[Dixielandjazz] FW: Re Hoagy's'New Orleans'

[Bill Gunter]

Hi listmates,

The bridge to Hoagy's New Orleans . . .

For those of you to whom "AABA" and musical nomenclature remain a mystery 
take a look at the lyrics to the chorus:

(A)
If you've never seen a quaint old Southern city
Just think of New Orleans,

(A)
If you've never seen that town, boy, it's a pity,
There's nothing like New Orleans.

(B) (bridge)
It will remind you of old fashioned lace,
A glass of wine will greet your smiling face,

(A)
And if you ever see a black-eyed gal like mine, boy,
You know you're in New Orleans.

Respectfully submitted,

Bill "Thimbles" Gunter
jazzboard at hotmail.com


>From: "Jim Kashishian" <jim at kashprod.com>
>Reply-To: jim at kashprod.com
>To: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
>Subject: [Dixielandjazz] FW:  Re Hoagy's'New Orleans'
>Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2006 19:37:15 +0200
>
>
>The Sheik wrote:
>It's a 16 bar tune, and bars 13-16 are a real bridge. Unlike Jim K., I've
>never had a feeling that it ought to be 32 bars.
>
>
>It's not that I feel it should be one or the other, I just tend to look 
>upon
>the tune as being a normal structure of AABA, although I am aware that it 
>is
>AA.  I just wonder why it was written as a 16 bar song?  What is the
>difference?  Why did he write it that way?
>
>Jim
>
>
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