Grandma's Upright Piano

Grandma's upright piano stands against the parlour wall

With picture frames of sepia dames and grandma at the ball

The biggest Asthma Destra I have ever seen

Stands in the hallway, has a job to keep it clean

Grandpa was a druid, he went up the rising sun

At least that's what he used to say when the washing up was done

Grandma, she wouldn't mind, she used to stay at home

Tinkle on those ivory keys all on her own

She plays piano, ragtime piano

She played that jelly roll on the keys

If she was here now and I could see her

You would hear me say

Let's have a good time, let's play some ragtime

We can dance the years away

Pressed between the pages of a Joplin music score

I found a rose and what do you know, I found a couple more

Maybe they were given as a token of kind

By some would-be lover who somehow got left behind

With his rolled umbrella, bowler hat, a pair of gloss fours

He looked the part but lost the heart, that's gone forevermore

I still get the feeling when I'm sitting in her room

The lid will open up and the piano will play a tune

She plays piano, ragtime piano

She played that jelly roll on the keys

If she was here now and I could see her

You would hear me say

Granny, let's have a good time, let's play some ragtime

And we can dance the years away