It is a pretty standard ragtime tune--not the usual subject matter, but a solid ragtime tune, nonetheless.

Back in college, a close friend and music companion was offered the job of tenor banjoist in the house "ragtime band" at a Shakey's Pizza because the piano player had heard him play two songs, one of which was "Draft Dodger Rag", the other being "Alice's Restaurant". He didn't even have a tenor banjo--it payed scale--