I love the crackling sound that those old vinyls made. They boast that CDs sounded better because it didn’t have those noises but it made the music seem more authentic and it had definitely had a wider frequency spectrum which gave those vinyls better.
My Daddy was born in 1922, and he taught me this song as a child. I always thought it was about an old country boy playing his fiddle on the porch. I had no idea it had anything to do with blacks.
Amazing! I used to have a version of this record! Mine was narrated by 11 year old child actor Jackie Coogan in 1925! One side was What Scouting Means to Me. The other side was Why I Want to Be A Boy Scout with Coogan using the first letters of the words Boy Scout to extol the virtues of Scouting. I sold it on eBay to a collector in Ft. Worth, TX, but made a CD of it before it left. In fact, I made a copy of it for one of my subscribers just over a week ago! What a coincidence!
According to one comment below, this was still being sung, and included in the Boy Scout Song Book as late as the early 60's. These are the modern day lyrics and do not include any race related verbiage. The only race related reference is to the Title of the song, which the fellow kept singing over and over again. The melody and title date to the early 1830's, and the intention of the posting was to show, a little known part of Boy Scout History, (The Record and a typical scout campfire Song.).
@VictrolaJazz Fantastic, I would love to hear that one. Can you post it here on youtube, if you have a channel ? A great cross over Collectible ( Boy Scout & Record & Silent Film Star!).
@chiconian49 Thanks, I believe this a very elusive record label, and it is only one I have ever found in all the years I collected records. Amazing that you were still singing "Old Zip Coon" with the Scouts in 50's & 60's. I would imagine they have probably updated their song book and eliminated any titles with Lyrics that they consider would be Socially Unacceptable .
@victrolaman I only have it on a CD. If you'll send me your address via Send Message I'll make a copy of it for you--I don't know any other way to get it to you. Aren't you Jerry Bacon's friend? I think we've talked before.
Amazing quality for as old as it is.
It's a repro.
We had this in our school songbook in Glasgow around 1965 or so. Never thought much about it except for the catchy tune :-)
I had thus in a songbook in ireland in 1970,the tune stayed with me til today
That's jaunty as heck .... thanks for posting
i remember singing this back in the 60's (when i was at my junior school) and was pleased to see it on youtube found it quite an interesting song
Nice disc and great info. Thank you for sharing. Be safe all.
Great song! I remember singing the same tune in the Scouts during the late 50's, early 60's "Turkey In The Straw." I like your record much better.
I love the crackling sound that those old vinyls made. They boast that CDs sounded better because it didn’t have those noises but it made the music seem more authentic and it had definitely had a wider frequency spectrum which gave those vinyls better.
Song starts at 1:06 although interesting information is spoken of before hand
Fantastic
My Daddy was born in 1922, and he taught me this song as a child. I always thought it was about an old country boy playing his fiddle on the porch. I had no idea it had anything to do with blacks.
Amazing! I used to have a version of this record! Mine was narrated by 11 year old child actor Jackie Coogan in 1925! One side was What Scouting Means to Me. The other side was Why I Want to Be A Boy Scout with Coogan using the first letters of the words Boy Scout to extol the virtues of Scouting. I sold it on eBay to a collector in Ft. Worth, TX, but made a CD of it before it left. In fact, I made a copy of it for one of my subscribers just over a week ago! What a coincidence!
Hi can I also get a copy?
Thanks
Uncle Fester!
@@jakedavis6999 (I'm now JazzVictrola) If I can locate it, I will be glad to make you a copy of it! Sorry for slow response!
Wow!
yup, oh boy, oh boy, oh boy !
Bruce,can I have a cookie?
Great stuff Bruce.
According to one comment below, this was still being sung, and included in the Boy Scout Song Book as late as the early 60's. These are the modern day lyrics and do not include any race related verbiage. The only race related reference is to the Title of the song, which the fellow kept singing over and over again. The melody and title date to the early 1830's, and the intention of the posting was to show, a little known part of Boy Scout History, (The Record and a typical scout campfire Song.).
@VictrolaJazz Fantastic, I would love to hear that one. Can you post it here on youtube, if you have a channel ? A great cross over Collectible ( Boy Scout & Record & Silent Film Star!).
oh boy....
@chiconian49 Thanks, I believe this a very elusive record label, and it is only one I have ever found in all the years I collected records. Amazing that you were still singing "Old Zip Coon" with the Scouts in 50's & 60's. I would imagine they have probably updated their song book and eliminated any titles with Lyrics that they consider would be Socially Unacceptable .
I heard an entirely different version sung by Tom Broush.
Is there any place online with a good quality mp3 of this?
Забавное исполнение. На мой взгляд пластинке не хватает немного скорости вращения.
I prefer the original lyrics.
Ok now i like the boy scouts 😂😂😂
Old McCorpop had a farm ...
@victrolaman I only have it on a CD. If you'll send me your address via Send Message I'll make a copy of it for you--I don't know any other way to get it to you. Aren't you Jerry Bacon's friend? I think we've talked before.