{"id":3191,"date":"2023-01-20T14:35:46","date_gmt":"2023-01-20T14:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=3191"},"modified":"2024-07-31T16:50:37","modified_gmt":"2024-07-31T16:50:37","slug":"the-ragtime-dance","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/the-ragtime-dance\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ragtime Dance"},"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 1902 popular song.<br>Words and music by Scott Joplin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joplin also wrote complete dance instructions for the song to be performed on stage. It is a dance for four couples with a caller. This song was published as an instrumental in 1906.<\/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\/01\/The-Ragtime-Dance-SHEET-MUSIC.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of The-Ragtime-Dance-SHEET-MUSIC.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-8a90e23f-6cbd-4968-b482-98e88b27e69b\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/The-Ragtime-Dance-SHEET-MUSIC.pdf\">The-Ragtime-Dance-SHEET-MUSIC<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/The-Ragtime-Dance-SHEET-MUSIC.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-8a90e23f-6cbd-4968-b482-98e88b27e69b\">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-b79a3663-1591-47ba-8f49-6e25648fe1e1\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Rag-Time_Dance_1902_Scott_Joplin_s_JPP.mid\">Rag-Time_Dance &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Rag-Time_Dance_1902_Scott_Joplin_s_JPP.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-b79a3663-1591-47ba-8f49-6e25648fe1e1\">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\">I attended a ball last Thursday night<br>Given by the dark town swells<br>Every coon came out in full dress alright<br>And the girls were society belles<br>The hall was illuminated by electric lights<br>It certainly was a sight to see<br>So many colored folks there without a razor fight<br>\u2018Twas a great surprise to me<br>There was little Sam Smith the great \u201clady\u2019s man\u201d<br>Who had the honor of being manager of the floor<br>Told the people to get ready for the time is near at hand<br>And the dance begins at nine o\u2019clock you know<br>Then the orchestra began to play the sweet entrancing music<br>Of the most popular dance of the day<br>Every couple took their places<br>All the coons had smiling faces<br>While they waited for the caller to say, \u201cWell<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let me see you do the \u201cragtime dance\u201d<br>Turn left and do the \u201cCake walk prance\u201d<br>Turn the other way and do the \u201cSlow drag\u201d<br>Now take your lady to the World\u2019s fair<br>And do the \u201cragtime dance\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let me see you do the \u201cclean up dance\u201d<br>Now you do the \u201cJennie Cooler dance\u201d<br>Turn the other way and do the \u201cSlow drag\u201d<br>Now take your lady to the World\u2019s fair<br>And do the \u201cragtime dance\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now \u201crag\u201d and \u201ccircle to your left\u201d<br>Be careful to do your best<br>Take your time, stay in line<br>You are the ragtime guest<br>Take partners, do the \u201crag two step\u201d<br>I know you are enjoying yourselves<br>You are representatives of dark town\u2019s wealth<br>Stop where you are<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Everybody now \u201cform a line\u201d<br>Dance nothing but the real rag time<br>Do your best, \u201cforward four steps\u201d<br>You are all very fine<br>Let me see you do the \u201cback step prance\u201d<br>Be graceful at every chance<br>You are now enjoying the \u201crag time dance\u201d<br>Everybody sing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCakewalk\u201d soft and sweetly<br>Be sure your steps done neatly<br>Keep up a slow advance<br>\u2018Twill put you in a trance<br>Now \u201cform a line\u201d as you did before<br>You\u2019re dancing with your best beau<br>But the only real thing is the \u201cragtime dance\u201d<br>Everybody turn<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To your right do the \u201cdude walk\u201d<br>\u2018Tis a wonderful sight is the \u201ctown talk\u201d<br>This is your only chance, enjoy it while you can<br>Now \u201cform a perfect straight line\u201d<br>Get ready for the \u201cStop time\u201d<br>You are the \u201ceasy winners\u201d in the ragtime dance<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Turn left, walk around<br>Walk \u201cSedidus\u201d now<br>We\u2019ve finished in a prance<br>The \u201cRag time dance\u201d<\/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; 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It is presented here for historical and educational purposes only.] A 1902 popular song.Words and music by Scott Joplin. Joplin also wrote complete dance instructions for the song to be performed on stage. It is a dance for four couples with a caller. This song was published as &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/the-ragtime-dance\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Ragtime Dance&#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-3191","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-Pt","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3191","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=3191"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3191\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5056,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3191\/revisions\/5056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}