A popular song from 1912
Words and music by Gene Hodgkins
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
1. You have heard most of the songs of late
Everyone likes something up to date
All the rage, upon the stage
Whenever you go to a musical show
Sneaky freaky coony drags
Old-time Operas changed to rags
People swaying, bands a-playing, ragtime melodies
REFRAIN
Oh, Oh, those ragtime melodies
Come on and hear! Come on and hear!
Oh, Oh, those ragtime melodies
Baby look-a here, look-a here, look-a here
When that music starts to play
I could listen night and day
Hear! Hear! Hear! Hear!
Rumtum te tum on the drum
Oh, Oh, those ragtime melodies
Fiddle up, fiddle up, on your violin
That’s good old Yankee Harmony
Love it, love it, goodness how I love it
When your heartsome time has won
Then you hear another one
Everybody’s doin’ it
Doin’ what? Doin’ what?
Singing those ragtime melodies
2. Every place you go you hear a tune
‘Bout a girl, or curl, or honeymoon
Turtle doves, or stars above, then
Some little strain will remain in your brain
When you lay your sleepy head
Hum some little tune in bed
Senses hazy, set you crazy, ragtime melodies