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From: Gary Lewis <>
Subject: Re: Off Topic - Song Information question
Date: Sun, 01 Dec 2002 12:12:22 -0800
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Arlene,

It sounds to me that you are confusing this record with one by Hogie
Carmichael from
the mid 1940's called "Hugging and a' Chalking". The lady was so fat
that he had to
put a chalk mark where he started hugging her so that when he got all
the way around
he would know where he started.

The lyrics were something like this.

"One day I was a hugging and a chalking and begging her to be my bride,
when I met
another fellow with some chalk in his hand, coming around the other side."

Gary Lewis

Sioux Valley Real Estate wrote:

>I have a Victor record (old). This record says it is Patented by US Patents, owned by this company (Victor Talking Machine Co., Camden, NJ) , as Follows, No. 739.318, Dated September 22, 1903, No. 749.092, Dated January 5, 1904, No. 778.976, Dated January 3, 1905, and No. 896.059,Dated August 11, 1908.
>
>The song title is "She Gives Them All the Ha! Ha! Ha!"
> (Lew Brown-Albert Van Tilzer)
> Bill Murray
> 18732-A
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>On the top of the label it has the famous picture of the phonograph with the large horn and a Dog. The word Victor in larger letters directly under the photo.
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>Now my Question is: How do I find the lyrics to this song? The record is a 16 and I no longer have the phonograph to play it on. My children use to play with this phonograph and record at their grandparents.
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>The lyrics contain words pertaining to the lady being so fat that the gentlemen upon putting his arms around her meets another guy coming from the other side. And she gives them all the HA! HA! HA! The music is that of an old time dance song. A male person sings the lyrics I am assuming it to be Bill Murray. Can anyone help me find the Lyrics?
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>I am sorry to post this on a genealogy list but I have been to google and yahoo and can not find the lyrics on either of those search engines. But being this is sort of genealogical as it was a gift to us from our mother and a keepsake for the family. We have a little story in our family history book about how Grandfather won the Victor phonograph and records.
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>Any help will be appreciated. You may reply off list to
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>Thank You Arlene
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