Hinky Dinky; question for Jonathan Lighter

[Jonathan Lighter]

Hi, Gerald. Yes. But life and work being what they are (identical), I don't know when.

I used the word "collected" too carelessly.  I've only collected a dozen or so personally, but hundreds appeared in print in the '30s and '40s.

Most of these strike me as too insipid to have been widely sung during the war.

Meanwhile, any more "folk" versions out there?

JL

"Cohen, Gerald Leonard" <gcohen at UMR.EDU> wrote:
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Hmmm. Scores of stanzas? Sounds interesting. Jonathan, do you have any plans to compile and publish them?

Best. -- Gerald


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> Thanks so much! I've collected scores of stanzas - but not this one! It's even more interesting for being pre-WWII.


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