[78-L] Thursday Night Trivia

Steven C. Barr stevenc at interlinks.net
Fri Dec 5 18:31:39 PST 2008


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <soundthink at aol.com>
> Again, no brand names, but...
> 
> Leave the Dishes in the Sink, Ma - Spike Jones
> Dirty Dish Rag Blues - Light Crust Doughboys
> She Left Me Runnin' Like a Sewing Machine - Jimmie Davis
> Ice Cream Freezer - Roosevelt Sykes
> My Stove Won't Work - Casey Bill Weldon
> The Faucets Are Dripping - Malvina Reynolds
> Tele-vee-shun - Stan Freberg
> 
Also (kinda...?!) add "Round and Round" (forget the artist[s]...?!)
based on the lyrics:
"Sewin' machine, it sewed so fast, it took some stitches in his
yas, yas, yas"...?!"

Further...keep in mind that the "stoves" in these vintage tunes were
NOT the fancy porcelain-coated electric or gas "ranges" of our
present existence...they were the massive cast-iron coal/wood
stoves of yore, which simultaneously cooked one's meals and
heated one's premises (even in mid-summer, which must have
been somewhat uncomfortable to say the least...thus "summer
kitchens" separate from the the house proper...!).

...stevenc



More information about the 78-L mailing list