actually, its not a ragtime two step, per se......its technically a march. Here in St. Louis we often treat it as a drinking song, stomping our feet on the floor in time with the cadence of the first phrase. Great music, thanks for posting it.
I reminds me of being in a marching band which Scott Joplin was previously not really known for. And I like to imagine the falling rosebuds swirling around the marchers while the observers were looking on.