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	''Ragtime!'' is a poem written by [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] first published in the [[The Daily Telegraph]] on 30 april 1912, and collected in [[The Guards Came Through and Other Poems]] on 16 december 1919.		''Ragtime!'' is a poem written by [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] first published in the [[The Daily Telegraph]] on 30 april 1912, and collected in [[The Guards Came Through and Other Poems]] on 16 december 1919.


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	Ragtime! Ragtime! Keep it going still!~~<br/>~~		<poem>
	Let them hear the ragtime! Play it with a will!~~<br/>~~		Ragtime! Ragtime! Keep it going still!
	Women in the lifeboats, men upon the wreck,~~<br/>~~		Let them hear the ragtime! Play it with a will!
			Women in the lifeboats, men upon the wreck,
	Take heart to hear the ragtime lilting down the deck.		Take heart to hear the ragtime lilting down the deck.

			Ragtime! Ragtime! Yet another tune!
	Ragtime! Ragtime! Yet another tune!~~<br/>~~		Now the "Darkey Dandy," now "The Yellow Coon!"
	Now the "Darkey Dandy," now "The Yellow Coon!"~~<br/>~~		Brace against the bulwarks if the stand's askew,
	Brace against the bulwarks if the stand's askew,~~<br/>~~
	Find your footing as you can, but keep the music true!		Find your footing as you can, but keep the music true!

			There's glowing hell beneath us where the shattered boilers roar,
	There's glowing hell beneath us where the shattered boilers roar,~~<br/>~~		The ship is listing and awash, the boats will hold no more!
	The ship is listing and awash, the boats will hold no more!~~<br/>~~		There's nothing more that you can do, and nothing you can mend,
	There's nothing more that you can do, and nothing you can mend,~~<br/>~~
	Only keep the ragtime playing to the end.		Only keep the ragtime playing to the end.

			Don't forget the time, boys! Eyes upon the score!
	Don't forget the time, boys! Eyes upon the score!~~<br/>~~		Never heed the wavelets sobbing down the floor!
	Never heed the wavelets sobbing down the floor!~~<br/>~~		Play it as you played it when with eager feet
	Play it as you played it when with eager feet~~<br/>~~
	A hundred pair of dancers were stamping to the beat.		A hundred pair of dancers were stamping to the beat.

			Stamping to the ragtime down the lamp-lit deck,
	Stamping to the ragtime down the lamp-lit deck,~~<br/>~~		With shine of glossy linen and with gleam of snowy neck,
	With shine of glossy linen and with gleam of snowy neck,~~<br/>~~		They've other thoughts to think to-night, and other things to do,
	They've other thoughts to think to-night, and other things to do,~~<br/>~~
	But the tinkle of the ragtime may help to see them through.		But the tinkle of the ragtime may help to see them through.

			Shut off, shut off the ragtime! The lights are falling low!
	Shut off, shut off the ragtime! The lights are falling low!~~<br/>~~		The deck is buckling under us! She's sinking by the bow!
	The deck is buckling under us! She's sinking by the bow!~~<br/>~~		One hymn of hope from dying hands on dying ears to fall—
	One hymn of hope from dying hands on dying ears to fall—~~<br/>~~
	Gently the music fades away—and so, God rest us all!		Gently the music fades away—and so, God rest us all!
			</poem>

TCDE-Team at 15:59, 18 August 2016

2016-08-18T15:59:15Z

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''Ragtime!'' is a poem written by [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] first published in the [[The Daily Telegraph]] on 30 april 1912, and collected in [[The Guards Came Through and Other Poems]] on 16 december 1919.

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== Editions ==

* in ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' (30 april 1912 [UK]) only the 4 last strophes
* in ''[[Souvenir Programme of the Matinee Held at the London Hippodrome]]'' (30 april 1912 [UK])
* in ''[[The Guards Came Through and Other Poems]]'' (16 december 1919, [[John Murray]] [UK])
* in ''[[The Guards Came Through and Other Poems]]'' (1920, [[George H. Doran Co.]] [US])

== Ragtime! ==

["During the catastrophe the band of the Titanic played negro melodies and ragtime until the last moment, when they broke into a hymn." — Daily Paper.]

Ragtime! Ragtime! Keep it going still! 
Let them hear the ragtime! Play it with a will! 
Women in the lifeboats, men upon the wreck, 
Take heart to hear the ragtime lilting down the deck.

Ragtime! Ragtime! Yet another tune! 
Now the "Darkey Dandy," now "The Yellow Coon!" 
Brace against the bulwarks if the stand's askew, 
Find your footing as you can, but keep the music true!

There's glowing hell beneath us where the shattered boilers roar, 
The ship is listing and awash, the boats will hold no more! 
There's nothing more that you can do, and nothing you can mend, 
Only keep the ragtime playing to the end.

Don't forget the time, boys! Eyes upon the score! 
Never heed the wavelets sobbing down the floor! 
Play it as you played it when with eager feet 
A hundred pair of dancers were stamping to the beat.

Stamping to the ragtime down the lamp-lit deck, 
With shine of glossy linen and with gleam of snowy neck, 
They've other thoughts to think to-night, and other things to do, 
But the tinkle of the ragtime may help to see them through.

Shut off, shut off the ragtime! The lights are falling low! 
The deck is buckling under us! She's sinking by the bow! 
One hymn of hope from dying hands on dying ears to fall— 
Gently the music fades away—and so, God rest us all!

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