Fwd: [Dixielandjazz] Fwd: Cake Walkin' Babies question

[Bill Gunter]

Hi Karen (and all),

You wrote (regarding "Cakewalking Babies"):

>There's a line in this tune "easin' around, both green
>and brown" (I think that's right)...can anyone tell me what that means????

Never heard the lyrics that way before. I've always sung 'em this way:

"Talk of the town, easin' around, they're pickin' 'em up and layin' 'em 
down!"

Also, The Firehouse Fake Book, along with several other, have the lyrics 
like that.

Cheers,

Bill "Dancin' Fool" Gunter
jazzboard at hotmail.com



>From: Coastsidegiraffe at aol.com
>To: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
>Subject: Fwd: [Dixielandjazz] Fwd: Cake Walkin' Babies question
>Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 02:29:48 EST
>
>well, not sure what I did wrong, but I apologize for the blank message....
>
>the question was:   There's a line in this tune "easin' around, both green
>and brown" (I think that's right)...can anyone tell me what that means????
>
>thank you in advance....this wonderful list of wonderful people....
>
>Karen
>Pacifica, CA
>
>


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