Steve, There is a song about our current economy - "Nertz" by Eddie Cantor - you can hear it on our website: www.carolinaphonosociety.com - on the main page click on the link to vintage recordings - it's great and very "current". Curt
> From: steve_nor...@msn.com > To: phono-l@oldcrank.org > Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2011 09:34:17 -0400 > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] What made Humpty Dumpty fall > > > Hello Jack, > > Amazing how some things never change. Today's Hunmpty Dumpty appears to be > the economy, too bad Billy Murray is not around to sing an updated Humpty > Dumpty song. > > Steve > > > > > Hey Steve, > > Thanks for the Humpty Dumpty history lesson. All this time I understood > > Humpy Dumpty wasn't an obese egg, but really a rather obese cannon used in > > the Siege of Colchester during the English Civil War. This three month > > battle was between the Parlimentarians (today's conservatives, > > constitutionalists) against the Royalists (today's liberals, supporting the > > monarchy). Although there is much speculation about the original term > > Humpty Dumpty, we can all benefit by learning more English History as many > > lessons learned hundreds of years ago are playing out today. For the > > serious reader, the story about dissatisfaction with the government and > > economic decline is pretty much the same, the parallels from three hundred > > years ago are amazing. Too bad there are no Victor recordings about the > > real story. > > By the way, there is no truth to the story about why Jack and Jill went up > > the hill. > > Jack > > > HUMPTY DUMPTY by Sterling, Moran, & H. von Tilzer > > > as sung by Billy Murray & Ed. SmalleEveryone knows Humpty Dumpty sat upon > > > a wall. > > > But no one seems to know what made poor Humpty Dumpty fall. > > > My great-grand-dad was just a lad, but he was there to see. > > > The story's true, so I'll tell you just what he told to me. > > > Humpty Dumpty sat upon a wall. > > > Humpty Dumpty had an awful fall. > > > A girl was passing by. > > > Her skirt was rather high. > > > She kept on going, never knowing-- > > > Glory! How the wind was blowing! > > > Humpty Dumpty nearly lost an eye. > > > If you're a man, you know the reason why. > > > She said, "Would you please tie my shoe?" > > > Of course, 'twas just a stall. > > > But that's what made poor Humpty Dumpty fall. > > > > > > Humpty Dumpty lived in the time > > > Of old Mother Goose and her nursery rhyme. > > > Hi diddle diddle > > > The profiteers fiddle > > > We all have to dance to their tune. > > > Prices leap to the sky > > > Meat was never so high > > > Since the cow jumped over the moon! > > > > > > You know, I asked my great-grand-dad if Humpty broke a leg. > > > He said, "He went completely broke, because he was an egg". > > > She looked so swell > > > That Humpty fell > > > And his poor life was spoiled; > > > But don't forget, > > > He'd be here yet > > > If he had been hard-boiled! > > > Humpty Dumpty sat upon a wall. > > > Humpty Dumpty had an awful fall. > > > The girlie passed him by; > > > She winked her pretty eye. > > > He saw the clocking on her stocking-- > > > "Glory my!" he said, "How shocking!" > > > Humpty Dumpty turned around and looked > > > and looked and looked and looked > > > And that's how Humpty Dumpty's goose was cooked. > > > He was weak and took a peek > > > But if you had his view, > > > I bet you'd do like Humpty Dumpty too. > > > > > > Hickory dickory doc, > > > The mouse found a flask in the clock. > > > Two drinks of that stuff > > > Made the mouse feel so tough > > > That he chased all the cats on the block! > > > > > > London Bridge is falling down > > > All around the mulberry bush > > > Jack and Jill > > > Went up the hill > > > For all I know, they're up there still. > > > (?) Down among the wildflowers. > > > All the king's horses and all the king's men > > > Who saw poor Humpty fall > > > Could never put him back upon the wall. > > > > > > > From: cdh...@earthlink.net > > > > To: phono-l@oldcrank.org > > > > Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 22:41:15 -0400 > > > > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] WWI music perspective > > > > > > > > Yeah, I have the record. Much as I remember lyrics, I can't come up with > > > > the reason the poor soul flopped. It's a real good recording with a lot > > > > of > > > > good musicianship, too. Can't remember that, either. My Victor Master > > > > book > > > > is in another room. > > > > > > > > It's an orthophonic, so there may be yet another one about the > > > > unfortunate > > > > egg. > > > > > > > > Original Message: > > > > ----------------- > > > > From: Steven Medved steve_nor...@msn.com > > > > Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2011 13:39:51 -0400 > > > > To: phono-l@oldcrank.org > > > > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] WWI music perspective > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Has anyone heard Humpty Dumpty on Victor? We learn what made him fall. > > > > > > > > Steve > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Phono-L mailing list > > > > http://phono-l.org > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > mail2web - Check your email from the web at > > > > http://link.mail2web.com/mail2web > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Phono-L mailing list > > > > http://phono-l.org > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Phono-L mailing list > > > http://phono-l.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Phono-L mailing list > > http://phono-l.org > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org
