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Thread #4816   Message #737094
Posted By: GUEST,David Richoux (KFJC FM)
26-Jun-02 - 12:17 AM
Thread Name: Folk songs appropriate for medical students
Subject: RE: Folk songs appropriate for medical students
Hi, I just happened to find this site & forum while researching a favorite song. Earlier in the thread someone mentions "SOME LITTLE BUG IS GOING TO FIND YOU" and the Mudcat database gives this reference to the lyric:

Note: Surprisingly enough, this dates back to the 1890s. Brad Kincaid recorded it in the '30s, and Phil Harris recorded it in the 1940s. Sally Rogers recorded it on Love Will Guide Us, Flying Fish. RG

From what I know about this song, it was written in 1915 (maybe it was influenced by the influenza epidemic of that year) Music by: Silvio Hein Lyrics by: Benjamin Hapgood Burt and Roy Atwell for a Franz Lehar Operetta "Alone At Last" and made popular by Roy Atwell. You can see an image of the song sheet at http://www.parlorsongs.com/issues/2000-9/2000-9.asp

BTW, There is a fine recording of this song by Eubie Blake and Ivan Harold Browning that was recorded in 1972.

Standard disclaimers apply - this info came off the internet, after all...