"Sipping Cider Thru' a Straw" is a 1919 novelty song, also called "Thipping Thider Thru a Thtraw", composed by Tin Pan Alley songwriters Carey Morgan (1885–1960) and Lee David (1891–1978) and published by Joseph W. Stern & Co.[1]
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| Song | |
| Published | 1919 |
| Genre | Novelty |
| Songwriter(s) | Lee David and Carey Morgan |
The lyrics of this song are reminiscent of, but not identical to, those of an earlier song with the same title. The form of the Morgan-David song is strophic with a chorus; the first line is "Sweetest girl I ever saw, Was selling cider in a groc'ry store".[2] The music composed by David and Morgan is original, bearing no resemblance to the earlier song.
Collins and Harlan sang the only notable recordings of this song. Their renditions appeared on several labels: Operaphone (21119, b/w "Katydid is the Candy Kid"), Emerson (catalog 7536, as "Thipping Thider Thru a Thtraw"), Edison (both Diamond and Blue Amberol), and Pathé (22157, w/a "Gimme This, Gimme This, Gimme That" by Billy Murray).[3][4]
References
edit- ^ Library of Congress, Copyright Office (1919). Catalog of Copyright Entries: Musical compositions. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 1203.
- ^ "Sipping Cider Thru a Straw". The Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music. Johns Hopkins. Retrieved 2015-03-25.
- ^ For Operaphone, see "Music for Everyone, Operaphone (advertisement)". Talking Machine World. 15 (8): 157. August 15, 1919. Retrieved 2015-03-31 – via Internet Archive.
For Emerson, see Abrams, Steven; Settlemier, Tyrone (eds.). "Emerson 700, 7000 series". The Online Discographical Project. Retrieved 2015-03-31.
For Edison, see "Sipping cider thru a straw". Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project. UC Santa Barbara Library. 16 November 2005. Retrieved 2015-03-31.
For Pathé, see "Bewitching Records October 1919, Pathé (advertisement)". Talking Machine World. 15 (8): 87. September 15, 1919. Retrieved 2015-03-31 – via Internet Archive. - ^ Gracyk, Tim; Hoffman, Frank (Spring 1996). "Collins and Harlan". Victrola and 78 (8): 33. Retrieved 2015-03-31 – via Internet Archive.
External links
edit- "Sipping Cider Through a Straw" by Collins & Harlan, Edison Blue Amberol (3846), at the Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project, UC Santa Barbara
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