Annotation:Organ Grinder Swing

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ORGAN GRINDER SWING. AKA - "Organ Grinder's Swing." Melody compares with Bayard's (1944) "Fire on the Mountain (3)," and is supposedly based on the nursery ditty "I Love Coffee, I Love Tea." It was composed by Will Hudson, with lyrics by Mitchell Parish and Irving Mills, and published and recorded in 1936.

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Recorded sources: Brunswick Records (78 RPM), Hudson-DeLange Orchestra (1936)

See also listing at:
Hear the tune played by the Hudson-DeLange Orchestra on youtube.com [1]
See/hear the 1937 Popeye cartoon featuring the tune [2]



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