KENTUCKY'S WAY OF SAYING GOOD MORNING
(Gus Kahn / Egbert Van Alstyne (m & l) 1925)
As sung by the Brox Sisters 1925
Also recorded by:
Harold Leonard and his Waldorf Astoria Orchestra
Leo Reisman and his Orchestra
I like the folks who say hello
It's such a way they let you know
They're glad to see you back again
And they'll hate to see you go.
I like the folks who say goodbye
With such a little heartfelt sigh
But most of all I like the way
Kentucky greets each new born day.
Good mornin', the bees are hummin'
Mornin', a new day comin'
Mornin', your heart's drum drummin'
Wake up, wake up and see the...
Sun beams, that come a-peepin'
Sayin' no time for sleepin'
Get up and set out
To wander those hills out yonder.
Say folks, were you ever in Kentucky in June
I'm wonderin', say folks, if you've ever been,
You're goin' back soon.
Where the sun shines bright
With a howdy-do to welcome you
That's old Kentucky's way
Of sayin' good mornin'.
Weep no more, my lady
Oh, weep no more, today
We will sing one song for my old Kentucky home
For my old Kentucky home, far away [so far away].
Say folks, were you ever in Kentucky in June
I'm wonderin', say folks, if you've ever been,
You're goin' back soon.
Where the sun shines bright
With a howdy-do to welcome you
That's old Kentucky's way
Of sayin' good mornin'.
Notes:
The Brox sisters (Brock by birth), Patricia, Bobbe and Lorayne hailed
from USA although they were brought up in Edmonton Alberta Canada. They
were known affectionately as 'the Broxies'. They toured the Vaudeville
circuit during the 1910s and later in the 1920/30s, made their
appearance on Broadway and radio. They sang in what was described as
tight lockstep high range harmony and never broke into solo or duet
voices unlike the later adventuresome and soon to follow Boswell
sisters.
'The Broxies' appeared in a number of films: Headin' South 1929, King of
Jazz 1930, and Hollywood on Parade 1932. One of their more notable
successes was appearing in the three Irving Berlin 1920s Music Box
Revues.
The Brox Sisters were the precurors to some of the famous close harmony
'sister singers' who eventually appeared on the music scene later on in
the century. These talented teams included the Boswell sisters (known as
the Bossies) 1930s, the King Sisters 1930s, the Andrews Sisters 1940s,
the McGuire Sisters 1940s, the DeMarco sisters 1940s/50s, the Fontane
sisters 1940s/50s, the Lennon Sisters 1950s, and the well known British
trio, the Beverley Sisters 1950/60s, and more recently the Pointer
Sisters 1970/80s, to name a few.
(Transcribed by David Story- April 2014)
