THE VAUGHN MONROE ORCHESTRA CONDUCTED BY GENE HAMMETT.
VOCALS BY VAUGHN MONROE (VM) AND COMBINED MOON MAIDS AND MOON MEN CHORUS (CH)
(FROM VAUGHN MONROE'S FIRST TV SHOW ON CBS)
(VM) WON'T YOU SING A SIMPLE MELODY
LIKE MY MOTHER SANG TO ME
ONE WITH A GOOD OLD FASHIONED MELODY
PLAY A SIMPLE MELODY.
(CH) MUSICAL DEMON SET YOUR HONEY A DREAMIN'
WON'T YOU PLAY ME SOME RAG
JUST CHANGE THAT CLASSICAL NAG
TO SOME SWEET BEAUTIFUL DRAG
IF YOU WILL PLAY FROM A COPY
OF A TUNE THAT IS CHOPPY
YOU'LL GET ALL MY APPLAUSE
(VM&CH) AND THT IS SIPLY BECAUSE
I WANT TO LISTEN TO RAG.
(A LONG DANCE NUMBER FOLLOWS DONE BY 4 LADIES AND ONE GENTLEMAN , THEN:)
[WHILE THE CHORUS SINGS THE ABOVE STANZA THEY PREVIOUSLY SANG, MR. MONROE INTERMIXES THE FIRST STANZA HE HAD SANG ALONE, WITH THEM AS WELL.THEN;]
(CH) PLAY THAT MELODY (VM) PLAY THAT MELODY
(CH) REJOICE IN THAT HARMONY
(VM) REJOICE IN THAT HARMONY
(VM&CH) I WANT TO LISTEN TO RAG.