[Dixielandjazz] Marsalis & Clapton, Lyrics Ice cream

[Gluetje1 at aol.com]

I suppose it's not politically correct but I love the '20's verse lyrics  
also.  To me it is essentially its own independent 32 bar tune.  I  have "I 
Scream/Ice Cream" in the book for STL BandJos Youth Band and we do it  this 
way:  original verse, the '50's rock lyrics in Bb then into C for the  
original chorus lyrics.  This is a tune that kids like, have often heard in  part, 
allows me to incorporate some music history in teaching it; i.e., Reser's  
Cliquot Club Eskimos, advertising in the days of radio, etc.   There are 
also various "ham it up" things one can do with this tune  and one of the 
hardest things of all is to help an average kid loosen  up and have fun when 
performing. 
Ginny
 
 
In a message dated 12/26/2011 8:23:15 A.M. Central Standard Time,  
mister_bertje at hotmail.com writes:

Earlier  this year, while on tour with his band, I asked Chris Barber about 
these vocal  lines and why they differ from the original version of the 
1920's.
He then  told me, that in the 1950's they changed the lyrics, since several 
of the Ice  flavours mentioned in the original didn't exist in the United 
Kingdom.
I  teased him a bit , and asked if he was sponsored at that time by Coca 
Cola,  but that was not the case. (Coke should have done that, of  course!)