Georgia Rag

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Blind Willie McTell

Blind Willie McTell (born William Samuel McTier May 5, 1898 – August 19, 1959), was a Piedmont and ragtime blues singer and guitarist. He played with a fluid, syncopated fingerstyle guitar technique, common among many exponents of Piedmont blues, although, unlike his contemporaries, he came to exclusively use twelve-string guitars. McTell was also an adept slide guitarist, unusual among ragtime bluesmen. His vocal style, a smooth and often laid-back tenor, differed greatly from many of the harsher voice types employed by Delta bluesmen, such as Charlie Patton. McTell embodied a variety of musical styles, including blues, ragtime, religious music, and hokum. more »

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1991

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Down in Atlanta on Harris Street
Everybody that you meet
Can do that rag, called the Georgia Rag

C'mon baby don't be slow
Put down that bottle
We're gonna go and do that Rag
It's known as the Georgia Rag

And I'm wild about the Georgia Rag
Hear me talkin' 'bout the Georgia Rag
It's the good old Georgia, Georgia,
It's called the Georgia Rag

And you're buzzin' 'round like a bee
Shakin' like a ship on the sea, sea, sea
It's a wild Rag, it's a crazy Rag
Better known as the Georgia Rag

C'mon

Come all the way from Paris, France
Down to Atlanta just to get a chance
Gonna do that Rag, it's called the Georgia Rag

Way down in Atlanta on Harris Street
All them folks that you meet
They gonna do that rag, and they call it the Georgia Rag

The boy's wild 'bout the Georgia Rag
Here him talkin' 'bout the Georgia Rag
It's called the Georgia, some folks tell me this is the Georgia Rag
And you're buzzin' 'round like a bee
You're shakin' like a ship on the sea, sea, sea
It's a wild Rag, it's a crazy Rag
Better known as the Georgia Rag
And it's a wild Rag, crazy Rag
Better known as the Georgia Rag

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