[Dixielandjazz] Yama Yama Man

[David Richoux]

According to my cajun grandma the Yama Yama Man is a sort of southern 
version of the boogieman that lives under the stairs. Some times he is 
described as a man made of burlap sacks filled with worms and bugs. 
(See the boogieman from "Nightmare before Christmas" to get that idea - 
a picture at http://www.funtocollect.com/jusarnigbefc.html   . )


"The Yama Yama Man"
Written by Karl Hoschna (1908)
Lyrics by Collin Davis  for a Broadway musical review "The Three Twins"
Sung and danced by Ginger Rogers in the film The Story Of Vernon And 
Irene Castle
(goes on about long boney hands and such but I cannot seem to find the 
lyrics on the internet even though it is Public Domain.)

There is a version of the song with lyrics along those lines that Turk 
Murphy did - Jimmy Stanislaw (sp?) sang the vocals.

Dave Richoux
On Saturday, January 25, 2003, at 11:35 AM, CoonSander at aol.com wrote:

> My band is adding Yama Yama man to our list of songs.  Does anybody 
> know just what the heck a Yama Yama Man is?  I know the question will 
> come up at our performances.  Thanks.
>
>                            Dale Jones, Leader
>                            The Backyard Dixie Jazz Stompers
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