The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #120422   Message #2619732
Posted By: Don Firth
27-Apr-09 - 01:13 PM
Thread Name: Signature Songs
Subject: RE: Signature Songs
Richard, are you still there? I found it—more or less—HERE.

This is very close to the tune that Frankie Laine sang and the way I've heard most people sing it, other than Walt. But they didn't sing it as dotted eighth notes followed by sixteenth notes (DAH-tuh DAH-tuh DAH, etc.—that sounds a little "buckety-buckety," like Gilbert and Sullivan, to me), they sang it much more smoothly, like all eighth notes. Take your clue from the natural rhythm of the words.

The words are slightly different. I like the ones Walt sang the best, but that may be because I was used to hearing him sing it.

I hope this helps.

Don Firth