[78-L] the song title switcheroo

[David Weiner]

Funny you should mention that about the Kyser-Babbitt record - they
actually recorded it twice, first with original lyrics and then shortly
after with more -man-friendly ones. And both versions have been issued.

Dave Weiner

On 8/12/13 12:44 PM, "Randy Watts" <rew1014 at yahoo.com> wrote:

>
>Along these lines, I think the lyrical gender-switch that bothers me most
>is when women sing "Have You Met Miss Jones" and change it to something
>like "Sir Jones" or "Old Jones," or try to squeeze "Mister Jones" into
>the notes for "Miss Jones."
>
>Kay Kyser's "He Wears a Pair of Silver Wings" always sounds like a lyric
>more suited to a woman than to Harry Babbitt. Patti Page's "I Went to
>Your Wedding," conversely, sounds like a lyric written for a man.
>
>Randy
>
>
>------------------------------
>On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 10:28 AM CDT Bud Black wrote:
>
>>I have never heard a female sing "Old Man River," or any male sing "My
>>Man.". That's not to say it never happened!
>>
>>Bud
>>
>>Sent from my iPad
>>
>>On Aug 12, 2013, at 10:24 AM, Dave Burnham <burnhamd at rogers.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I know that but I was looking only at the period when it might have
>>>been recorded. 
>>> 
>>> db
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> 
>>> On 2013-08-12, at 4:22 AM, Don Cox <doncox at enterprise.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>> On 11/08/2013, Dave Burnham wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I don't know about a song's gender being changed to accommodate the
>>>> singer but surely one of the first to be changed to accommodate the
>>>> singee would be "God save the Queen" changed to "God save the King" in
>>>> 1902 for Edward VII.
>>>> 
>>> It was "God Save the King" until 1837.
>>> 
>>> Regards
>>> -- 
>>> Don Cox
>
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