La Pas Ma La

La Pas Ma La is a ragtime song recorded by minstrel performer Ernest Hogan in 1895. With his troupe, the Georgia Graduates, he performed a dance step and ditty with the name "Pasmala".[1][2] Hogan created a comedy dance called the "pasmala", which consisted of a walk forward with three steps back. In 1895, he wrote and composed a song based on this dance called "La Pas Ma La".[3] 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.

References

Knowles, Mark (20 May 2002). Tap Roots: The Early History of Tap Dancing. McFarland. p. 119 – via Internet Archive. la pas ma la.
Gushee, Lawrence. "The Nineteenth-Century Origins of Jazz." Black Music Research Journal 14, no. 1 (1994): 1-24. doi:10.2307/779456.
Tap Roots: The Early History of Tap Dancing by Mark Knowles, McFarland & Company, 2002, ISBN 0-7864-1267-4, pages 119-20.

External links

La Pas Ma La Box 141, Item 166 Lester Levy sheet music collection Johns Hopkins The Sheridan Libraries

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[1] Knowles, Mark (20 May 2002). Tap Roots: The Early History of Tap Dancing. McFarland. p. 119 – via Internet Archive. la pas ma la.

[2] Gushee, Lawrence. "The Nineteenth-Century Origins of Jazz." Black Music Research Journal 14, no. 1 (1994): 1-24. doi:10.2307/779456.

[TapRoots-3] Tap Roots: The Early History of Tap Dancing by Mark Knowles, McFarland & Company, 2002, ISBN 0-7864-1267-4, pages 119-20.