(The Real) American Folk Song (is a Rag) (music by George Gershwin; lyrics by Ira Gershwin)

from Ladies First Original (1918)

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Credits

Composed by: A. Baldwin Sloane
Lyrics by: A. Baldwin Sloane
Position: Act 3, Song 1 of 4

Characters

Characters who perform this song:

Larry Burt

from Ladies First

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