[Dixielandjazz] You can hear me doing Old Bones

[Don Kirkman]

On Wed, 7 Jul 2010 17:44:46 -0400, you wrote:

>Hi guys,
>Used to do it all the time :-)  (Although I can say, I NEVER got a request 
>for it!)  Burns used to sing the verse:
>"Down in the garden where the red roses grow,
>Oh, my, I long to go,
>Down among the flowers, cuddle me for hours
>Lovie, let me learn that Red Rose Rag..."
>
>(The verse seems to go on for hours LOL)
>
>The chorus was even crazier:
>
>"Pick a pinkie petal for your papa's pride,
>Beg a burning blossom for your budding bride...
>
>Any body want the whole thing - I'll send it off line...
>Enjoy your day!
>ALL the Best,
>Stubby

But you'd best also send them "The Red Rose Rag", which has the same
lyrics and was also one of George Burns' specialties.  :-)  My 1906
(copyright) Jerome Remick sheet music attributes it to Edward Madden
(words) and Percy Wenrich (music) and says it was "Dolly Connolly's
Red Rose Song - The Red Rose Rag."

>--------------------------------------------------
>From: "Harry Callaghan" <meetmrcallaghan at gmail.com>
>Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2010 5:12 PM
>To: "Steve Heist" <steveheist at earthlink.net>
>Cc: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
>Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] You can hear me doing Old Bones
>
>> Yes, Bob, but can you also do "Red Rose Rag"?
>>
>> As you might recall, George Burns would only start it and then say 'That's
>> enough" to his acoompanist.
>>
>> The only time I've ever heard it sung in its entirety was by George Segal 
>> on
>> his second album, with the Imperial Jazz Band.
>>
>>
>> On 7/7/10, Robert Ringwald <rsr at ringwald.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> At the 37th annual Sacramento Jazz Festival and Jubilee, Sunday May 30,
>>> 2010 at 5:30 PM with the Fulton Street Jazz Band.
>>>
>>> This was videoed by our own Rae Ann Hopkins Berry.
>>>
>>> Old Bones:
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4T2Xl2Myt8
>>>
>>>
>>> --Bob Ringwald
>>> www.ringwald.com
>>> Fulton Street Jazz Band
>>> 916/806-9551
>>>
>>> It's not guns that kill people,
>>> it is husbands that come home early.
>>>
>>>
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>>
>>
>> -- 
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>>
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