Ward Barton, Frank Carroll "Sleep, Baby Sleep" (1916)

[ArkRed1]

Excellent reproduction. Amazing how with modern electronic equipment they can eliminate all the scratches from the 78's and cylinder recordings. Ward Barton sounds like a female with such a high voice. Was she? or Was he?

[bsgs98]

@ArkRed1 Ward was a male. The high voice was a characteristic of his yodel style of singing.

[hotsickle]

there was a song by that title in 1927

[bsgs98]

Yes. Read the side notes. You're referring to Jimmy Rogers's version.

[hotsickle]

@bsgs98 no, that is not the same song that I'm familar with