[78-L] The whistler and his dog

[Mark L. Bardenwerper, Sr.]

Mark L. Bardenwerper, Sr. wrote:
> I'd forgotten about the charm of this ditty until I found my copy, done 
> by Prince's band, but it was very popular for years and was done by 
> anyone with a piccolo and someone who could pucker.
> Here are a few renditions.
> Know of others?
> Coldstream Guards
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnfeZuEvPH8&feature=related
>
> Hawaiian jazz??
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxg46jSDLgk&feature=related
>
> On the pipe organ
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjAYpwbaRqg&feature=related
>
> My favorite
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUwWRSlJQ2w&feature=related
>
>   
Some more on "Whistler"

http://www.angelfire.com/ny/nyuk/whistler.html

Written in 1905 by Richard Pryor.
First released on Edison cylinder
Edison 9107 by Edison Military Band in June, 1905
http://www.archive.org/details/edgm-9107
More like a march here.

Pryor's band with Billy Murray and Margaret McKee whistling
http://www.archive.org/details/ArthurPryorsBandwithwhistlingbyBillyMurrayMargaretMcKee

Anyone tired of it yet?

-- 
Mark L. Bardenwerper, Sr. #:?)
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