Play A Simple Melody Lyrics - Irving Berlin

Won't you play some simple melody 

Like my mother sang to me 

One with a good old-fashioned harmony 

Play some simple melody 

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 

And that is simply because I wanna listen to rag 

Play for me 

That good old-fashioned harmony 

Oh, won't you play for me 

A simple melody 

Play from a copy of a tune that is choppy 

You'll get all of my applause because 

I wanna rag it 

Ragtime melody