Ms Hollie and I were talking about a couple of songs the other day... turns out they're both from 1911, a good year for ragtime novelty songs.

When Ragtime Rosie Ragged The Rosary

Words by Edgar Leslie. Music by Lewis F. Muir

Original sheet music

Lyrics without the notes

Listen to piano midi(I didn't find a period recording on line with a ( Read more... )

Ancient Egyptian mythology:

"Oxyrhynchus, the 'sharp- nosed fish'[...] According to legend, this fish ate the phallus of Osiris when the god’s body was cut into pieces by his brother Seth. Isis, as 'Abtu, Great Fish of the Abyss,' was identified with the penis-swallower. The fish cult spread to many parts of Egypt."

1 2Inspired by this, we have ( Read more... )