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15 May 11 - 11:17 PM (#3154798) Subject: Lyr Req: Two to Duluth said the lady to the youth From: Stewart I'm looking for the song "Two To Duluth" "Two to Duluth said the lady to the youth" ...... where the request for two tickets is misheard as "too-too-de-loot" from the musical The Heart Breakers (1911) I recall listening to a recording, but can't recall what Cheers, S. in Seattle |
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16 May 11 - 01:46 AM (#3154841) Subject: Lyr Add: TWO TO DULUTH (Hough/Adams/Gideon) From: Jim Dixon You can see the sheet music at The Archive of Popular Music at UCLA: TWO TO DULUTH Words by Will M. Hough & Frank R. Adams; music by Melville J. Gideon. From the musical comedy "The Heart Breakers" New York: M. Witmark & Sons, ©1909 1. I've a story sad to tell, Which will illustrate quite well, You must be very careful what you say; For the language that we speak, Often sounds a lot like Greek, When words get twisted in a funny way. Once a lady went insane, Simply trying to take a train To Duluth in Minnesota, so they say; For as soon as she began To inform the ticket man What she wished, the conversation went this way: CHORUS: "Two to Duluth," said the lady to the youth Who was selling tickets for the train; "Tum, tiddle tum," he replied and then was mum, For he thought that she had water on the brain. "Two to Duluth!" yelled the lady to the youth; "Tiddle dumpty tiddle dum," she heard him shout. "To Duluth," the lady cried, "Tiddle dumpty," he replied, While the train pulled out. 2. So they kept it up that way, The remainder of the day, Until the lady really lost her sense; But to tell the bitter truth, If you've ever seen Duluth, You'll know she was insane when she commenced. All the people standing by Laughed until they though they'd die At the chatter of the lady and the youth; And for days and nights to come, Ev'ry streetcar seemed to hum: "Tiddle dumpty tiddle dum, two to Duluth." |
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16 May 11 - 11:41 AM (#3155151) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Two to Duluth said the lady to the youth From: Stewart Thanks Jim, I thought I'd get a quick response. Cheers, S. in Seattle |
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11 Aug 18 - 12:32 PM (#3943153) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Two to Duluth (Hough/Adams/Gideon) From: GUEST,polhemus I am contemplating a move from Houston, Texas to the North Shore of Minnesota (yeah, weird things happen), and it made me think of this song. I'm pretty sure I heard it years ago on "A Prairie Home Companion." |
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13 Aug 18 - 12:24 AM (#3943498) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Two to Duluth (Hough/Adams/Gideon) From: Jim Dixon I remember it too. I think it was sung by Vern Sutton. I couldn't find it, though, at the new Prairie Home Companion website. |