Mudcat Café message #4154175

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Thread #1141 Message #4154175
Posted By: Lighter
29-Sep-22 - 04:29 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Blue Tail Fly (Jimmy Crack Corn)
Subject: RE: Origins: Blue Tail Fly (Jimmy Crack Corn)

Here's an even earlier appearance of the title:

Charleston Daily Courier (March 25, 1831):

"In the course of the evening, the comic songs of the 'Blue Tailed Fly,' and the 'Golden Fish' [to be sung] by Mr. Bristow."

Three years later, in New Orleans:

The Courier (March 4, 1834): "Comic song, 'The Blue Tailed Fly.'"