Official Boy Scout Record - Old Zip Coon - Sung by the Old Time Scout (Al Bernard) - 1924

[victrolaman]

yup, oh boy, oh boy, oh boy !

[hotsickle]

oh boy....

[Turkeydoodlers]

Great stuff Bruce.

[VictrolaJazz]

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!

[victrolaman]

@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!).

[VictrolaJazz]

@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.

[Neopia123]

Thanks for posting this! I am a boy scout, and it is nice to hear this part of scouting history! I've never heard of either of the songs, but with a title like "Old Zip Coon", I'm not surprised.. The oldest song book I own in from the '70s, and this song was not included.

[pfefferrucken]

Yes, I know that tune, sounds like: Turkey in the Straw"

[chiconian49]

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.

[victrolaman]

@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 .