Monday, August 25, 2014

Cripple Creek

"Cripple Creek" is over a century old, having been collected by some of the earliest folk song collectors in America, including Cecil Sharp. It is well-known to old time fiddlers and singers.



"I always loved this one: Handi-capable Creek!"

Saturday, August 23, 2014

Sunday, August 17, 2014

Col. Bogey March

This is the theme from Colonel Bogey's March, which was composed in 1914.







"Why didn't you whistle it?"

Thursday, August 14, 2014

The Time To Be Happy

The words for this old song have a surprising source. They were adapted from a quote by the 19th Century American humanist orator Robert G. Ingersoll.