[Dixielandjazz] Skid Da de Dat ( correction)

[Jim Beebe]

Right you are.  I must be losing 'it.' At least I got the last wife right.

JB

From: "Richard Donelan" <rdone at polaris.net>
To: "Jim Beebe" <jbeebe at centurytel.net>
Cc: "DJML" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 11:07 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Skid Da de Dat ( correction)


> 
> On Wednesday, October 1, 2003, at 10:55  PM, Jim Beebe wrote:
> 
> >
> >>
> >>> Anyone know the origin or meaning of this tune name?  Do the second 
> >>> and
> >>> fourth words rhyme with 'cat' or 'cot'?  Did Satch write it?
> >>
> >> Don't know.  Just skat stuff .  Lucille Armstrong (Louis's first 
> >> wife, a
> >> pianist) wrote it, it is believed.
> >
> > I goofed here.  As Bill Haesler pointed out, "Skit Dat De Dat" was 
> > composed
> > by Lil 'Hardin' Armstrong,  Louis's first wife.  Lucille was Louis's 
> > last
> > wife.
> 
> Hi Jim:
> 
> Lil Hardin, a classy woman from Memphis and fine musician, was Louis' 
> second wife.  The first was Daisy Parker, not classy at all, whom he 
> married in 1918 in New Orleans.  The marriage was not a success, 
> needless to say. . . .<G>.
> 
> Richard Donelan
> Tallahassee
> 
> 
>