The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #173791 Message #4215176
Posted By: Helen
11-Jan-25 - 11:45 PM
Thread Name: Title & Singer of 1950s Song
Subject: RE: Title & Singer of 1950s Song
There are probably various versions of it. Identifying the song is tantalisingly out of reach. I suspect the song which mentions an old woman who is neglected might be a variation of this song, or maybe it is the other way around.
My internet search trick is to put double quotes around a phrase I am searching for, e.g. "She sits all day in an old rocking chair" and then I try a few less words in the phrase, or another phrase from the lyrics.
I used to use Google to search but I stopped when they started using AI, but I used to be able to exclude words from a search, e.g.
"She sits all day in an old rocking chair" NOT neglected
Or something simple like that.
I found this page which searches lyrics containing specific words of phrases: