Most of Rae Ball's records for Edison were light classical "dinner music", musically uninteresting but apparently sold quite well in their time, but this ditty is a delightful exception, waxed for Edison Labs on September 21 of 1923.
It is a joyous recording, played with a capricious spirit, and is downright infectious. Rae takes the composer's credit for this, but astute observers will note a combination of traditional jigs along with a brief melodic quote from
"Dear Old Southland," a popular song at the time. I don't know if Ms. Ball recorded any more tunes like this, but I don't think she did (email to the contrary is welcome). The surface of this Edison disc was in good condition, needing
only the occasional click (and disc rumble) removed.
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