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Here's a fun one! I've had it for years on a single-sided Silvertone disc of Columbia origin, with the orange label and no artiste credit. Looking up the matrix number amongst the A-series Columbia records in and around 38396, I finally determined this is sung by Walter Van Brunt, who also recorded for Victor and Edison (and likely others also). As a proper Columbia issue, it's on one side of A1252, which has 'You're my baby' by Ada Jones and WVB on the flip; both recorded circa October 1912.

I've never seen a copy of A1252, or another copy of my record for that matter. It's got a couple of bad gouges in it (the worst one during the final chorus), but I gave this my best shot at cutting it all together, digitally fixing the skips and sticks you'd otherwise hear.

Transferred at 77.6 rpm. Click on the label to enjoy!

What a great tune and I think you did a brilliant job at disguisng the skips and sticks as unless you had said about them you'd never know you'd edited them out. Great piece from the turn of the 20th century.

RJ

Thanks!