[Dixielandjazz] Need Lyrics- Without My Walkin' Stick

[Scott Anthony]

I purchased the Irving Berlin Fake Book, published by Hal Leonard, a number 
of years ago and found that the lyrics and major portions of a number of the 
tunes were drastically different from the original sheet music. A case in 
point is "I'll See You in C-U-B-A." The tune is a Prohibition protest tune, 
but in the fakebook all references to drinking and alcohol were stripped 
plus they screwed with the key of the verse and chorus. The original I think 
is in D but we usually do it in C so I can reach all the notes. At any rate, 
in C the verse goes from Cm to C and then the chorus is in C as well. Hal 
Leonard in their infinite wisdom changed the verse to Am and the chorus in C 
making it have quite a different "feel" when going from verse to chorus.

I called Hal Leonard and complained because who knows what other lyrics and 
keys in the book got changed. They didn't give a crap, and told me that 
tastes and times change. It probably also had a lot to do with copyrights 
and being able to extend the terms of their royalties by publishing a new 
"arrangement."

Scott Anthony

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Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Need Lyrics- Without My Walkin' Stick


> "My walking stick" is the tune; by Irving Berlin, 1938. It's in the
> "Irving Berlin Fake Book".
>
> I haven't made a sheet nor copied the lyrics and I'm in the middle of some
> other stuff.
>
> A "concert" version is done by the Bearcats, on their CD
> "Special Edition, Bearcats, Vol. V". My database doesn't indicate the name
> of the vocalist.
>
> There was a TV ad not long with a contemporary band doing a few lines
> including "Hand me down my walking cane..." Different tune, I'm sure, but
> sounded like fun.
>
> --Sheik
>
>> I am trying to locate a lead sheet and lyrics for a song called
>> Without My Walkin' Stick  or My Walkin' Stick.
>> Buzz Blatherwick
>
>
>
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