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Thread #57013 Message #947578
Posted By: Joe Offer
07-May-03 - 02:15 AM
Thread Name: Origins: My Gal's a Corker/...Girl's a New Yorker
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: My Girl's a Corker
As I read Ewen's American Popular Songs, it appears that words and music were written by John Stromberg in 1895, and the original song title was "My Best Girls' a New Yorker (or, My Best Girl's a Corker)" -Joe Offer-