[Dixielandjazz] New Orleans Shuffle/Fools fall in love

David W. Littlefield dwlit at cpcug.org
Sun Dec 12 09:38:39 PST 2004


I'm working on "New Orleans Shuffle", which was composed and performed by
the Halfway House Orchestra (Jazz Oracle CD).

I used to play it with a trad band in Bb, but the record is in C (except
for the clarinet solo, which is in Bb). I suspect that Anderson's (Ab, w/Bb
chorus) and Vintage Jazz Standards (Bb) sheets came from Murphy or Watters,
because they just have a 4-bar vamp, whereas the HHO has a 10-bar intro. 

Comments?

Anyway, one of "oldies" tunes I like is "Fools fall in love", Drifters,
1957, the melody of which so closely resembles "NO Shuf" that the lyrics
could be used with the latter. 

--Sheik
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Fools Fall In Love
1.
Fools/ fall in     love/ in a     hurry.//     ////
Fools/ give their     hearts/ much too     soon.///     ////
Just/ play them     two/ bars of     Star/dust/     ////
Just/ hang out     one/ silly     moon.///     ////

They've/ got their     love/ torches     Burning.//     ///when
They/should be     play/ing it     cool.///     ////
I/ used to     laugh,/ but now     I/ under     stand,/ shake the
Hand/ of a    brand/ new/     fool.///     ///|

2.
Fools/ fall in     love/ just like    school girls.//     ////
Blind/ed by     rose/colored     dreams.///     ////
They/ build their     cas/tles on     wish/es/     ////
With/ only     rain/bows for    Beams.///     ////

They're/ making     plans/ for the     future//     ///when
They/ should be     right/ back in     school.///     ////
I/ used to     laugh,/ but now     I/ under     stand,/ shake the
Hand/ of a    Brand/ new/     fool.///     ///|

ending: 4bar drum tag?
I/ used to     laugh,/ but now     I/ under     stand,/ shake the
Hand/ of a    Brand/ new/     fool.///     ///|




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