What Did Delaware, Boys

Subject: Looking for the song...
From:
Date: 09 Jan 99 - 12:33 PM

My Grandfather was a dustbowl refugee, my Father used to sing the song when we travelled 'cross country. Being a wee tot, I only got the first lines:

"What did Della wear, boys? What did Della wear? She wore a New Jersey. She wore a New Jersey.

What did Ida hoe, boys? What did Ida hoe?"

And here I supply 'Orey-gon', but that seems too much a stretch.

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Subject: RE:
From: catspaw49
Date: 09 Jan 99 - 12:48 PM

Geez, what were all those? What did Missi-sip?...Her Mini-soda. What did Ohi-owe?-Her Taxes. What did IOweigh?...a WashingTON. What were all those?

Subject: RE:Delaware
From: dick greenhaus
Date: 09 Jan 99 - 12:55 PM

We had a lengthy thread on this a while back. Try a forum search for Delaware.

Subject: RE:
From: Gene
Date: 09 Jan 99 - 02:03 PM

Previous thread: WHAT DID DELAWARE?

* CLICK HERE *

Subject: What did Delaware - Index of Threads
From: Joe Offer
Date: 09 Jan 99 - 02:21 PM

• Ah, thread 118, one of the very first threads ever to find a home at the 'Cat! Click here
  And it comes back home ever so often, like a kid in his twenties who needs to do laundry.
• Thread 668, a real classic which didn't really go anywhere - Click here
• 714 was kind of a flop - Cluck
• 1221, as Gene says, was a fairly good one- clunk here
  Any others? Is it in the database yet?
• Wait - 3968: clik click
• Oh, and 757, it was a very good thread: clack
• Hey, I forgot 3965 - clang
• Oh, here's a ripe one, 347: clank
• Well, I guess I better quit since I have to work this Saturday, but I did find one more, 5498: GONG!

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  New ones added 18 December 2001:
  
• 35485
• 39337
• 42120
• Mudcat Song Challenge, seeking new verses

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  And in July, 2002:
  
• 49275

Did I miss any?

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Many of the threads on this list have been combined with others, so you'll find some dead links above.
-Joe Offer, November, 2009-

Subject: RE:
From: catspaw49
Date: 09 Jan 99 - 05:24 PM

Sorry Joe, but some of us newer types aain't as bright as we oughta' be. I would never have thought about looking for these lyrics til it came up here and then it was like a real kick...atkes damn near nothin' to excite me anymore. We'll start checking...but thanks. catspaw49

Subject: What Did Delaware
From: Joe Offer
Date: 09 Jan 99 - 10:11 PM

Hi, Catspaw - I know it's hard for people to figure out the chicanery of searching, but it piqued my curiosity when I started to figure out the number of threads there are on this particular song - hope I didn't offend anybody.
Interestingly, it will be difficult to find this particular thread in a search because the thread title contains quotation marks, and whatever is enclosed in quote marks doesn't show up in (most) searches. Also, the song comes out as Della-ware and other interesting varieties. The most reliable way to search would have been to do a forum search for what did del. Maybe if we keep posting new threads, Dick will put the song into the database.....
Aw, that thread 124756832, wasn't that a corker???
-Joe Offer-

Subject: RE: What Did Delaware, Boys
From: Crabtree
Date: 15 Dec 01 - 04:41 PM

try looking in Perry Coma catalogue. He had a number one with it back in the 60s

Subject: RE: What Did Delaware, Boys
From: Bill D
Date: 15 Dec 01 - 08:32 PM

a search on "Perry Coma" will give you diddley-squat...if you are not even aware it is "Perry Como", you will be disappointed...

Subject: RE: What Did Delaware, Boys
From: Jim Krause
Date: 18 Dec 01 - 02:37 PM

Yeah, and this is the sort of song you can make up as you go. F'rinstance

Hawaii been, boys
Been in Miss'ri

How did Wiscon-sin?
He got Kans-ass again

&c, &c, &c
Jim