[Dixielandjazz] The Night Before Christmas

Bill Haesler bhaesler at bigpond.net.au
Tue Aug 7 18:11:52 PDT 2007


On Wednesday, August 8, 2007, at 10:45  AM, Stan Brager wrote:
> I've just received a copy of "Round The Christmas Tree" performed by 
> the
> Paragon Ragtime Orchestra. One of the tunes which sounds quite good is 
> "The
> Night Before Christmas" by Earnest R. Ball. The CD dates the tune to 
> 1912.
> There's a vocal but, for the life of me and hearing problems, I just 
> can't
> make out.

Dear Stan,
I have several songs with this title, but no provenance for them.
Can you please hum a few bars?
8>)
Or perhaps quote some of the words on the Paragon Orch version.
Kind regards,
Bill.




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