"Mineola Rag" is an old-time country rag from east Texas in D Major ('A' and 'B' parts) & G Major ('C' part). The parts are played AABBC (Brody) or AA'BB'C (Phillips, Silberberg). It was composed and titled by the East Texas Serenaders for the town of Mineola, Texas (where the group’s cello player, Patrick Henry Bogan, worked for the Post Office). The Serenaders were a popular string band in the 1920's, who featured a rare cello among the usual lineup of guitar and fiddles. The tune shows the ragtime influence on old-time music and contains segments borrowed from other popular ragtime pieces. The original key was probably E flat major, as (unusual for old-time string band music) the Serenaders played many tunes in flat keys. The Serenaders recorded the tune in Dallas, Texas, in November, 1930. It was printed in Brody's Fiddler's Fakebook (1983), Phillips' Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 2 (1995) and Silberberg's Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern (2002). It was recorded by Delaware Water Gap on String Band Music, The East Texas Serenaders (1930), on 1927-1936 (1977), Old-Time Fiddle Classics, vol. 2 and Times Ain't Like They Used To Be, vol. 7: Early American Rural Music Classic Recordings From the 1920s & 30's.