ADS-L Digest - 6 Mar 2006 to 7 Mar 2006 (#2006-67)

[Arnold M. Zwicky]

On Mar 9, 2006, at 9:17 AM, Geoff Nathan wrote, re "olden days":

> Cole Porter's song 'Anything Goes' (from the show of the same name)
> beings:
>
> In olden days a glimpse of stocking
> Was looked on as something shocking
> But now, God knows,
> Anything Goes.

speaking of Cole Porter, i've been assembling a playlist of versions
of "Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love".  (i have a pile of these
juxtaposition playlists.)  so far: Noel Coward, Ella Fitzgerald, Mary
Martin. Ella again in a different mood, Billie Holiday, Lee Wiley,
Greg Graffin/Joan Jett with a rock version, and the incomparable
Susannah McCorkle with a really long version (six minutes).
everybody has (somewhat-to-wildly) different words.

i was startled to hear that the Mary Martin and Billie Holiday
versions, both from the early 40s, begin with: "Chinks do it, Japs do
it".  well, it was a different time.  those were the olden days, i
guess.

arnold

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