{"id":5555,"date":"2026-01-12T14:48:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T18:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=5555"},"modified":"2026-01-12T14:48:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T18:48:07","slug":"the-lady-with-the-rag-time-walk","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/the-lady-with-the-rag-time-walk\/","title":{"rendered":"The Lady With the Rag-Time Walk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>[WARNING: This song contains antiquated racial stereotypes. It is presented here for historical and educational purposes only.]<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse has-medium-font-size\">A song and chorus from 1898<br>Words and music by Armstrong Bros.<\/pre>\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\/2026\/01\/The-Lady-With-the-Rag-Time-Walk.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of The Lady With the Rag-Time Walk - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-c9cb4eed-c3ad-4c17-b307-3b1af5e56696\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/The-Lady-With-the-Rag-Time-Walk.pdf\">The Lady With the Rag-Time Walk &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/The-Lady-With-the-Rag-Time-Walk.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-c9cb4eed-c3ad-4c17-b307-3b1af5e56696\">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-653d0fac-8daf-46c2-8fd1-554adba969c3\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/The_Lady_With_The_Rag-Time_Walk_1898_s_JPP.mid\">The_Lady_With_The_Rag-Time_Walk &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/The_Lady_With_The_Rag-Time_Walk_1898_s_JPP.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-653d0fac-8daf-46c2-8fd1-554adba969c3\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse has-medium-font-size\">Lyrics<br><br>1. There's a wench that's raising Cain<br>And dey call her \"Ragtime Jane\"<br>She's got the coons all hypnotized<br>Around here, now that's plain<br>For she walks and talks \"Rag-Time\"<br>She does the real coon-jine<br>The pigs all sigh, you'll hear dem cry<br>When Jane comes down the line<br><br>Chorus:<br>\"Here comes that lady with the ragtime walk\"<br>You''ll hear them coons all say<br>The lady with the \"ragtime\" talk<br>Is a comin' down this way<br>She's got all the coons around insane<br>They've all got \"ragtime\" on the brain<br>For a dead swell gal is Liza Jane<br>De wench with the \"ragtime\" walk<br><br>2. At a cake walk she excels<br>All the other colored belles<br>The wenches black, from her get back<br>She captures all the swells<br>When the colored belles turn out<br>She's the \"Queen\" without a doubt<br>As dark as night, dressed out of sight<br>You'll hear them coons all about<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-default\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[WARNING: This song contains antiquated racial stereotypes. It is presented here for historical and educational purposes only.] A song and chorus from 1898Words and music by Armstrong Bros. Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne: Lyrics1. There&#8217;s a wench that&#8217;s raising CainAnd dey call her &#8220;Ragtime Jane&#8221;She&#8217;s got the coons all hypnotizedAround here, now that&#8217;s plainFor she walks &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/the-lady-with-the-rag-time-walk\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Lady With the Rag-Time Walk&#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-5555","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-1rB","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5555","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=5555"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5555\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5558,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5555\/revisions\/5558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}