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kniteracy ([personal profile] kniteracy) wrote2006-07-02 03:17 pm
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In honour of a really hot, generally miserable day:

Why should I suffer alone?

I invite you all to download and, um, enjoy the Doris Day version of Barbara Allen.

No, really. Don't worry: the horn section swings!
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[identity profile] tnatj.livejournal.com 2006-07-02 02:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, man. My nostalgia sense tingles.

According to my instant googleplex research, the Doris Day version came out in 1941. I'm certain that I've heard bits of this before ... I'm sure in films of the WWII era; perhaps in clips from documentaries?

[identity profile] resourceress.livejournal.com 2006-07-02 05:18 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm sure you have. Think "Warner Brothers cartoons". Specifically, Porky Pig sings it in his entrance as Friar Tuck in the Daffy Duck Robin Hood cartoon. That's where I first heard it, anyway. :)

[identity profile] resourceress.livejournal.com 2006-07-02 05:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, sorry, read your comment too fast. You meant this specific version, right? Oops. No, Porky Pig doesn't do a Doris Day impersonation while in the character of Friar Tuck. That would be a bit too surreal even for a Warner Brothers cartoon.
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