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Handful of Keys
Nell Carter
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I like to tinkle on an old piana
I like to play it in a subtle manner
I get a lot of pleasure
With a span o' keys
Underneath my fingertips
I love to sing a little tune that's mellow
I love to vocalize
There's nothin' sweller
I love to have a supple melody
Just tricklin' off o' my lips
A handful of keys
And a song to sing
How could you ask for more?
Than ticklin' the ivory
Singin' jive
I repeat what I said before
What'd you say?
I love to tinkle on an old piano
I love to play it in a subtle manner
I know I'll always be the top banana
With a handful o' keys
When my left hand thumps out bass notes
I'm halfway to playin' that stride piano
Then right there, in between those bass notes
I play chords for that stride piano sound
There it is, that stride piano (Yeah, yeah, yeah, no, yeah, yeah, yeah, no)
I'm a whiz at stride piano (Yeah, yeah, yeah, no, yeah, yeah, yeah, no)
Stride piano, yeah no yeah no ((Yeah, yeah, yeah, no, yeah, yeah, yeah, no)
No yeah yeah no yeah no yeah what?
Now
That's enough of that half-wine jazz
Here's where it all pays off!
First the right hand goes off with the melody and make up
Then my left hand
Plays tricks with the rhythm and both hands are taking it up
My fingers feel breezy
They're easy on the keys
They're light as a feather and groovin' together
With a movin' bass bar, stormy weather
I can never be lonely
I got me everything that I please
I feel good, I feel strong
Nothing bad can go wrong
Nobody else commands
What I hold in these two hands
There's such an appealing powerful feeling
Feeling with a handful of keys
I like to tinkle on an old piana
I like to play it in a subtle mannah
I get a lot of pleasure
With a span o' keys
Underneath my fingertips
I love to sing a little tune that's mellow
I love to vocalize
There's nothin' sweller
I love to have a supple melody
Just tricklin' off o' my lips
A handful of keys and a song to sing
Ticklin' the ivories, singin' jive
Bang those old white notes
Bang those old black notes
Bang those old eighth notes
Bang those old whole notes
Stride that old left hand
Ride that old right
There's such an appealing powerful feeling
Dealing with a handful of keys!
Yeah!
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