stomp of king porter

Singer:manhattan transfer, the

gather roun' 'n' hear my story

oh boy!

'bout the time when jelly roll was in town

he heard a local pianist

what joy!

stompin' out music on an old upright pi-ano

here comes king

that was downright ragged in a scott joplin way

ol' jelly knew the fella could play

dig him!

by the things he heard his right hand say

when jelly roll demanded his name

hail! king porter

well

the man responded porter king"