Verse 1: Got more trouble than I can stand,
Ever since ragtime has struck the land.
Never saw the like in all of my days;
Everyone has got the ragtime craze;

Stood it just as long as I could;
At last I got it and I got it good;
First I didn’t want any in mine,
But now I’m right in line.

Chorus: I got a ragtime dog and a ragtime cat,
A ragtime piano in my ragtime flat.
Wear ragtime clothes from hat to shoes.
I read a paper called the "Ragtime News."
Got ragtime habits and I talk that way,
I sleep in ragtime and I rag all day
Got ragtime troubles with my ragtime wife,
I’m certainly living a ragtime life.

Verse 2: Went to church last Sunday morn;
Hymns were in ragtime as sure's you're born;
Ev'ry gripman pounds it on his gong;
Clocks and watches are all running wrong;

Cakewalk music it fills the air,
It can't be dodged because it's ev'rywhere;
Once I didn't belong you see,
But now you can't lose me.

Chorus: I got a ragtime dog and a ragtime cat,
A ragtime piano in my ragtime flat.
Wear ragtime clothes from hat to shoes.
I read a paper called the "Ragtime News."
Got ragtime habits and I talk that way,
I sleep in ragtime and I rag all day
Got ragtime troubles with my ragtime wife,
I’m certainly living a ragtime life.