[78-L] Vaughn de Leath mystery

[David Lennick]

Vaughn de Leath recorded "By the Omelette Sea" in January 1927. Anyone hearing 
this would think it's a takeoff on Frank Crumit's "A Gay Caballero"..except for 
the fact that Crumit's song wasn't recorded till over a year and a half later. 
So what's going on here? Is there a common antecedent? Similar melody, some of 
the same rhymes, same limerick construction.

The reverse is another attempt at creating a "Laughing Record" with VdL doing 
her Fanny Brice imitation and a bunch of Gennett employees laughing 
uproariously (in the wrong places) at a bad violinist.

(Is this record scarce? Seems to be one of the few VdL records Brian Boyd 
didn't own.)

dl