[lit-ideas] Re: Geary and the Tin Pan Alley
- From: Mike Geary <gearyservice@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2013 19:58:56 -0500
Yeah, that was my uncle Tony. He got killed in the war. Never got to
make a song about it though.
On 9/12/13, Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx <Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> In England, just to be different, they call it "Denmark Street", but it's
> "Tin Pan Alley".
>
> One Tin Pan Alley composer was T. Mayo Geary.
>
> His hit:
>
> EV’RY MORN I BRING HER CHICKEN
>
> "... that at daybreak I have stole/then at eve I bring her parsley/& at
> night they're cooked &cold/on the table we have violets/just to make things
>
> sweet oh/o, those flowers, they are so fragrant/but the chicken's there to
>
> eat."
>
> For the record, then.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Speranza
>
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