W - If a query has come in to which there is no answer, as yet, that songtitle will appear in boldface, and in red.

WALKIN' TO MISSOURI,

WHO'S IZZY IS HE ? (see I’M GETTING DIZZY OVER IZZY on “I” page)

WHY DO THEY CALL ME SNOWBALL

WHO KILLED THE BLACK WIDOW? This is only partial —any more verses, anyone?

WRECK OF THE 'JULIE PLANTE' : A LEGEND OF LAC ST. PIERRE (see “L” page for lyrics)

WHO KILLED THE BLACK WIDOW?

Q from Alice: Can anyone help me??? Thanks. I came across your website. I wonder if you could help me. I have been

feverishly looking for a silly song that I believe is called "Who killed the black widow". My father used to sing it to us as kids and I would love to get my hands on a sounds track. It goes like this.....

Who killed the black widow,

who killed the black widow,

I hit em' on the head with a frying pan

then threw him outside in the garbage can

Who killed the'

Who killed the black widow,

(then there's more that we can't remember....)

A (partial surmise)We haven't been able to find it, but it sounds like an amalgamation of atake-off on "I'm Lookin' Over A Four Leaf Clover" plus something else. Anyone else out there know about this one?

WHO'S IZZY IS HE ? Please see I’M GETTING DIZZY OVER IZZY on “I” page

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

    Q. 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 does'nt 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 v funny!!) Hope you don't think me 2 mad!! Lisa W. from Great Britain

WHY DO THEY CALL ME SNOWBALL

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?

A. As to ". . .Why do they call me snowball. . ." you might find some information by exploring this fascinating website about Paul Robeson, the famous (black) American singer:

<http://www.cpsr.cs.uchicago.edu/robeson/links/recordings.html>