[78-L] Another song with the "wrong title"

[David Lennick]

Jeez..unhappy music to depict New York? Ain't no such animal. Somebody shoulda 
played him Aquaviva's "New York In A Nutshell" (and then rolled him for his 
wallet).

dl

On 5/9/2011 11:00 PM, DanKj wrote:
>   The Sidewalks of New York ... which Ken Burns seems to think has "heart-breaking lyrics".  He's a strange person.  His NYC
> history program used "The Last Rose of Summer" over and over and OVER again, played as slowly and depressively as possible
> by a string quartet - making NYC seem to be the most depresso place in History and the World. (Wait- it was "Ric" Burns,
> Ken's brother!  He's just as strange, then. Must run in the family.)
>
> ps - My Edison disc (and other old versions)  make Sidewalks of NY sound like a happy place.
>
>
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> From: "David Lennick"<dlennick at sympatico.ca>
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>> You are right about "Daisy Bell", although the only place I have ever seen that
>> title used is on "Old Timer's Night At The Pops". But it is the correct title.
>> Variety Music Cavalcade cross references "On a Bicycle Built for Two" with "see
>> Daisy Bell". (And tell her Moe sent you.) While we're at it, is the song with
>> almost the same melody "East Side, West Side" or "The Sidewalks of New York"?
>
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