[Dixielandjazz] Ragtime question

[Ron L'Herault]

Here's something that has been bugging a piano teacher friend of mine. The
Grizzly Bear Rag was written in 1907, if memory serves, by Botsford. Around
that same time Irving Berlin wrote the Grizzly Bear with words. They seem to
be the same tune. Did Berlin put words to the rag or did one of the
"composers" steal it from the other?

 

Ron L

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