I first heard this song on the Patti Page recording in the 1950s - the record came out in 1956, or some sources say 1957. That record was my only impression of Cape Cod until I visited there when my sister was living nearby in the area - and Cape Cod wasn't at all like the description in the song. A big part of the Cape is like a city. The northwest part of the Cape, the part nearest to Plymouth, looks like most other Boston suburbs.The southeast part around Woods Hole is much more interesting, but still pretty much citified. Finally, at about Eastham, the Cape narrows and turns north; and it's mostly a wide, open, beautiful spit of sand until it curls around to the west and widens into beautiful, little Provincetown. Lots of lighthouses along the way, so I explored it well. My sister lived on the mainland, due west of Provincetown at Duxbury. The line from Duxbury to Provincetown forms the entrance to Cape Cod Bay.

OLD CAPE COD
(Claire Rothrock, Milt Yakus, and Allan Jeffrey)

If you're fond of sand dunes and salty air
Quaint little villages here and there
You're sure to fall in love with old Cape Cod

If you like the taste of lobster stew
Served by a window with an ocean view
You're sure to fall in love with old Cape Cod

Winding roads that seem to beckon you
Miles of green beneath the skies of blue
Church bells chimin' on a Sunday morn
Remind you of the town where you were born

If you spend an evening you'll want to stay
Watching the moonlight on Cape Cod Bay
You're sure to fall in love with old Cape Cod

If you spend an evening you'll want to stay
Watching the moonlight on Cape Cod Bay
You're sure to fall in love with old Cape Cod
You're sure to fall in love with old Cape Cod


Lyrics are from one of "those" websites, but I corrected them according to the 1956 recording..
http://www.metrolyrics.com/old-cape-cod-lyrics-patti-page.html


And here's a YouTube video of the Patti Page recording, identified as 1956: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVsQeWho5hU

Here's another Patti Page recording, dated 1957. It has backup singers and a more complex arrangement by Vic Schoen & His Orchestra, so I think it's a later recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmWVeTYopZ4

Is it possible that Patti Page had recordings of this song both in 1956 AND 1957?