[Dixielandjazz] [Bulk] Verses

[Phil Wilking]

Exactly; those old songs were SONGS. You were supposed to hear the lyrics 
and the story was told in the verses.

"Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home?" is another excellent example. If 
you do the verses, you find out he DID pass by the house, and kept on going.

The verses to "By The Beautiful Sea" tell an entirely different story from 
the usual impression.

Even if you don't sing the lyrics to a song, they give you the subtleties of 
the phrasing the composer intended.

Phil Wilking

Those who would exchange freedom for
security deserve neither freedom nor security.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eric Holroyd" <eholroyd at optusnet.com.au>
>
> I LIKE verses!
>
> Without the verse The Sheik Of Araby is a quite banal tune.
>
> The choruses of AIn’t Misbehavin’, Someday Sweetheart, Ain’t Gonna GIve 
> Nobody None ‘O This Jellyroll are all ‘set up’ beautifully by first having 
> the verse played – or preferably sung.
>