Lordy, goodness how entrancing,
Who on earth can keep from dancing?
Right here is where we shine.
Oh my, but isn't that a wonderful tune!
It's by a gen'man friend of mine.
Goodness me it's all the candy,
Lord I hope they play that dandy
Tune all the time.
VERSE 1B:
Tease up to me,
Ease up to me, lovey,
Squeeze up to me,
Freeze up to me, dovey,
My goodness man,
You never can lose me,
Not when I hear that strain,
Lordy don't believe it;
Keep steppin' Bill,
Don't stop until I do.
Stick to it, Kid,
You always did try to
Set me a reeling,
Lord what a feeling,
Oh, that Pine Apple Rag.
VERSE 1C:
Hear me sigh, hear me cry,
For that Pine Apple Rag.
What a dream,
It sure does seem like Heaven
When we drag.
Soulful eyes, hypnotize,
You are wonderful wise,
You idolize me,
So please surprise me
By doing that Pine Apple rag.
VERSE 2A:
Some people rave about Wagnerian airs,
Some say the Spring Song is divine,
Talk like that is out of season,
What I like is something pleasin',
Pine Apple rag for mine.
Say honey, listen how that band syncopates,
Oh my, by isn't it sublime.
Lordy, I could die a-dancing,
If they'd play us that entrancing
Tune all the time.
VERSE 2B:
Cling to me, oh, sing to me, oh dearest,
Don't hurry so, don't worry so, hearest
That teasing rag, that squeezing rag, Lordy,
How I do love that drag, it's so fascinating;
Come, honey love, my money love, slide me;
Come syncopate, don't hesitate, glide me.
Say you're a daisy, I'm going crazy,
Oh, that Pine Apple Rag.
VERSE 2C:
Hear me sigh, hear me cry,
For that Pine Apple Rag.
What a dream,
It sure does seem like Heaven
When we drag.
Soulful eyes, hypnotize,
You are wonderful wise,
You idolize me,
So please surprise me
By doing that Pine Apple rag.
THE SONG OF THE
PINEAPPLE RAG
New Lyrics:
Bob Blue / ad. Iain C. MacKintosh
Bob Blue / ad. Iain C. MacKintosh
This is the story of the Pineapple Rag
Listen, and take the point well
Well, see, there once was a man who had a bucket of rags
He used a new rag for everything he cleaned
For example there were juice rags and milk rags
Ketchup rags and coca rags
And rags just for nectarines that he'd stepped on
There were pear rags and apple rags and apricot rags
And plum rags and rags for cleaning ale that had bubbled over
Tea rags and beer rags, cocoa rags and cola rags
And rags filled up his pail
Then one day he made some Pina coladas for a couple of friends
And as he made them, the front-door buzzer rang
So he ran to get it, knocking a can from off of the shelf
And he subsequently heard a bang
So he looked around and saw that the pineapples were all on the floor
He picked them up and put them in the drink
Who would notice but the juice on the floor would be a tell-tale sign
So he took a rag from the sink
Never noticing that it was the rag he used for custard
He didn't look, he was too flustered
It could have been for mince or mustard
As long as it cleaned the floor
He just used it 'cos he didn't have time for careful screening
No time to probe a deeper meaning
It was a good rag, it did the cleaning
He opened up his door
And his friends came in and sat down and talked and ate a lotta
Peanuts and drank their Pina Coladas
Then he put on a Bach Toccata
Just so this part could rhyme
As the time went on they all sat around while calmly nursing
Pina Coladas and conversing
Smiles on the face of every person
They were having a wonderful time
Then he noticed that something was bugging him, he didn't know what
It was a feeling that something wasn't right
Could it be that he had left on the stove - oh no, he knew it wasn't that
'Cause he hadn't cooked that night
But he went into the kitchen and noticed the thing he had done
He'd used the custard rag inadvertently
But he wasn't shaken, he told himself
This rag can be for pineapples and no one will know it but me
Now I know that you are asking yourself what is the point of this song
Perhaps I think it's time that I explained
Just a few more lines and then you will see I'm not just being frivolous
My meaning will become quite plain
See every song I sing always has a message that is deep and sincere
And sometimes that can just become a drag
So I took a break and sang you a song that says absolutely nothing
I sang you the Pineapple Rag
If you're waiting for the message, I'm sorry
You'll be disappointed
That's the end of the Pineapple Rag
Listen, and take the point well
Well, see, there once was a man who had a bucket of rags
He used a new rag for everything he cleaned
For example there were juice rags and milk rags
Ketchup rags and coca rags
And rags just for nectarines that he'd stepped on
There were pear rags and apple rags and apricot rags
And plum rags and rags for cleaning ale that had bubbled over
Tea rags and beer rags, cocoa rags and cola rags
And rags filled up his pail
Then one day he made some Pina coladas for a couple of friends
And as he made them, the front-door buzzer rang
So he ran to get it, knocking a can from off of the shelf
And he subsequently heard a bang
So he looked around and saw that the pineapples were all on the floor
He picked them up and put them in the drink
Who would notice but the juice on the floor would be a tell-tale sign
So he took a rag from the sink
Never noticing that it was the rag he used for custard
He didn't look, he was too flustered
It could have been for mince or mustard
As long as it cleaned the floor
He just used it 'cos he didn't have time for careful screening
No time to probe a deeper meaning
It was a good rag, it did the cleaning
He opened up his door
And his friends came in and sat down and talked and ate a lotta
Peanuts and drank their Pina Coladas
Then he put on a Bach Toccata
Just so this part could rhyme
As the time went on they all sat around while calmly nursing
Pina Coladas and conversing
Smiles on the face of every person
They were having a wonderful time
Then he noticed that something was bugging him, he didn't know what
It was a feeling that something wasn't right
Could it be that he had left on the stove - oh no, he knew it wasn't that
'Cause he hadn't cooked that night
But he went into the kitchen and noticed the thing he had done
He'd used the custard rag inadvertently
But he wasn't shaken, he told himself
This rag can be for pineapples and no one will know it but me
Now I know that you are asking yourself what is the point of this song
Perhaps I think it's time that I explained
Just a few more lines and then you will see I'm not just being frivolous
My meaning will become quite plain
See every song I sing always has a message that is deep and sincere
And sometimes that can just become a drag
So I took a break and sang you a song that says absolutely nothing
I sang you the Pineapple Rag
If you're waiting for the message, I'm sorry
You'll be disappointed
That's the end of the Pineapple Rag
http://mysongbook.de/msb/songs/s/songpine.html#notelink
PINEAPPLE RAG
Violin Version
Itzhak Perlman, Violin
André Previn, Piano
PINEAPPLE RAG
Violin Version
André Previn, Piano
