[Dixielandjazz] Stars and Stripes Forever

[Bill Haesler]

Dear Dave,
Although not on the list just posted, I am sure that your playlist 
would have included the best OKOM version of all time, and mentioned on 
the DJML some while ago.
'Bobcats on Parade' by Bob Crosby and his Orchestra.
Billy Butterfield, Yank Lawson, t; Cutty Cutshall, tb; Matty Matlock, 
cl; Eddie Miller, ts; Dave Bowman, p; Carl Kress, g; Bob Haggart, sb; 
Fred Pfaff, tu; George Wettling, d.
New York, 10 April 1950         Coral CRL57061
Not yet on CD, so far as I can find. It should be!
Even our little pub band plays it. As you would expect as our clarinet 
playing MD, Jack Wiard, is ex-Lodi CA.
Kind regards,
Bill.
PS. I checked the alternate words ("Take care of our web-footed 
friends") on the link you gave
     http://www.dws.org/sousa/articles/stars-and-stripes-forever.htm
  and found that they are those we sang when we were kids and knew 
nothing of the history, or importance, of this popular Sousa march.
I even played it when a member of the Williamstown City Brass Band.
Bill.