Those Ragtime Melodies Sheet Music

During the early 1900’s most ball players had regular jobs during the off-season. Star baseball players if given the chance would supplement their winter income by appearing in vaudeville. The vaudeville salary was much more than a player earned from baseball something five times their baseball salary. Working with experienced vaudeville stars that did most of the acting, many players would do a baseball monologue, recited poems such as ‘Casey at the Bat,’ and sometimes did a little singing or dancing. Some of the biggest names in baseball appeared on the vaudeville stage including; Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Rube Marquard, Chris Mathewson and others not as well-known.

In 1912 New York Giants, and future Hall of Fame pitcher Rube Marquard teamed up with "The Hottest Girl in Town,” vaudeville headliner Blossom Seeley, to perform a skit called "Breaking The Record. The act featured a song called "Baseball" Which features a singing solo by Marguard that ended with a dancing duet with Seeley. The skit also featured a song that Marquard and Seeley collaborated on the music and lyrics called "The Marquard Glide" a song celebrating the pitchers accomplishments.

"Those Ragtime Melodies" was a song and dance number performed alone by Seeley. Written ad composed by By Gene Hodgkins, the sheet music was published by Jos. W. Stern & Co. The title page which was printed in different colors; red, orange, blue, black, green... pictures Blossom Seeley in the center, and a small circled photo of Rube. Marquard on the lower left. "Those Ragtime Melodies" was recorded by The Peerless Quartet on a Blue Amberol Edison Record cylinder and the Victor record label in 1913.

Marquard and Blossom Seeley who was married to theatrical manager Joseph Kane were evolved in scandalous affair. In 1913 after Seeley's divorce she married Marquard. That same year the vaudeville couple came out new act called "The Suffragette Pitcher" which required Rube Marquard to get into a woman's dress in order to pitch for Blossoms all-woman team.

"Those Ragtime Melodies" Sheet Music


"Those Ragtime Melodies" Sheet Music	"The Marquard Glide" Sheet Music

"Those Ragtime Melodies" Lyrics
1912 - By Gene Hodgkins

You have heard most of the songs of late
Ev’ry one likes something up to date
All the rage, upon the stage When ever you go to a musical show
Sneaky freaky coony drags. Old time operas changed to rags
People swaying, bands a playing Ragtime melodies.

Oh, oh, those ragtime melodies (Come on and hear, Come on and ehar)
Oh, oh those ragtime melodies (baby 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 p fiddle p as your violin)
That’s good old Yankee harmony (Love it, love it goodness how I love it)
When your heart some tune has won Then you hear another one
Ev’ry body’s doin’ it Doin' what? Doin' what? Singing those ragtime melodies.

'Ev’ry 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 Brian
When you lay your sleepy head Hum some little tune in bed
Senses hazy set you crazy Ragtime melodies

Oh, oh, those ragtime melodies (Come on and hear, Come on and ehar)
Oh, oh those ragtime melodies (baby 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 p fiddle p as your violin)
That’s good old Yankee harmony (Love it, love it goodness how I love it)
When your heart some tune has won Then you hear another one
Ev’ry body’s doin’ it Doin' what? Doin' what? Singing those ragtime melodies.

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