Ragtime Songs

Famous quotes containing the words ragtime and/or songs:

    “Boomlay, boomlay, boomlay, Boom,”
    A roaring, epic, ragtime tune
    From the mouth of the Congo
    To the Mountains of the Moon.”
    —Vachel Lindsay (1879–1931)

    “Blues are the songs of despair, but gospel songs are the songs of hope.”
    —Mahalia Jackson (1911–1972)