[78-L] i don't want to play in your yard addendum by original poster

[David Lennick]

I first heard it on a Harmony lp, a compilation of kids songs in the late 50s.

dl

On 9/17/2012 7:03 PM, Eric Goldberg wrote:
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>   I am currently 65 years old and I don't remember how I originally made the acquaintance of this song, but I know that it wasn't through Lee, Morris or Keaton. As I rummage through my memories I suspect that I first heard it sung by Alfalfa in an Our Gang comedy.
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> This whole thing started because some friends and I were discussing rainbarrels which prompted hollering down rainbarrels etc. etc. etc.
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> And so we come to these questions......Was this song ever a hit song and for whom? Who recorded it in the early 78 era? ...and let's not forget Alfalfa, did he sing it in the movies?
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> If I decide to purchase a rainbarrel, you can holler down it any time.
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> Eric