[78-L] BEER DRINKING MUSIC

[Kristjan Saag]

Finnish traditional song "Varpusen olut" (Sparrow's beer) was recorded 
by Pasi Jaaskelainen in 1905 on Gramophone 72634.
It tells the story of a bird who is killed by a cat after drinking too 
much of the beer thathe has brewed (!).
Here it is:
*http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUCFPT_8Hvs
Kristjan

*On 2013-01-19 17:56, David Lennick wrote:
> Lang and Venuti recorded A Mug of Ale in 1927, or are we going to be at
> lagerheads over specifics?
>
> dl
>
> On 1/19/2013 11:52 AM, Cary Ginell wrote:
>> The earliest one I have that has "beer" in the title is "Good Old Beer" by Bob Miller (aka "Slick Palmer") on the super-scarce black-on-blue Bluebird label (1826), recorded 12/29/32.
>>
>> Cary Ginell
>>
>> On Jan 19, 2013, at 8:44 AM, David Lennick<dlennick at sympatico.ca>  wrote:
>>
>>> Lordy lordy, there must be thousands of them..even Stein Song is a late (1930)
>>> entry.
>>>
>>> dl
>>>
>>> On 1/19/2013 11:36 AM, kil at roadrunner.com wrote:
>>>> What was the earliest beer-drinking song on 78?  I have a country song from 1947, BUBBLES IN MY BEER by Bob Wills, but nothing earlier.
>>>> RayK
>>>> _______________________________________
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