It took it a while to get there. It was published in the little town of Sedalia, Missouri. The publisher then moved it to St. Louis. It snowballed and during the teen years it sold and sold and sold. This is probably the best-selling rag of all time.
Ragtime songs are out there.
There is the beginning of syncopation in lyrics of songs. Wow, I like that. I mean it's exciting. Again, we don't know about a lot of this. The first published rags were in 1897.