[Ads-l] Antedating of "Barbershop" (Music)

[mr_peter_morris@outlook.com]

https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Masonic_Standard/0ebly9njTGEC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=sing+barbershop&dq=sing+barbershop&printsec=frontcover

Masonic Standard circa 1907

But if they sing that barber shop Nearer , My God , to Thee '
at my funeral , I'll haunt them , by the jumping John Rogers
  I'll haunt those boys till they die ! "


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From "mr_peter_morris at outlook.com" <mr_peter_morris at OUTLOOK.COM>
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Date 23/08/2025 23:47:37
Subject Re: Antedating of "Barbershop" (Music)

>From "Music Trade Indicator"
>
>https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Music_Trade_Indicator/BkLCsYzpB74C?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=sing+barbershop&dq=sing+barbershop&printsec=frontcover
>
>This appears to be 1925, or earlier. Note that at the top of the
>snippet it appears to list January 1926 as a future date.
>
>"Any male quartet may enter this contest.... it must be able to sing
>unaccompanied for this is the essence of "Barber-Shop Ballads" "
>
>and
>
>"Can you sing a Barber-Shop ballad?"
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>https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Cosmopolitan/6_STCZp-fggC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22barber+-+shop+tenor+that+would+aggravate+the+average+wren+to+assault+a+rattlesnake+%22&pg=PA655&printsec=frontcover
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>The Cosmopolitan  Volume XLII
>November 1906 to April 1907
>
>"a barber - shop tenor that would aggravate the average wren to
>assault a rattlesnake "
>
>
>------ Original Message ------
>From "Shapiro, Fred" <00001ac016895344-dmarc-request at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
>To ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>Date 23/08/2025 13:30:10
>Subject Antedating of "Barbershop" (Music)
>
>>barbershop (OED, 2., 1944)
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>>1929 Garber (Okla.) Sentinel 9 Jan. 1 / 2 (Newspapers.com)
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>>The three sang "Barbershop" to several old time ditties.
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>>Fred Shapiro
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>>The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org
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