The Rutabaga Rag

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"The Rutabaga Rag" is a song from the animated short Disney film, A Symposium on Popular Songs which was first released in 1962. The song was written by Robert B. Sherman & Richard M. Sherman and performed by Paul Frees as Ludwig von Drake. The music was arranged by Tutti Camarata.

[edit] Commentary by songwriters

According to the film's 2005 DVD audio commentary provided by co-songwriter Richard Sherman, this song was not written as a parody of ragtime, but rather as an authentic ragtime rag song.

[edit] Ludwig as songwriter

In the course of the film's narration, the animated host, Ludwig Von Drake claims to have invented ragtime music and specifically this song.

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