[Dixielandjazz] Stan Freberg

[Harry Callaghan]

Ken:

I never knew of Freberg doing "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park" and had always
attributed it to Tom Lehrer, who also had such classics as "Be Prepared" and
"Vatican Rag".

Tides
HC


On 7/10/10, Ken Mathieson <ken at kenmath.free-online.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> Freberg is maybe a bit off-topic for DJML, but it seems someone on the list
> knows the answer to even the most obscure questions, so here goes:
>
> Freberg had a popular record (not sure if "hit" would describe it) with
> Poisoning Pigeons in the Park, which from memory was a Freberg composition.
> So far so good, but I used to play in a band with Scottish bassist, Lindsay
> Cooper (now sadly gone), who had lived and worked for years in Switzerland,
> and was married to a Swiss lady. One night in the band bus coming back from
> an out of town gig and after numerous tastes since we weren't driving,
> Lindsay started singing Viennese sentimental songs in German, then went into
> "Wann wir vergiften Tauben im Park." I assumed it was a straight translation
> of the Freberg song, but Lindsay insisted it had originally been written by
> a Viennese singer of comic satirical songs and he had heard it on an ancient
> 78 in his mother in law's house. He told me the singer's name, but it didn't
> ring any bells.
>
> So come on folks, does anyone know who it might have been and whether his
> version came first and was borrowed by Freberg, or vice versa?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Ken Mathieson
> www.classicjazzorchestra.org.uk
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