REDSKIN

(John Stepan Zamecnik (m) / Harry D. Kerr (l) ) 1929


As sung by Mildred Hunt 1929 (with Ben Selvin & His Orchestra)


Redskin, redskin, boy of my dreams

Take me back to silvery streams

And through the wildwood and childhood we wandered

Songbirds winging and singing to you and me lost melodies.


Redskin, redskin, let us return

Where bright twilight welcomes by turn

With happy hearts we'll go roaming

A whistler in the gloaming

I love you redskin, love you.


Notes:


From the B & W Paramount Pictures 'Redskin' 1929

Director: Victor Schertzinger

Leads: Richard Dix / Julie Carter / Tully Marshall / George Regas


There is little information available on Mildred Hunt. 

 References to about ten of her songs appear

in the Victor Encyclopedic Discography. Others appear in various places, 

but not many can be verified as actually being recorded

by this particular artist. One of her songs included in this ILP database is 

PLEASE DON’T TALK ABOUT ME WHEN I’M GONE


J.S. Zamecnik who wrote this music, besides being a composer, was also a

violinist and orchestra conductor, reportedly studying with Antonín

Leopold Dvorák (1841-1904). One of his many popular songs was

NEAPOLITAN NIGHTS




Additional: The title of this song and it's content, may offend some

sensibilities. It does not represent the opinions of any of the owners

or participants in this database and is presented here as an historical

artefact only.


(Transcribed by David Story June 2014)