Part A: Won't you play a simple melody, Like my mother sang to me? One with good old-fashioned harmony Play a simple melody. Part B: Musical demon, set your honey a dreamin', won't you play me some rag? Just change that classical drag to some sweet musical nag. And if you play from a copy of a tune that is choppy, you'll get all my applause, And and that is simply because I want to listen to rag. (Part A is sung first, then part B, then Part A and B simultaneously.)