The Real American Folk Song (Is A Rag) - Ella Fitzgerald Near barcelona the peasant crooned The old traditional spanish tunes The neapolitan street song sighs You think of italian skies Each nation has a creative vein Originating a native strain With folk songs plaintive and others gay In their own peculiar way American folk songs I feel Have a much stronger appeal The real American folk song is a rag A mental jag A rhythmic tonic for the chronic blues The critics called it a joke song but now They've changed their tune and they like it somehow For it's inoculated with a syncopated sort of meter sweeter Than a classic strain boy you can't remain still or quiet for it's a riot The real American folk song Is like a fountain of youth You taste and it elates you and then invigorates you The real American folk song the masses coaxed on is a rag The real American folk song is a rag A mental jag A rhythmic tonic for the chronic blues The critics called it a joke song but now They've changed their tune and they like it somehow For it's inoculated with a syncopated sort of meter sweeter Than a classic strain boy you can't remain still or quiet for it's a riot The real American folk song Is like a fountain of youth You taste and it elates you and then invigorates you The real American folk song is a rag
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