{"id":1433,"date":"2019-02-26T20:28:51","date_gmt":"2019-02-26T20:28:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=1433"},"modified":"2023-06-08T16:34:35","modified_gmt":"2023-06-08T16:34:35","slug":"sing-a-good-old-ragtime-song","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/sing-a-good-old-ragtime-song\/","title":{"rendered":"Sing a Good Old Ragtime Song"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[WARNING: This song contains antiquated racial stereotypes. It is presented here for historical and educational purposes only.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A 1909 popular song.<br>Words by Jack Drislane.<br>Music by Henry Frantzen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The sheet music:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Sing-a-Good-Old-Ragtime-Song.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Sing-a-Good-Old-Ragtime-Song - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-1e91bb47-6952-4f85-a308-828172450337\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Sing-a-Good-Old-Ragtime-Song.pdf\">Sing-a-Good-Old-Ragtime-Song &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Sing-a-Good-Old-Ragtime-Song.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-1e91bb47-6952-4f85-a308-828172450337\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-4cd0be8b-8f31-4747-8c99-9f2fca71a2f1\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Sing_A_Good_Old_Ragtime_Song-MIDI.mid\">Sing_A_Good_Old_Ragtime_Song &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Sing_A_Good_Old_Ragtime_Song-MIDI.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-4cd0be8b-8f31-4747-8c99-9f2fca71a2f1\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lyrics<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1. Harmony Bill, and Ragtime Lil<br>Were sweethearts fond and true<br>But they differed in some things<br>As lovers often do<br>Now when it came to music<br>Bill sang in a high class way<br>And that&#8217;s the time that Ragtime Lil<br>To William she would say<br>Your style is very fine<br>But old Ragtime for mine<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>&#8220;I was born in Virginia&#8221;<br>That&#8217;s a pretty melody<br>That old fashioned &#8220;Lovin&#8217; Rag&#8221;<br>Sounds mighty good to me<br>&#8220;Love me and the world is mine&#8221;<br>That&#8217;s a real nice tune<br>But it ain&#8217;t ragtime<br>Mister, let me tell you<br>When the music starts<br>Sing a good old Ragtime song<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. &#8220;Ragtime Lil&#8221; said Harmony Bill<br>Let&#8217;s to an op&#8217;ra go<br>I must hear Caruso sing<br>His voice is great, you know<br>A way up in the gal&#8217;ry<br>Lil listened to him sing<br>But only laughed when William said<br>Grand op&#8217;ra is the thing<br>Then right before that crowd<br>Lil up and hollered loud<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sung here by Fred Feild:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZkRopDE6rsg?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[WARNING: This song contains antiquated racial stereotypes. It is presented here for historical and educational purposes only.] A 1909 popular song.Words by Jack Drislane.Music by Henry Frantzen. The sheet music: Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne: Lyrics 1. Harmony Bill, and Ragtime LilWere sweethearts fond and trueBut they differed in some thingsAs lovers often doNow when it &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/sing-a-good-old-ragtime-song\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Sing a Good Old Ragtime Song&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1433","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-n7","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1433"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1433\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4330,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1433\/revisions\/4330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}