# Need Ragtime Titles & Lyrics, c1910-18 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 29, 2004, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-ragtime-titles-lyrics-c1910-18/236985 "2004-03-29T00:33:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2004, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-ragtime-titles-lyrics-c1910-18/236985/1 "2004-03-29T00:33:40Z")
For my next book, I want to open the chapter headings with appropriate titles and perhaps a line or two from popular tunes of the 1910s (yes, I will clear this with ASCAP to avoid lawsuits!). I can find lots of “Irving Berlin” sites online, but does anyone know of good general titles/lyrics websites where I might find more obscure numbers (say, “When You Hear that Raggy Refrain,” “Take Me to the Land of Jazz,” “All the Boys Love Mary,” “Good-bye-ee!” etc.)? Titles _and_ lyrics would be hugely helpful. I can (and will!) peruse my own collection of 78s, but if there are any ragtime-lyrics websites you _know_ of, I’ll be your Best Friend Forever and give you an acknowledgement in the book . . . –That Ragtime Cabaret Girl ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2004, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-ragtime-titles-lyrics-c1910-18/236985/2 "2004-03-29T01:08:59Z")
Ask Perfessor Bill: [http://www.perfessorbill.com/index2.htm](http://www.perfessorbill.com/index2.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2004, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-ragtime-titles-lyrics-c1910-18/236985/3 "2004-03-29T01:55:09Z")
Ooooh, thanks–I will forward that to work so I can goof off . . . I mean, do book research during my free moments! Any others? ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2004, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-ragtime-titles-lyrics-c1910-18/236985/4 "2004-03-29T02:19:57Z")
What about “I Could Love a Million Girls”-the song playing when Stanford White was shot by Harry K. Thaw, in 1906. The ultimate Ragtime moment. I did my thesis on the case. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerous\_Nan\_McGrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecd19e/32.png) [@Dangerous\_Nan\_McGrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerous_Nan_McGrew)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2004, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-ragtime-titles-lyrics-c1910-18/236985/5 "2004-03-29T03:12:43Z")
[Halcyon Days Music](http://www.halcyondaysmusic.com/) seems like it might have what you’re looking for. They have _gorgeous_ pictures of sheet music covers as well. The newsgroup [rec.music.ragtime](http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&c2coff=1&safe=off&group=rec.music.ragtime) could be useful if you have any songs in mind you can’t find lyrics for. You can search the archived posts through Google. Just plug in a song name and you’ll probably find that someone has posted the lyrics for it at one time or another. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2004, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-ragtime-titles-lyrics-c1910-18/236985/6 "2004-03-29T15:20:16Z")
Thanks, **Nan** —sites duly bookmarked for when I have a free moment. What I’ll be looking for are titles or lyrics pertinent to what’s going on in the chapter, for a heading. Sadly, **Guin** , “I Could Love a Million Girls” won’t be pertinent anywhere!