[78-L] The "F" word in popular music

[David Lennick]

You mean Willie's version actually DOES drop the F bomb? Duchin's clearly says 
"buck buck bucket" and I'll bet money on it.

And of course there's Barnacle Bill the Sh*thead, croaked by Carson Robison on 
the Hoagy Carmichael record.

dl

On 1/18/2011 6:50 PM, Dennis Flannigan wrote:
> Listening to the 1938 recording on Bluebird, Bb 7685, of Willie Farmer and
> his Orchestra's, "Old Man Mose." It's not the first time I've heard the
> tuneful chant of the F-word, nor probably the last. But wonder what was the
> first record to sneak in a chorus of "F***-Its" onto wax?
>
> Like some other times I've heard it, it begins with the word bucket, and
> quickly moves straight to the main stage.
>
> Any earlier sing alongs over the years - any before 1938?
>
> Dennis