Kitten on the Keys Song
Words by Sam Coslow, Music by Zez Confrey
Words by Sam Coslow, Music by Zez Confrey
Note: This song is a rough adaptation of the first two sections of the original piano solo played in the
key of C throughout, which in some ways is harder to play than the original.
key of C throughout, which in some ways is harder to play than the original.
Verse A-1: (A Section) There's a catchy melody that's spreadin' all around the country,
And they call it "Kitten on the Keys,"
Ev'ryone's buying it, Ev'ryone's trying its brand new harmonies.
You can close your eyes and just imagine there's a little kitten
Running up and down the ivories,
Anyone listenin' can't help a-whistlin' Kitten on the Keys.
And they call it "Kitten on the Keys,"
Ev'ryone's buying it, Ev'ryone's trying its brand new harmonies.
You can close your eyes and just imagine there's a little kitten
Running up and down the ivories,
Anyone listenin' can't help a-whistlin' Kitten on the Keys.
Verse B: (B Section) Raggedy melodies, beautiful harmonies, haunt you in each little strain.
Jazzy improvements of raggiest movements just rattle around in your brain.
It isn't easy to sing it cause I know a fellow who tried it one day.
He found it a riddle, got stuck in the middle and strangled to death so they say.
Jazzy improvements of raggiest movements just rattle around in your brain.
It isn't easy to sing it cause I know a fellow who tried it one day.
He found it a riddle, got stuck in the middle and strangled to death so they say.
Interlude: (Introduction riff) It's best to take your time before you sing this rhyme,
You better start to sing it this way
(Puff) (puff) (puff) (puff)
You better start to sing it this way
(Puff) (puff) (puff) (puff)
Verse A-2: (A Section) Cracker jack piano players practice up for hours
Just to get its tricky technicalities,
And when they master it, Oh! how they plaster it all over the keys.
All you have to do is play it fifty seven thousand times
Before you get the knack of it with ease.
Oh how they swing when you're playing the King of ragtime symphonies.
Just to get its tricky technicalities,
And when they master it, Oh! how they plaster it all over the keys.
All you have to do is play it fifty seven thousand times
Before you get the knack of it with ease.
Oh how they swing when you're playing the King of ragtime symphonies.
