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Thread #109613 Message #2292973
Posted By: GUEST,Bob Coltman
19-Mar-08 - 04:43 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: The Mosquito Camp Song
Subject: RE: The Mosquito Camp Song
Sounds like:
"Where do mosquitoes go, I'd like to know,
in the Wintertime?
What do they wear for underwear,
when they reach that southern clime?"
I posted a query for this in
http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=34789#1269504
which is actually about a different, unrelated song, the Swedish (or German) parody "In De Vinter Time."
One guest remembered it, but only a fragment. No further leads developed.
The song is called "Where Do Mosquitoes Go In the Winter Time?" The standard collections, Lester Levy and American Memory, don't have it. A copy is in the Florenz Ziegfeld collection, but is only listed, not accessible, so you'd have to go there, or else arrange for copying and mailing, to see it.
This is a much-wanted song for me, so I'll be happy if anybody can furnish the lyrics, tune, or a source for same.
Bob