Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-10-24
SONGS OF THE DAY.
An Increasing Popular Demand ior F,sv
Ditties.

"t "e'i'ahd Tor new songs with
verse mat IS easy to keep in mind
aho tune ina! is catchy. has almos,
"e'o'''e mania with many. There
was i ume when two or three now
songs al the beginning Of summer las
'd until the following sp,inr whom
"hC'Htr crop was expected. Last SIM,
iier tncre was at leastsa dozen SONGS
which were sung ''everywhcra ana IL.
everybody" but they are nov h,cl
numbers. and the public is clamo,ins
FOR something new for the winter
Nat is the latest song" is The de-
mand which music store clerks ba,r
many times day.
III IS hard 10 say is the usual rc-
Ply there are 50 many that are new
rs nave catchy pieces from an Of The
operas mat are running. and onn or
| Two good things that the stage doesn't
KNOW about. But as to the very lat
eSt-Wcll. take your choice"
IN" public Will keep on ASKING tho
pu' stl"n every week until Christmas
ana then il will not be satisfied Deal
| efS say that a song does not sell after
|, mas been on the market six months
The people who buy music 'have
learned it by that time. and the ..hor-
rowerS"-of whom there is Il tremen-
dous cumberland those who pick IN
new tunes by ear never cause the sale
to continue.
Judging from the amount Of sheet
music sold early in the summer. peo-
| PIE dld more singing during the vaca-
ton period than ever before. They
certainly had a longer list of popular
music from which to choose II il is
possible Tor one 10 name The
| songs which We're most sung
! first honors must be divided be-
tween the sentimental Go. dhy.
Dolly Gray and the punnng song
about the East Side grocery keepers
daughter. Sweet Annie Moore The
music of these songs is very much
/ alike in places. 50 much 50. in fact.
that some people get sadly mixed.
- is usual with sentimental ballads.
Dolly Gray" starts off with lover.
He hears the call to arms ana the
marching of troops and goes To fight
Toy his country. In the second stanZa
The regiment comes home. but Dolly
GraY'S soldier fails to answer the roll
call. lie has fallen with his face
toward the foe. Of course The chorus
runs this way:
Goodby Dolly: | must Ieav, you.
Though it breaks my heart To- 90
Something tolls mo am needed
NJ the front To- night the foe
See. the BOYS in blue are marching
And can no longer stay.
Hank. hear the hIelc calling
G"ndhy. Dolly Gray,
Coon" songs are not 81 popular III thtv
Were a few years ago. Yet Their, is some
thing about the negro melody and slangv
words which appeals To lovers of popular
songs. ami several We're sung during the
summer. The one which was most gen
orally known was 60 Way Back ann
Sit Down" 1t was the story Of a coon
who liked his gin. but-never had the
money to pay for it, He bothered the
customers OF a certain saloon and at the
end Of the first stanza the saIoonkcepcr
tells him to go way back and sit down
Later on the man Of color goes to the
races ana wins 4 ''lo' 10 shot" Most
people Il" not bother with the stanzas
but find this chorus worthy ii many rope
titions:
Go way back and sit down,
CoonS in Your class are easy found:
! on StI1bnl nave money YOU never IItat.
Get in yoIr plac" and take back seat,
60 way back ana ii. down.
when Mr Shnk"-rcar" Comes t"
Town" deals with The rather impnssibi"
them" of !, cnl"rcd. girl prcfcriins 4
ShallcSpeariau production to Il minstrel
show 1t begins this WAY:
IiIl Johnson said to Mandy Snow.
Would YOU Xix" 70 ~ I" u" minstrel
Ma Mnmdy said. "W,u. | don't know ("
With mighty naughty mir
These minstrel shows amt got no sense.
It's just Xix" Wasting your fifty cents.
With such affairs they should dispense.
ONLY common folks go there.
Bill johnson. he turned red,
You r. rather high toned. he said.
"PcrhapS is. and he it 50.
| doesn't have to 20 To- minstrel show
Charles X. Harris. VII" wrote after
tn. Ball. which was in its day the most
popular of popular songs in fact 50 p"pu-
lar that it became Il crime 10 sing it in
some cities is responsible for Il senti-
mental song entitled Hello, Central!
Give NJ" Heaven. \ lttlc child whosr
mother is dead. anxious 70 cheer her s"r-
rowing father. offers to call her mamma
III on the telephone. The hello girl
who receives the call is touched with pity.
and answers. Yes. dear heart I'll com"
home soon" There might be third
.tanZa. in which the father hunts up the
telephone girl and marrics her. but there
isn't Instead. we have this chorus:
Hello. Central. Give me heaven,
For my mamma 5 there:
You can find her with the anGciS
ON the golden stair;
She'll be glad it's me who's speaking:
call her. won't you please?
For want to surely tell her
We're so lonely here.
4 pastoral love story is told III The
UnnevyuckIe and the Bee. There is Il
swing to the chorus which made the song
popular at once.
You are my honey. honeysuckle. l am The
bee.
ia like to sip the honey sweet from these
red lips. You see:
/ Iny,, YOU dearly. dearly. and want yol
to love me.
You are my honey. honeysuck.e. am the
Then Their. are the foolish songs. ii
,nvthing could be more foolish tnan thi>
bonevsllckle-bce combination. There Il
MARY Green" which is popular for waltz
,,,,,.i ~ We'll ~ for its words. ana which