That’s another standard old-timey Vaudeville/Music Hall hit from days of yore…
Recently revived by a real golden-oldies expert who is a real hoot to see live…
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"Weird" Songs That Were Hits
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That’s another standard old-timey Vaudeville/Music Hall hit from days of yore…
Recently revived by a real golden-oldies expert who is a real hoot to see live…
You'll see the harp player Jim Conway, on the right, on that track, who went on to bigger and better things. I didn't mind my canary at all, at the time. And I still get a lift from those old souls and that speckly old B&W GTK jug-band buffoonery. It was weird back then, to a youngster like me. Still is 
It unashamedly revels in its weirdness (not unlike the way Tiny Tim's tunes do). I like Captain Matchbox more today than I did back then
Scottsboro Blues too has a history worth telling, weird perhaps, in a different way, if you get a chance. Huddie Ledbetter sang that one. Jim's moved on, I think, but the Backsliders are still well worth looking up.
It unashamedly revels in its weirdness (not unlike the way Tiny Tim's tunes do). I like Captain Matchbox more today than I did back then Scottsboro Blues too has a history worth telling, weird perhaps, in a different way, if you get a chance. Huddie Ledbetter sang that one. Jim's moved on, I think, but the Backsliders are still well worth looking up.
