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Seek "Nagasaki" on Piano Roll
By Larry Mayo

Last night I heard an oldie that was a hoot, and I wonder if it
exists on a roll.  The refrain is "Back in Nagasaki where the
fellers chew tobaccy and the women wicky wacky woo."

Larry Mayo

 [ Editor's remarks:
 [
 [ The song is "Nagasaki", published 1928.  The Royal Society Jazz
 [ Orchestra plays it.  (I play piano in this fine group. :-)  The
 [ refrain begins: "Hot ginger and dynamite, there's nothing but that
 [ at night".  The lyrics are a tricky tongue-twister so the singer
 [ should be sober(!).  The chorus and a rather shallow commentary are
 [ at http://www.uwosh.edu/home_pages/faculty_staff/earns/song.html
 [ The commentary is long on speculation and trivia (gleaned from
 [ coffee table books on jazz and movies?) but it's a bit skewed on
 [ historical perspective.
 [
 [ -- Robbie


(Message sent Fri 15 Dec 2000, 17:06:15 GMT, from time zone GMT-0600.)

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