[Dixielandjazz] Collective nouns are wisdom in a word.

[Stan Brager]

Don;

The phrase "... look like a monkey..." was first used on a Clarence
Williams' Novelty Band recording on May 22, 1930. The song was written by
Clarence Williams with lyrics by Alex Hill and called "You're Bound To Look
Like A Monkey When You Get Old". Great group with Cecil Scott on clarinet,
Herman Chittison on piano, Ikey Robinson on banjo and Clarence Williams
playing jug and singing (not at the same time ;}).

Thanks for reminding me of it.

Stan
Stan Brager

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Don Ingle [mailto:cornet at 1010internet.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2011 7:52 AM
> To: DJML
> Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List
> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Collective nouns are wisdom in a word.
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> Leave it to a tuba player friend to discover these words of wisdom. Doc
> Ball of Michigan strikes again.
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> The English language has some wonderfully anthropomorphic collective
> nouns for groups of animals.
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> There is a Pride of lions, a Murder of crows (as well as their cousins
> the rooks and ravens), a School of fish, an Exaltation of doves and,
> presumably because they look so wise, a Parliament of owls.
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> Now consider the baboon. The loudest, most dangerous and viciously
> aggressive of all primates. And what is the proper collective noun for
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> group of baboons - a **Congress.**
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> Sometimes witticisms just write themselves, don't they?
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> Jazz connection:  "You're gunna look just like a monkey when you grow
> old." (as sung by Nappy LaMar with the Bobcats.)
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