[Dixielandjazz] Lily of the Valley

[Ingemar Wågerman]

 Will,

I have not seen the Grable movie, but I am quite sure that this is not "our"
tune, but a 1917  number by Friedland - Gilbert, "A Nut Song"

Best
Ingemar
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Lily of the Valley was performed in the movie Mother Wore Tights with Betty
Grable and Dan Dailey in the early fifties.
kindly
Will Connelly


2007/12/4, will connelly <willconnelly at bellsouth.net>:
>
> Ingemar Wågerman wrote:
>
> I have tried for years to find out the origin of the tune Lily of the
> Valley, which was recorded by Paul Barbarin in 1951. Rev F.W. McGee recorded
> the first part ("Everybody don´t know...") in 1930, but what happened
> between 1930 and 1951?? The tune is called a "Wartime favorite" in the liner
> notes of GHB LP 139 (Don Albert - Louis Cotrell...), so it must have been
> well-known before Barbarin recorded it. But no there are no recordings
> known! I wonder if there are any musicians left, who played it before 1951.
> Any suggestions?
>
> My "investigation" will hopefully result in an extensive article, maybe at
> the Gothenburg University. I have found many interesting connections between
> "Oh Happy Day", "Everybody Ought to Know", "What a Friend we have in Jesus"
> and some other songs and tunes, but the origin of the second part ("He´s the
> Lily of the Valley...")  is still unclear. It sounds  like "What a
> friend..." but the chords in bar 5-6 and 7-8 are reversed.
>
> I have found more than 200 recordings of this tune, and I try to compare the
> melody, the chords and lyrics variations. The list can be seen on our web
> site below.
>
> Our band recorded it this year on our CD09, with a medley of "Lily"
> melodies.
>
> Maybe someone can help?
>
> All the best from Sweden
>
> Ingemar Wågerman
> Gota River Jazzmen, Göteborg, Swedenhttp://listen.to/gotariver
>
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>   Lily of the Valley  was performed in the movie Mother Wore tIGHTS WITH
> bETTY gRABLE AND dAN dAILEY IN THE EARLY FIFTIES.
> kINDLY
> WILL CONNELLY
>