[Dixielandjazz] Ragtime question

[Bill Haesler]

> On 8 Sep 2020, at 12:24 PM, philwilking <philwilking at cox.net> in reply to Ron L'Herault wrote:
> It is explained in Rawlins' "Tunes of the Twenties" that Botsford wrote the rag first. Then later, as ragtime faded in popularity, Berlin put words to two of the strains, left out the third strain, and published the result as a popular song.

Good morning Phil and Ron.
The explanation "later, as ragtime faded in popularity" is not supported by Ragtime expert Perfessor Bill Edwards:

"Botsford was very adept at turning out tunes that hooked the listener. This one had lyrics added to it just prior to its initial release as a rag, which were penned by no less than Irving Berlin. The song was introduced in the 1910 Ziegfeld Follies by Fannie Brice and quickly popularized by Sophie Tucker "

And seemingly confirmed by its original joint Copyright.



And was published in two formats by Ted Snyder Co.



Kind regards,
Bill.

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