<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><blockquote type="cite" class="">On 8 Sep 2020, at 12:24 PM, philwilking <<a href="mailto:philwilking@cox.net" class="">philwilking@cox.net</a>> in reply to Ron L'Herault wrote:<br class="">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.</blockquote><br class=""><div class="">Good morning Phil and Ron.</div><div class="">The explanation "later, as ragtime faded in popularity" is not supported by Ragtime expert Perfessor Bill Edwards:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">"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 "</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">And seemingly confirmed by its original joint Copyright.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="F41AC472-1A44-475C-8156-B923D2D079EE" height="105" width="199" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:BD7615DA-D721-4419-A1AA-C1E8FCE56309@modem" class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">And was published in two formats by Ted Snyder Co.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="0E7C1D58-CB90-4A14-AC2D-EB5A63462AAF" height="502" width="394" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:01498E4A-6D3F-4AD3-8693-6530DB0C2DB8@modem" class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="2BDBECAF-B04F-4108-93E5-91A6578303AB" height="482" width="400" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:ECA8D8B3-6441-468D-AF95-EBAE6F276248@modem" class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Kind regards,</div><div class="">Bill.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div></body></html>