Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-28

hands to play for U.s. It's q list we're
proud of-so lofty, SO varied, so unhack-
neyed, so-er-well. we're mighty proud.
anyhow OF the request" pieces that
we're begging the riotously hirsuted pier
band leaders to play for US all the time
First, of course, comes THE Rosary
You know that, of course TIA ia, ia ia,
tum- tum-tum-very much adagio and an
dante''-"Thuh Roe-suh-ree'-that's the
way it's sung. you know. just like that
..Thuh Roe-suh-ree" VARY suave
smooth. sylIabubish, .Thuh Roe-suh-ree."
Us folks from Pittsburg and Manayunk
and Mauch Chunk and Pottsville and Al
toona and such Hke-why. We can't get
enough of ''Thuh Roe-suh-ree." and we're
gliding up to the band leaders platform
every little while and just beseeching
him to play 1t for US by way of ongcore.
We take on a sort of ecStatically devout,
sad and sweet air while the bands play
ing it. We make up our minds to cut out
q lot of ornery things. Very uplifting,
very conducive to the higher and nohler
that piece.
What IL the barrel organs do play it?
What difference does that make? You
can't shunt US of or sidetrack us from
the things musical that we're crazy over
by any such an animadyerSion as that. III
the barrel organs all play it, that goes
TO show that it's Immortality grand and
gorgeous. doesn't il? You mustn't be so
sarcastic, deed you mustn't. Orfully
sa-ad piece though. 'Thuh Roe-suh-ree"
oh. how'bly sa-ad. Please excuse these
IA. wurra. boo-hoo! Ish sush shad
piesh.
Next among our Atlantic City request"
favorites on the band piers is that search
fully gummerino dirty. "Luh-huv Me-hee
and the-hee Wuh-hurld is Mi-yine. Eyes.
YES. We always ask for that We're
maniacal over that saccharine stuff 1t
is hereby wagered. in money. marbles.
hal sal ia ~ hat nj
bandsman in Atlantic City can play
'Luh-huv Me-hee and the Wuh-hurld is
Mi-yine'' In his sleep. with one hand tied
behind his back and wearing no cuffs
or false whiskers to deceive you. ladies
and gents. Oh, maybe We don't roll our
eyes and sigh over wasted life and
things when hear 'em playing that
piece. I guess folks can have their ideels.
can't they? What are ideels for. if they
amt for folks to have? There you go
again with that mean old chuckle, That's
the trouble with you, you amt gotta bit
@ sentiment about you. Everybody knows
that that's one of the gorgeousest songs
that ever was writ, and here you're just
laftng. You ought to be ashamed, if
Vorr're not.
Ys-m, 'deeCy. we're rapt we're en-
,hrailed. we're unclaimed. we're ecstati-
cized when the band C'by reauest') plays
"Luh-huv Me-hee and the Wuh-hurld is
Mi-yine." We can't help our tender ma
ture. We were born with It. It's hideous
TO have such an artistic temperament but
what can We do? Oh. dear me. l jes' wish
thev'd play II again
Then. In the ditty line, us requesters are
all dotty over Decree" OTIS "Dearie''
on the program. but We refuse to be
shackled by programs and things) Oh.
yes we must get EN- to play Decree"
So fectionate, isn't II? And cuddly?
And get-togetherish? It's Iuffiy. that's
ALL and you can sit there and grin all
YOU want TO. we don't care. 1 guess the
whole world ought TO know as much
about il as you do, and the whole world
likes "Dee-ree"-everybody knows that.
Deed if you don't stop that grinning I
won't come to these concerts with You
any more. honest-I mean IL.
Then there are few Of us-puhtic'lar
ones. you know-who always stick in our
request for the aria from "Rigoletto-'
oh, you know that, of course. Goes this
way: TIA Ia Ia Ia tum-tum-tum-why
you's heard IL lots and lots of times.
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