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

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Nope, dat ain't in de 1924 Boy Scout Song Book ! I can assure you of that ! 

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From: "banjobud" <banjobud at cfl.rr.com> 
To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com 
Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 7:44:24 PM 
Subject: Re: [78-L] The Official Boy Scout Record - 1924 

How about "Bake Dat Chicken Pie?" 

Bud 




-------Original Message------- 

From: Cary Ginell 
Date: 12/12/2011 7:39:00 PM 
To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com 
Subject: Re: [78-L] The Official Boy Scout Record - 1924 

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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