[Dixielandjazz] The Torch

[David Richoux]

  A somewhat related sad-funny song  (with some variations in lyrics)  
- it was one of the late Dave Cotter's favorites:

Let Her Sleep Under the Bar
(The Lady in Red)

'Twas a cold winter's evening, the guests were all leaving,
O'Leary was closing the bar,
When he turned and he said to the lady in red,
"Get out! You can't stay where you are!"
She shed a sad tear in her bucket of beer
as she thought of the cold night ahead,
When a gentleman dapper stepped out of the (phone booth)
and these are the words that he said:

"Her mother never told her the things a young girl should know.
About the ways of college men, and how they come and go, (mostly....go).
Now age has taken her beauty, and sin has left its sad scar;
So remember your mothers and sisters, boys, and let her sleep under  
the bar."

a melody MIDI and some discussion can be found here:
http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=2332

Dave RIchoux

On Sep 19, 2008, at 2:54 AM, Bill Haesler wrote:

> Roger Wade wrote:
>> My favorite version is sung by Monte Ballou with the Famous Castle  
>> Jazz Band on the 1958 Good Time Jazz LP S-10030.  I think it was  
>> also reissued on CD.
>
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