From the musical “STOP, LOOK, LISTEN,” 1916 Words and Music by Irving Berlin. Cover Art by Albert W. Barbelle. Copyright ©13 Jan 1916. Sheet Music from the collection of Michael Deatz.
Sheet Music
Accompaniment
Lyrics
Chorus
Everything in America is ragtime
They talk in ragtime
It seems to be the fashion
Their only passion is swaying to and fro
Snapping fingers so
Acting as though they were having a jag-time
The U.S.A. is a land of syncopation
It seems the nation
Is just a million acres
Of shoulder shakers
Composers, just as thick as bees
Writing raggy melodies
They’re even making Gaby Deslys sing ragtime
Performance
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