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You're talking rag-time

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American popular songs

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Sheet music, 1899

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Title
You're talking rag-time
Additional title: Jim Johnson loved Miss Nancy Gree, but what do you suppose. [first line of song]
Additional title: You're talking ragtime, you're talking dragtime. [first line of chorus]
Names
Starmer (Cover designer)
Beaumont Sisters (Composer)
Beaumont Sisters (Lyricist)
Beaumont Sisters (Singer)
Collection

American popular songs

Sheet music, 1899

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1899
Place: New York
Publisher: T.B. Harms & Co.
Library locations
Music Division
Topics
Songs
Poor African Americans
Marriage proposals
Humorous songs
Man-woman relationships
Ragtime music
Genres
Scores
Notes
Content: Cover design by Starmer includes a background floral pattern.
Content: Cover includes photograph of the Beaumont Sisters.
Content: Summary: The narrator tells of an African American man who is shy to propose to his girlfriend; he gets drunk but when he tries to propose to her she says he speaks in ragtime; he gets flustered and frustrated but that only makes his language more incomprehensible to his girlfriend.
Statement of responsibility: words and music by Beaumont Sisters.
Physical Description
Extent: 6 p. ; 35 cm.
Type of Resource
Notated music
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b10826013
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b21736880
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b21738653
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): eccc6c40-c595-012f-fd2b-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1899: Issued
  • 2016: Digitized
  • 2026: Found by you!
  • 2027

MLA Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "You're talking rag-time" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1899. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/978cd779-666d-73b4-e040-e00a180677e0

Chicago/Turabian Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "You're talking rag-time" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed September 28, 2026. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/978cd779-666d-73b4-e040-e00a180677e0

APA Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. (1899). You're talking rag-time Retrieved from https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/978cd779-666d-73b4-e040-e00a180677e0

Wikipedia Citation

<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/978cd779-666d-73b4-e040-e00a180677e0 | title= (notated music) You're talking rag-time, (1899) |author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |accessdate=September 28, 2026 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>

You're talking rag-time