The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #170202   Message #4188475
Posted By: and e
28-Aug-23 - 07:30 PM
Thread Name: Origins: How old is The Little Fly ?
Subject: RE: Origins: How old is The Little Fly ?
It was a very quite party all told & if old man bingham had a known
the first of july was coming so quick he could a saved some more
money by not putting on the padded sliding door which he put on so
the other borders wouldnt here the kinder songs we useter sing about
the fly that flew into the grocery store
& about the father what was
an apple pie baker & about the moon a shining bright upon the dead
girls face & a few more like them that jimmy wrote & for all the songs
we sing now why old bingham could hang up come cheese cloth be-
tween the rooms & wouldnt lose no borders on our acct.

May, 1920. letter to editor in Phi Alpha Gamma Quarterly, pg 79.


See here: https://www.google.com/books/edition/Phi_Alpha_Gamma_Quarterly/Cvnc6TZohN8C?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22flew+into+the+grocery+store%22&pg=PA79&printsec=frontcover