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"la" target="_blank">La Pas Ma la" target="_blank">La" is a composition published by minstrel performer Ernest Hogan in 1895 and recognized as the first published ragtime work. With his troupe, the Georgia Graduates, Hogan created a comedy dance called the "Pasmala" consisting of a walk forward with three steps back, and in 1895 composed and published a song based on this dance. The song's chorus was:
Hand upon yo' head, let your mind roll back,
Back, back back and look at the stars
Stand up rightly, dance it brightly
That's the Pas Ma la" target="_blank">La.
Despite being recognized as the first published ragtime work, the copyright for You've Been a Good Old Wagon but You Done Broke Down – another contender for the title – was registered in January of 1895 (Greenup Music Co.)source, a few months prior to la" target="_blank">La Pas Ma la" target="_blank">La (September of 1895, J. R. Bell)source, suggesting (contrary to popular belief) it was in fact the first of the two.
