Rag Mop

"Rag Mop" is a novelty song by Johnnie Lee Wills and Deacon Anderson, a number-one hit for the Ames Brothers in 1950. This page has the Rag Mop chords and a backing track you can slow down, speed up and transpose.

Who wrote "Rag Mop"

Johnnie Lee Wills, a western swing bandleader, and Deacon Anderson wrote it; the lyric spells the title out letter by letter. Several versions charted in 1950, the biggest by the Ames Brothers.

Recordings that made it a standard

• The Ames Brothers (Coral, 1950).