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Thread #33807 Message #455963
Posted By: CRANKY YANKEE
04-May-01 - 03:39 PM
Thread Name: Req: Sing-along songs from the 20's & 30's
Subject: RE: Tune Req: Sing-a-long songs from the '20's &
There are other "pop" 20''s, 30's &40's songs that my dad used to sing. When I get the time, probably this evening, I'll send some more. From the middle 30's on, I remember them as "Popula songs" AND I KNOW A LOT OF SONGS.So, over the next couple of weeks I'll either scan and send the sheet music, or put together a tape (or CD) of sure fire "The old folks will love them" songs. After all, I'm now IN the (Chronological) old folks category, and I know what I'd like to hear if I were in a nursing home, which I'm not.here are a whole lot of songs that the "present generation" people know the chorus to and none of the verses. For instance, "The Bowery" "The Band Played on". etc. When I was younger, we had a longer attention span, I guess, and the verses to a lot of the old "pop" or "traditional" songs are dynamite.
If you have the time, find a printed copy of "Home on the range" with all 5 verses. There's some beautiful poetry there. Excuse me a minute while I look in the Digitrad, I'll be right back.
Jody
"Home on the range is in the digitrad,with all the verses. "The Bowery" is listed in the index of the Digitrad, but the song "The Bowery" isn't, all the lyrics under that index heading are of songs that refer to the Bowery, such as, "She's More to be Pitied than Censured", another sure fire hit. , I'll include "the Bowery on he tape I'm going to put together for you. Here's some background on this song.
A "Bowery" is a place where anchors are made and/or stored. The "Bower" is the big anchor that is carried in the bow of a ship. New York City's "Bowery" section was once a very popular "hang out" there were music halls, theaters, etc. And, then someone wrote a song entitled "The Bowery, citing several examples of swindlers, drunken brawls, etc. The public BELIEVED these stories to be true, people quit going to the Bowery and from that time on, it was N.Y.'s "skid row". I've got to get off the line for a moment, Donna has to use the phone.