Irving Berlin - Everything In America Is Ragtime lyrics

[1st verse:] People here are going wild Every woman, man and child Has some ragtime on the brain Every band and orchestra Playing in America Plays a syncopated strain It's floating in the air You hear it everywhere [Refrain:] Everything in America is ragtime They talk in ragtime It seems to be the fashion Their only pa**ion is swaying to and fro Snapping fingers so Acting as though they were having a jag-time The U.S.A. is a land of syncopation It seems the nation Is just a million acres Of shoulder shakers Composers, just as thick as bees Writing raggy melodies They're even making Gaby Deslys sing ragtime [2nd verse:] In the subway every night Folks start swaying left and right While they read the evening news When a baby starts to cry Longing for a lullaby Mother sings the Memphis Blues You can't drive it away Because it's here to stay