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[Tony McCoy O'Grady]

On Dé Luain, DFómh 13, 2003, at 16:59 Europe/Dublin, Fred Shapiro wrote:

> There's nobody here but us chickens (anything before 1963)

Check out a song called "Ain't nobody here but us chickens"

Louis Jordan (1908 - 1975) - Born at Brinkley, he studied music with
his father and made his first professional appearance at Hot Springs's
Green Gables Club at age 15. During the 1930's Jordan worked with
well-known bands from Philadelphia to New York and toured with Ella
Fitzgerald. He penned such favorites as "Choo Choo Ch' Boogie," "Is You
Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby," "Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens," and
"Saturday Night Fish Fry." Jordan also appeared in several movies that
featured his music and toured Europe and Asia during the 1960s. He died
in Los Angeles and is buried in St. Louis. Member of the Arkansas
Entertainers Hall of Fame.

However, the song is also credited to two others. Alex Cramer or Kramer
and Joan Whitney (a husband and wife team). I believe that Jordan
recorded a cover version in around 1946 on Decca and that the duo were
the actual authors... many web sites credit them both.


Tony McCoy O'Grady
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"The innocent and the beautiful have no enemy but time."
.................................................WB Yeats