Remembered from my Granddad's 78s collection, but the song dates from the 1890s and was a favourite of Seaside Summer Shows. In mentioned in "Sinister Street" by Compton Mackenzie, in the Chapter "Quadruple Intrigue". The song was supposedly sung by Sylvia Scarlett (the heroine of another C-M book) but this wasn't stated in the book. Anyway, if you like this song, you'll love these books. Promise!
Thank you 1000 times for this song - my immigrant Scottish grandfather (born in 1857) and his cousin walked across the plains from Michigan to St. Joseph Missouri and met two little girls in blue - whom they married. It was a favorite song of my grandmother - which isn't surprising - my mother sang it to me - I sang it to my children, and now I sing it to my 2 year old great granddaughter ...
My Mother use to sing this song to my sister and me when we were young., looking from one to the other to see our reactions Oh! the memories..........
My grandmother sang this song to us. What a delight to be able to find it!
mariaq41 1 year ago
Remembered from my Granddad's 78s collection, but the song dates from the 1890s and was a favourite of Seaside Summer Shows. In mentioned in "Sinister Street" by Compton Mackenzie, in the Chapter "Quadruple Intrigue". The song was supposedly sung by Sylvia Scarlett (the heroine of another C-M book) but this wasn't stated in the book. Anyway, if you like this song, you'll love these books. Promise!
poolekeith 1 year ago
Thank you 1000 times for this song - my immigrant Scottish grandfather (born in 1857) and his cousin walked across the plains from Michigan to St. Joseph Missouri and met two little girls in blue - whom they married. It was a favorite song of my grandmother - which isn't surprising - my mother sang it to me - I sang it to my children, and now I sing it to my 2 year old great granddaughter ...
bamacarol 1 year ago 2
My Mother use to sing this song to my sister and me when we were young., looking from one to the other to see our reactions Oh! the memories..........
queenievenus 1 year ago
Lovely..............my late mum sang this to me when I was a kid......God Bless You Mum xx
cassidy322 2 years ago
This is delightful! Thank you for posting.
Dilhan777 2 years ago
My grandmother used to sing this to me as a child and hearing it now brings tears to my eyes.
Prolific2350 2 years ago
My frandfather of 83 knew every word and the song brought tears .....he has long passed but it held found memories for him............thanks...
Fogguy 2 years ago
What a moving and lovely song to hear and not as easy to sing along with as it first appears.
vaticanus 2 years ago
Charles Graham was the composer of this charming song.
Thank you for sharing.
Corrie121 2 years ago
How charming
mrrk 2 years ago
My grandmother used to sing this and play it on the old pump organ. It almost brought treats.......thank you so much...
HarborGuy 2 years ago
Nice song. And "in Blue?" Parts of me would say Gershwin wrote this!
...But of course, he didn't. :P
As usual, lovely records Aaron. And thank you again for the Elite Syncopations mp3.
OlympicClassDandy 2 years ago