Son-of-a-gun from ar-iz-o-na Rag-time Cow Boy Joe.Īnd the on-ly friend to guide you is an Eve-'ning star He's a high-fa-lut-ing, scoot-ing, shoot-ing How they run when hear that fel-low's gun On a horse that is syn-co-pat-ed, gait-ed,Īnd there's such a fun-ny me-ter to the roar of his re-peat-er He al-ways sings rag-gy mu-sic to the cat-tleĪs he swings back and for-ward in the sad-dle Here's the song's lyrics though it's not exactly in the order he sings it but you get the idea of how it goes. Here's the original piano song piece if you want to play it. Although you may need to crank up your volume to hear him play. Needless to say, it was a really special moment, and I'm so glad I was there to capture it.It is a special moment when capture moments like that.It was nice listening to him play. He was almost completely deaf at the time the photo was taken, so he couldn't hear himself playing, but he knew the notes, and was picking out 'Ragtime Cowboy Joe'. Actually the picture I have on the post My Hero's Hero is of my grandad at his piano (relocated to Little Rock). Grandad was quite the performer on the piano, and was always happy to sit down at the piano to ham it up with a little (very little) prodding. Click on the link to visit the blogsite and listen to him play. Here's an older late-deafened gentleman who is nearly deaf plays Ragtime Cowboy Joe and sings it, too.
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