[Dixielandjazz] Lead/Chord/Lyrics for "They All Ask`d For You"

Bill Haesler bhaesler at bigpond.net.au
Fri Apr 12 15:13:48 PDT 2013


Dear Dave,
Ross's link, your lead to the lyrics and a list of recordings, plus a listing I have, provide versions of this song I have never heard.
So why do I know it from a jazz version?
Kenny Ball?
And I have never heard of the Meters, who are listed as its composers:
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1Vi795Wduc.
Maybe, from Geoff Bull here in Oz.
I'll "askt" him later today.
Further digging reveals that it may be a reworking of the 1923 song "Down On The Farm (They All Ask For You)"
   http://www.silentcomedymafia.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=234
And this looks like the sheet music in both G and F:
   https://jscholarship.library.jhu.edu/handle/1774.2/25049?show=full
   https://jscholarship.library.jhu.edu/handle/1774.2/24156?show=full
Kind regards,
Bill.




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