[Dixielandjazz] Without My Walkin' Stick

dwlit at cpcug.org dwlit at cpcug.org
Tue Aug 7 07:26:40 PDT 2007


Hi Bill. I'm gonna have to dig that one out.
Thanks.
--Sheik

> dwlit at cpcug.org wrote [in part]:
>> 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.
>
> Dear David,
> "Hand Me Down My Walking Cane" (pre 1926. Traditional) is indeed a
> different song.
> Recorded by Paul Tremaine and His Orch for Columbia on 2 Oct 1930, the
> Boswell Sisters with the Dorsey Brothers for Brunswick on 17 June 1932
> and again by Fats Waller for Lang-Worth as a radio transcription on 20
> Nov 1939.
> Popular with Western Swing groups too.
> I have the words.
> Kind regards,
> Bill.
>





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