Oh, THAT song! The one about seeing pyramids along the Nile and all. Hey, that's a pop classic, if ever there was one. It was written in 1952 by Pee Wee King, Redd Steward, and Chilton Price. It was popularized by Joni James ("the Pepsi girl"), and was apparently her first recording. Also recorded by Jo Stafford and Patti Page, and in 1962 by the Duprees. I think the Duprees recording is the doo-wop version I'm thinking of, with the REALLY BIG ending.

Hey, why would this song be something to squabble about? It's a good song, and it's fun to sing. What else could anybody want?

And I wonder what's sillier - getting into a tizzy because Kate Rusby sang a classic pop song, or getting into a tizzy about somebody else getting into a tizzy. Is this pettiness the essential nature of folk musicians nowadays?

-Joe Offer-