{"id":5240,"date":"2024-08-11T13:37:44","date_gmt":"2024-08-11T13:37:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=5240"},"modified":"2024-08-11T13:37:44","modified_gmt":"2024-08-11T13:37:44","slug":"europes-ragtime-band","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/europes-ragtime-band\/","title":{"rendered":"Europe&#8217;s Ragtime Band"},"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 popular song from 1915<br>Words by Charles Risk<br>Music by Clarence E. Muse<\/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\/2024\/08\/Europes-Ragtime-Band-1915.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Europe&apos;s Ragtime Band - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-5acbe5be-b931-48a5-91c4-00cfa3ecc166\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Europes-Ragtime-Band-1915.pdf\">Europe&#8217;s Ragtime Band &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Europes-Ragtime-Band-1915.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-5acbe5be-b931-48a5-91c4-00cfa3ecc166\">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-f523a76d-89b7-417d-8204-66da4f309772\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Europes_Ragtime_Band_1915_s_JPP.mid\">Europes_Ragtime_Band &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Europes_Ragtime_Band_1915_s_JPP.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-f523a76d-89b7-417d-8204-66da4f309772\">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<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Talk about your Alexander&#8217;s ragtime Band<br>Talk about the finest music in the land<br>But have you ever heard about the man<br>Called &#8220;Europe&#8221; and his ragtime band<br>You ought to hear those Darkies play a spicy rag<br>It really starts you dancing till you&#8217;re ragtime mad<br>They play such harmony, you never heard before<br>Just the kind of music that you will adore<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>Oh! Come and listen, listen to that ragtime band<br>Oh! Come and listen, folks, then you will understand<br>It&#8217;s the bestest band what am<br>And when they starts to play at the ball, that&#8217;s all<br>Then everybody starts a-swaying in the hall<br>Commence to dance with it, commence to prance with it<br>That dreamy music, that dreamy music<br>Come and listen to that tantalizing strain<br>You just ball de jack and eagle rock till you&#8217;re insane<br>With a melody so sweet that you can&#8217;t keep off your feet<br>When you hear that Europe&#8217;s Band<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"2\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Why you think the &#8220;Castles&#8221; always want to dance<br>Why you think they always do the latest prance<br>It&#8217;s just that syncopated melody, with such originality<br>Those tuneful plunks keep coming from the old banjo<br>Those guitars keep a-humming just like Old Black Joe<br>They play such harmony, it really makes you gay<br>They are sure to make you dance the Blues away<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[WARNING: This song contains antiquated racial stereotypes. It is presented here for historical and educational purposes only.] A popular song from 1915Words by Charles RiskMusic by Clarence E. Muse The sheet music: Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne: Lyrics ChorusOh! Come and listen, listen to that ragtime bandOh! 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