[Dixielandjazz] Question Origine Of "Tickle Toe?"

[Phil Wilking]

The sheet music for "The Tickle Toe" has been sent to Bob Ringwald. It 
would seem that the tune was used in a musical play and had a dance 
associated with it in the play.

On 12/3/2017 20:06, Robert Ringwald wrote:
> This is from another email list. Any help would be appreciated.
> I am learning the song "Jazz Baby," written in 1919 by M.K. Jerome and 
> Blanche Merrill. (You may remember Carol Channing's version in the movie 
> "Thoroughly Modern Millie.") I found the sheet music. One of the lyrics 
> says, "Rocked to sleep... to the tune of the 'tickle toe.'" What the 
> heck is the "tickle toe" tune? Google leads me only to a later tune of 
> the same name written by Lester Young in the 1930's and recorded by 
> Count Basie and others. I thought I'd ask the experts here for any 
> information you might have about any earlier "tickle toe" tunes. I'm 
> curious about the origin of the phrase. Was it a dance step? A lead to a 
> recording of the earlier tune(s) would be a bonus. Can anyone help?