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Lyr Req: Let Her Sleep Under the Bar / Lady in Red Related thread: Lyr Req: 'A handsome man stepped under the transom (24) In Mudcat MIDIs: Let Her Sleep Under the Bar |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Let Her Sleep Under the Bar / Lady in Red From: GUEST,Granny Gruntz Date: 08 Sep 14 - 11:19 PM 09/08/2014 - I think I first heard "The Lady In Red" when I attended Indiana University, Bloomington, IN - BACK IN 1948. *AND - it was a pretty old drinking song THEN! *Never knew when it originated. *Just one, among many, "songs" one hears and learns at the "places of higher learning" - *AND passes on to future generations to be. ;-) *I am NOW a great-grandmother of four and 3/9ths great-grandchildren. *AND - I still like to sing the "old songs" at the top of my voice when taking a shower! ;-) |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Let Her Sleep Under the Bar / Lady in Red From: Lighter Date: 09 Sep 14 - 07:54 AM You go, girl! |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Let Her Sleep Under the Bar / Lady in Red From: GUEST,CarolinaJacket Date: 26 Oct 14 - 04:20 PM The Sigma Nus at Presbyterian College were singing it back in the '50s. Our version ended with "beside the gin". Great song. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Let Her Sleep Under the Bar / Lady in Red From: Jim Dixon Date: 28 Oct 14 - 01:39 PM This article in Life, from Feb. 1, 1963, called "Just a Home Where Squares Get Lost" is about Bill Baird (who professionally spelled his name "Bil") and Cora Baird. The Bairds were probably the world's most famous puppeteers until Jim Henson came along. It says:
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Let Her Sleep Under the Bar / Lady in Red From: GUEST,K. Canning Date: 25 Mar 15 - 02:08 PM Like a post above, this was a song our family sang on car rides in the 1970's, taught by my mother who likely learned it from her father who was in a fraternity at Union College,NY in the late 1920's. We learned the "gentleman handsome stepped over the transom" line, as well as "ways of college men, and how they come and go, [mostly go]." Also at the last lines, it was, "Let her sleep under the bar ["between the bottles" added a la barbershop style], Let her sleep under the bar." |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Let Her Sleep Under the Bar / Lady in Red From: and e Date: 28 Jan 25 - 01:18 PM Let Nellie Sleep Under the Bar Transcribed from the singing of Sarah Curry. Learned mid-1960s at University of Arizona at "beer bust" parties. Download recording here: https://archive.org/download/jack_horntip_collection_field_recordings/0171%20Let%20Nellie%20Sleep%20Under%20The%20Bar%20%5BAka%20The%20Lady%20In%20Red%5D.mp3 |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Let Her Sleep Under the Bar / Lady in Red From: and e Date: 28 Jan 25 - 03:22 PM The following songs seem to be the most popular among college students: June, 1958. "College Songs in the Indiana University Folklore Archives" by Joseph Hickerson. Folklore and Folk Music Archivist Volume 1, Issue 2. Available for download here: https://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals-playground/index.php/ffma/article/view/25439 |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Let Her Sleep Under the Bar / Lady in Red From: Lighter Date: 28 Jan 25 - 08:35 PM Am informed that the song was sung at Indiana University in 1942 and in California in 1939. Indoor phone booths became common in U.S. cities around 1915. "Crapper" seems to have come into common U.S. use about the same time. |
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