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P.G. WODEHOUSE, and SILLY SONGS of the ROARING TWENTIES (eg SUNNY DISPOSISH)

From Lisa W: Hi there folkies!! I am looking for a particular type of silly song! I don't know if you have ever read Jeeves and Wooster books by P.G. Wodehouse, Bertie Wooster is a very silly chap and needs the constant guidance of his butler Jeeves, anyway to come to the point!! There was a television series on in England in the 90's starring Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie as Jeeves and Wooster. Well, in this series they sang many a silly song! I have these silly songs I downloaded them from the internet, but I was wondering of there were any writers of silly songs in the roaring twenties, and where can I find them?? I have looked and looked but have come up with nothing! I will give you an example of 1 of the silly songs in the TV series it goes:-

Sunny Disposish
It really doesn’t pay
to be a bitter pill
Its absolutely most redick
positively sill

The rain may pitter patter
It really doesn't matter
Oh life can be delish
With a sunny disposish!!!

(True twenties speak and very funny!!) Hope you don't think me 2 mad!! Lisa W. from Great Britain


WHY DO THEY CALL ME SNOWBALL
Ed. Note: Here’s one of those racial heartbreakers. Rev. E.M. Has stated “Using songs as they were written helps us remember how far we have traveled.”

Q. from Marty H. Looking for several songs, among them
Mammy, Mammy tell me,  
Bout those white folk chillen,
Why do they call me Snowball
When Snowball ain't my name?

A1 As to ". . .Why do they call me snowball. . ." you might find some information by exploring this fascinating website about Paul Robeson, the famous Afro American singer:
<http://www.cpsr.cs.uchicago.edu/robeson>

A2  [2007] From Leland S. Here is a second verse to “Why do they call me Snowball?”

"O, Mammy, Mammy, tell me...About those white folks 'chilluns'.
Why do they call me Snowball...When Snowball ain't my name.

My Mammy calls me Sugar Lump. My Pappy calls me Apple Dump.
O, Mammy, Mammy, aint it a shame...That Snowball ain't my name.