Original Broadway Cast of Ragtime: The Musical
Gettin’ Ready Rag
[COALHOUSE, spoken]
Ladies and gentlemen, the Gettin' Ready Rag!

[ENSEMBLE]
Gettin' Ready Rag

[COALHOUSE, spoken]
Oh yeah, that's it, that's it, that's it

[ENSEMBLE]
Gettin' Ready Rag
Gettin', Gettin'
Gettin' Ready Rag

[WOMEN]
Anything it takes

[MEN]
Anything you need

[ENSEMBLE]
You gotta find your girl, Coalhouse
And win her back

Gettin' Ready Rag
[MEN]
Ready as you'll ever get

[COALHOUSE]
Not yet

[WOMEN]
Gotta win the girl, Coalhouse

[COALHOUSE]
Think of what a better man she'll see
When Mr. Henry Ford puts me
At the wheel of a Model T