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Rag Mop

Song performed by Ames Brothers

"Rag Mop" was a popular American song of the late 1940s–early 1950s.

This 12-bar blues song, written by Tulsawestern swing bandleader Johnnie Lee Wills and steel guitaristDeacon Anderson, was published in 1949. Considered a novelty song, the lyrics consisted mostly of spelling out the title of the song; because of the spelling used in the song, it is sometimes referred to as "Ragg Mopp". The Wills-Anderson song was adapted from a 1946 release by Henry "Red" Allen, "Get the Mop".^[1]

While Johnnie Lee Wills and his band recorded it for Bullet Records in 1950, the most popular version of this song was recorded by The Ames Brothers, and released by Coral Records in 1950 as catalog number 60140. The song was part of a double-sided hit; the flip side was "Sentimental Me". The record first reached the Billboard magazine charts on January 6, 1950, and lasted 14 weeks on the chart, peaking at number one.^[2] It sold over one million copies.^[3] The song was re-released in 1951 by Coral as catalog No. 60397, with

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Subject: The R.A.G.G. M.O.P.P. song
From:
Date: 14 May 98 - 09:47 AM

I'm trying to find the origins and lyrics of this to help a copy editor. So, far, we've heard that it's a Mills Brothers or Ames Brothers song from the 1950s.

Can anyone help?

Subject: RE: R.A.G.G. M.O.P.P.
From:Dani
Date: 14 May 98 - 09:59 AM

I wish I could help, but cannot now remember where I learned it. I do know, though, that singing it in my high school, we learned how great a tiled bathroom can make ANY group sound!

Subject: RE: R.A.G.G. M.O.P.P.
From:Jack (Who is called Jack)
Date: 14 May 98 - 10:21 AM

There are some links to other sites for song lyrics in the mudcat links page. Have you tried some of them?

BTW. You should also check out Alan Sherman's parody of the song R.A.T.T. F.I.N.K.

Subject: RE: R.A.G.G. M.O.P.P.
From:Bill D
Date: 14 May 98 - 10:55 AM

when I was 12 or 14 or so, I

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Edited by Azizi Powell

This post showcases a 1949 jump Blues recording of the song "Rag Mop" by The Treniers.

Information about The Treniers, information about the "Rag Mop" song, and the lyrics to that song are also included in this post. A video of "Rag Mopp" by the first group to record that song, Johnnie Lee Wills & All His Boys, and a link to the 1950 recording by The Ames Brothers which popularized that song are also included in this post.

The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to The Treniers for their musical legacy. Thanks also to the publisher of this video on YouTube, and thanks to all those who are quoted in this post.

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INFORMATION ABOUT THE TRENIERS
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Treniers
"The Treniers were an American R&B and jump blues musical group,[1] led by identical twins Cliff and Claude Trenier with the Gene Gilbeaux Orchestra which included Don Hill on saxophone, Shifty Henry and later James (Jimmy) Johnson on bass, Henry (Tucker) Green on dru