The same year, he directed and performed in shows in Houston and Galveston, Texas, where he partnered "Baby" Floyd Fisher, described as a "dainty little singing and dancing soubrette".

Seals and Fisher were married, performed together as a duo, and in 1911 appeared in shows in New York, Chicago and Philadelphia, demonstrating their wide appeal.

It rapidly entered the repertoire of other vaudeville performers, including both Jelly Roll Morton and the yodeler Charles Anderson, who recorded the tune in 1923 as "Sing 'Em Blues".

[1] It was widely advertised in the Indianapolis Freeman, with whom Seals regularly corresponded, establishing himself as a spokesman for Southern performers.

[5] During 1912, Seals and Fisher performed regularly in Nashville, before a series of engagements in Jacksonville, Mobile, Louisville and Birmingham.