[Dixielandjazz] Re: There are verses to "Indiana!"

[David W. Littlefield]

I found the sheet music of "Indiana" at the University of Indiana site
given in to us a couple of days ago--the tunes through 1922 can be
downloaded in ,pdf format. 

"Avalon" is on the Levy collection site, which has .jpg versions of their
pubic domain titles. Verse and Chorus are both in G. Al Jolson's 1920
record is in F, at a light 2-beat tempo. During his revival days with
string orchestra in the 40s(?), he sang it as a ballad in Eb. 

Both will be used in upgrading "Dixieland FB Vol. 1".
Indiana also had "Rose of Washington Square" from which I'll make a
"straight" sheet (I put the Turk Murphy-Pat Yankee version in DixFB Vol. 1).

--Sheik

At 09:04 AM 07/22/05 +1000, Bill Haesler wrote:
>Dear Jim,
>I too have the words to both verses, but can't help with the music.
>[However, while writing this, I note that our dear mate Craig Johnson has
>come to our aid, once more.]
>When I read your request I wondered, in my usual way, what records contain
>the verse.
>So I checked the discography and found that I had most of the 30 or so sides
>recorded from 1917 up to Lester Young in 1944.
>I found only two which feature the verse!
>1.  The Original Dixieland Jazz band Columbia 31 May 1917 version (2 takes).
>2.  Buck and Bubbles (including the vocal for verse 1) with saxophonist
>Freddy Gardner in London on 20 Oct 1926.
>Kind regards,
>Bill.