[78-L] BEER DRINKING MUSIC
David Lennick
dlennick at sympatico.ca
Sun Jan 20 16:08:17 PST 2013
Beer Barrel Polka is on Lennick's Long Lager List (not too far down) but I'm
surprised at the Student Blintz omission as well. Maybe it's the Lanza
revulsion factor. By the way, the Miss Grundys running the CBC in the 30s and
40s made sure that if you did perform the polka or play a recording of it, you
didn't make reference to the devil's brew. I have an aircheck of The Happy Gang
where they call it "The Barrel Polka".
dl
On 1/20/2013 6:50 PM, Michael Biel wrote:
> I'm surprised that nobody has brought up these two, not even in
> "Lennick's Long Larger List":
>
>
> Drink! Drink! Drink! from the Student Prince
> Beer Barrel Polka
>
>
> Mike (teetotaler) Biel mbiel at mbiel.com
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [78-L] BEER DRINKING MUSIC
> From: David Lennick<dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> Date: Sat, January 19, 2013 12:32 pm
> To: 78-L Mail List<78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>
> On 1/19/2013 12:28 PM, David Breneman wrote:
> >
> > --- On Sat, 1/19/13, Cary Ginell<soundthink at live.com> 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.
> >
> > If we're limiting the search to US titles, we must
> > remember that prohibition fever swept the land during
> > the first couple decades of the 20th century, and
> > "glamorizing" Demon Alcohol was considered to be in
> > bad taste, even before it was outlawed. But I'd bet
> > that if you look for "Bier" rather than "Beer"
> > you'll find a lot of examples in Germanic north
> > central Europe, where gramophones frequently provided
> > music in Gasthofen (pubs).
> >
> Not to forget about drinking songs in opera, including "Vin ou Biere"
> from
> Gounod's Faust.
>
> If we're not restricting ourselves to beer, here's a list compiled my
> myself
> and some other 78-cellars er ellers some years back when there was the
> possibility of a Booze compilation:
>
> On 6/5/2004 10:57 PM, David Lennick wrote:
> >
> > Scotch and Soda..Charlie Barnet
> > Cocktails for Two..Duke Ellington
> > Riffin' the Scotch..Benny Goodman
> > Bring Another Drink..King Cole Trio
> > Rum and Coca Cola..Andrews Sisters
> > When I Been Drinking..Rosetta Howard
> > Drink to me Only With Thine Eyes....Maxine Sullivan
> > Beer Barrel Polka..Andrews Sisters
> > More Beer..Andrews Sisters
> > Pound Your Table Polka..Mary Martin with Horace Heidt (is this about
> booze?)
> > Show Me the Way to Go Home - Les Brown or the Andrews Sisters
> > Shoot the Likker to me John Boy
> > Was I Drunk - Georgia White
> > Beer Garden Blues - Clarence Williams
> > How Dry I Am
> > Little Brown Jug - Glenn Miller
> > Pink Elephants
> > Ten Little Bottles in the Sink..Mel Blanc
> > We'll Never Get Drunk Anymore
> > What Shall We Do With the Drunken Sailor
> > Drunk - Jimmy Liggins
> > Sloppy Drunk - Sleepy John Estes
> > What's the Use Gettin' Sober (When You're Gonna Get Drunk Again) -
> Louis
> > Jordan
> > Let's Get Drunk and Truck - Harlem Hamfats
> > Blues 'n Booze (Art Hodes)
> > Scotch And Water (Stan Kenton)
> > Gin Mill Special"
> > "Knockin' a Jug"
> > "Feelin' no pain"?
> > "Gimme a Pigfoot and a Bottle of Beer"
> > Drinkin' Wine Spo-de-Odee".
> > "Only a glass of champagne";
> > "One for my baby".
> > "Cigareets 'n' whusky 'n' while while wimmin".
> > "Blue Champagne"
> > "Moonlight Cocktail".
> > One scotch, one bourbon, one beer - Amos Milburn
> > Whiskey& Gin- Johnnie Ray
> > Over a Bottle of Wine - Tony martin
> > Rye Whiskey - Tex Ritter
> > There's a Tear in my Beer - Hank Williams
> > Bubbles in the Wine - Lawrence Welk
> > Here I am Drunk Again - Lattie Moore
> > Who Threw the Whiskey in the Well - Lucky Millinder
> > There's A Tear In My Beer Tonight - Hoosier Hot Shots
> > Sloppy Drunk Blues - Bogan, Leroy Carr, a.o.
> > Sloppy Drunk Woman
> > Sloppy Drunk Again - Walter Davis
> > "A Pink Cocktail For A Blue Lady" Hildegarde (and others)
> > "Clink, Clink, Another Drink" Spike Jones
> > "The Beer I Left on the Bar" Vaughn Monroe
> > "The Lady Drinks Champagne" Johnny Ray
> > "Bloodshot Eyes"..Wynonie Harris
> > Ambrose - Champagne Cocktail
> > Whoopee John Wilfahrt - In Heaven There Is No Beer
> > Moonshine Lullaby..Ethel Merman
> > Spiked Beer....Lawrence Welk
> > Dry Martini.....Jack Pettis
> > "Shut Up and Drink Your Beer," Merle Travis, also done by Luke Wills'
> Rhythm
> > Busters on King.
> > The Guy at the End of the Bar..Harry's Tavern Band/Billy Murray
> > I Love My Whiskey (Bill Broonzy) (I have this)
> > Bad, Bad Whiskey (Wynonie Harris, IIRC)
> > One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer (the original...I think this was
> John Lee
> > Hooker,
> > and I think pre-1953)
> > Beer Drinking Woman (I think I have this, but don't recall the
> artist)
> > Wine, Wine, Wine (Floyd Dixon, IIRC...I have this one)
> > Hey, Bartender (Floyd Dixon)
> > I'm Tore Up (song is about drinking...one line runs "My head is
> ragged as a
> > hair
> > comb with no teeth!")
> > Whisky Headed Buddies Jazz Gillum
> > Keep On' Drinkin' Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
> >
> >
> >
> > Prohibition:
> >
> > "The Alcoholic Blues" Billy Murray
> > "Sahara We'll Soon Be Dry Like You" Billy Murray
> > "Everyone Wants a Key to My Cellar" Ed Meeker (?)
> > "Ten Little Bottles" Bert Williams
> > "I'm Afraid To Come Home In The Dark" Billy Murray
> > "What Are You When The Whole Town Goes Dry" Billy Murray
> > "My Name Is Morgan, But It Ain't JP" (Edison 2 minute wax by??)
> > "Under The Anheiser Bush" Billy Murray
> > "Prohibition Blues" Nora Bayes
> > Every Day Will be Sunday (When The Town Goes Dry) - Ed Meeker
> > Dinnie Donohue on Prohibition - Wm Cahill (Edison)
> > I've Been Floating Down The Old Green River - Billy Murray (Edison)
> > Alcoholic Blues - Billy Murray (Victor) or Vernon Dalhart (Edison)
> > The Moon Shines On The Moonshine - Bernard& Hare (Edison)
> > Just A Little Drink - Paul Whiteman (Victor)
> > I Married the Bootlegger's Daughter..Frank Crumit
> > All The Boys Love Mary..Van& Schenck
> > Hello Montreal..Fred Waring
> > Show Me The Way To Go Home - Jones& Hare (Edison)
> > "My Canary Has Circles Under His Eyes," by Marion Harris.
> >
>
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