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Thread #1355   Message #1429447
Posted By: Jim Dixon
08-Mar-05 - 01:13 AM
Thread Name: Origins: When Paw Was Courtin' Maw (Manus, Joy)
Subject: RE: who recorded 'When Paw Was A'courtin' Maw' ?
Here's the catalog data from Indiana University Sheet Music Collections:

WHEN PAW WAS COURTIN' MAW
Words, Jack Manus. Music, Leonard Joy. 1938
First Line: I asked my paw where did they go when folks went courtin'...
Chorus First Line: They didn't have no 'airyplanes', didn't have no streamlined...

According to allmusic, it has been recorded by The Five Keys, Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, Stuff Smith & His Onyx Club Boys, Dick Todd, and The King's Singers.