[78-L] The Official Boy Scout Record - 1924

[Cary Ginell]

The melody, by the way, is the same as "Turkey in the Straw." This being 1924, I doubt it ever occurred to them that the song was a staple of early minstrelsy and could be deemed as inappropriate.
 
Cary Ginell
 

> From: mbiel at mbiel.com
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 17:29:59 -0700
> Subject: Re: [78-L] The Official Boy Scout Record - 1924
> 
> At 19:51 12/12/2011, DL wrote: 
> >>"Old Zip Coon"..I think I'll flag it as inappropriate. dl 
> 
> From: bruce78rpm at comcast.net
> > Actually the lyrics of the song are about a fiddler who plays the same song
> > continously where ever he goes, and the monotony of it all causes him to lose
> > all of his friends. "He played all night by the light of the moon but he never
> > played anything but Old Zip Coon." 
> 
> Old Zip Coon. COON. Despite the nature lessons you might expect from
> Boy Scouts, it is not about a raccoon. Yes, ethnic humor was quite the
> norm in those days and I am not one who calls for censorship and
> political correctness, but you would think that of all the types of
> songs at their disposal, the Boy Scouts would have selected a more
> fitting subject to have as one of their Official Scout Records.
> 
> Mike Biel mbiel at mbiel.com 
> 
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