Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1891-03-26

the words would serve to indicate. TIL,
chorus of the song was:
Whoa, Emma Whoa, Emma!
Oh, Emma, you put me in such dilemma.
This gem consisted mostly of chorus
The art of writing song like this
would seem to be defined by selecting
the most out.of. the way word to end
the first line, and then scratching
round until you found another word to
rhyme with 1t. Sense is obviously of
no consequence.
Shortly after this "Baby Mine" ap-
peared on the scene:
I've "a letter from thy sire,
Baby mine, baby mine;
lcould r ad AID never tire,
| Baby mlnc, baby mine;
He is coming ocr the sea-
He is coming back to me
lie is coming back to me,
Baby mlnc,
This is delightfully."- natural Mothers
generally use the word "sirc" when
talking to an infant about its father, of
course. This bit of sentiment was sub
ject to various PAROLES, such as:
I've a letter from my sire
Mary Ann, Mary Ann.
And he's Just as mad as fire,
Mary Ann.
Probably there was never a song that
jumped so suddenly into popularity
and then fell through the other end
with SO much rapidity as See Saw
1t is related that one morning lawyer
sat in his office whlstllng this air, then
a new thing. His friends IN adj ecent
offices heard him, and beSieped. .Ilo
with .r&nhfetOty lie was the center OF
attraction and felt himself the cock Of
the coop. The next morning he came
down town and again started in on See
Saw whereupon he was waited upon
by "A delegation of the same admlrlng
friends of the previous day, I'd inform
ed that unless he became quiet they
we're pledged to kill him.
"Walt TIL the Clouds Roll By was
another pretty song no" forgotten.-
"Jeunlr, in melolious accents, was i'm
plored to "walt till the clouds roll by.
Who sings it now ? And who dldn
sing it then? Finally "Peek-a-Boo"
emerged out Of obscuri y? 1t was as
GOOD Il sample Of utter nonsense as ever
had great run. In the play, where it
was originally introduced, it had some
appropriateness, but by itself 1t had
none. But it was popular. We had
Peek "a Boo bonnets and Perka Boo
shoulder capes. and even "a Peek Il Boo
game, much in vogue ut parties, where
every man got "behlud the char"
while the ladies in the center of the
room sung the song. Vixen the words,
see You hiding there,
Oh, you rascal,
were reached, every man left his chair
and every lady made au attempt to
reach one. The lucky man who cond
catch lady before she reached chair
had the privilege Of exactlng a forfeit
! from her. 1t was of course, popular
game in some circles.
| think that white Wings, they
Never Grow Weary first appeared
about this time, and 1t has kept its pop
ularity even to the present day. TWAS
onlv lately that I heard a horsecar con-
/ luctor, IN il blockade with sixteen other
cars ahead of him, saying
III put on my white wings,
And fly straight into Ill.
The only religious song which has
been really generally popular Of late
years is The Sweet BY and By. At
one time everybody was singing this,
from ministers to deck hands.
Within the st three years the Irish
dialect song las reached widespread
popularity. These songs seem to be
copied after the old time "Finnegan $
Wake" Even their names partake of
the resemblance-"When Teddy Joined
De Gang II Owe Ten Dollars to
@ Grady,' "Wid Fifteen Dollars in My
Inside Pocket rs this Misther ORell-
" ?" and Down Went McGinty.' The
last named is the only one Of the lot
which really had any point to the
words, but thepopularity OF "McGlnty
was shortl,vel The words of Me
Gjnty" were OF more consequence than
the air, about which there was nothing
really catching. This probably accounts
for "McGinty,' the song having gone
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