Ye Olde Songs (1932)
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A series of musical performances, including snippets of songs and playful interactions. The speaker engages the audience by asking if they want to hear old songs, leading to performances of "Swanee River," "All Through the Night," and a humorous story about a man and his love for gold. The atmosphere is light-hearted, with references to community gatherings like the rotary club and nostalgic themes related to home and love.
Keywords: music, old songs, Swanee River, All Through the Night, rotary club, gold, humor, nostalgia, community, love, home.
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[Music] Hello folks. How would you like to hear some of the old songs? You would? Which one? Swany River. Okay. Way down the river far away. Where my heart is turning. There where the old stay. All the wild and sad and weary. Everywhere I roll my heart at home. Who's in there? No one except those chickens. Okay. [Music] Want to hear another one? No. Okay. [Music] Through the night. Meow. Meow. Meow. Meow. Meow. All through the night. Love you. Dream last is over. Good white strings of love to hold near the presence of my lover all through the night. Here's one we sing at the Rotary Club. There was a man. Now, please take note. There was a man who had a goal. He loved that gold. That goal. Indeed he did. He did. He loved that gold. That just like a kid. One day that goes frisk and fine. Three red shirts. Red shirt from off the line. The man he grabbed him by the back the back and tied into into the railroad track. But when that train into that goat grew pale and green with he he coughed up so sure. [Music] of summer left blooming alone. All her lovely compon [Music] No [Music] flowers. [Music] No to reflect. [Music] Let's give Jenny a great big [Music] head. I wish I was the land of cotton away in Dix where I was born early on [Music] Dix. Hooray! Hooray! Dixie and I take my stand to live and die in Dixie. Away [Music] away everybody. told acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind the old God of above stood the test of [Music]
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