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Tweet-Tweet-Tweet) (Gene Austin–Jimmy McHugh–Irving Mills)Down Home JB 1264Charleston Chasers 1376Great Song Thesaurus says "When My SugarWalks Down the Street, All the Birdies GoTweet-Tweet-Tweet."8/22, Hassan: When My Sugar Walks....doeshave the Shapiro & Pollack long subtitle8/25: Montgomery sends 1924 sheet, and thebirdies are tweeting on both the cover andcopyright page.When Polly Walks Through theHollyhocks (Harry Woods)Back Bay Ramblers 1374Confirmed by 7/18/28 copyright reg.When Ragtime Rosie Ragged theRosary (Lewis F. Muir–Edgar Leslie)Ian Whitcomb & Dick Zimmerman 1017Elite Syncopators 1286Terry Waldo & Bo Grumpus 1339ASM, 1911, F. A. Mills; w. Leslie/m. Muir.When Ragtime Rufus Rags theHumoresque (Harry Ruby)Down Home JB 1273Later from Nancy Wyndham:Tex does not have 'Ragtime Rufus". He'dlove to get hold of a copy. For what it'sworth, Clancy Hayes' performance appearson Down Home Records MG D-3 (an LP),"Clancy Hayes Sings" (with "Lu Watters AndHis Jass Band" listed on the sleeve), wherethe title is given as "Ragtime Rufus". Thecomposer credit on the sleeve is P.D.,meaning, we think, that the LP's producersdidn't know who wrote it.Bruyninckx's (how's that for a name?)traditional jazz discography says that Hayes'recording took place in the spring of 1950.A ragtime tune would not have gone into thepublic domain at that time unless thecopyright was not renewed at the expirationof the initial 28-year registration. (As I'm sureyou know, the copyright laws have sincebeen changed so that popular musiccopyrights run much longer.)We are not aware of any attribution ofcomposer credit to this tune, by "Ruby" oranyone else. It seems to Tex that HarryRuby would be too late for what sounds likea ragtime-era song, say from the 00s or theteens. Probably not Ruby Braff, either. :)4/26/11: Found Harry Ruby in the SongwritersHall of Fame website. They list nearly 200songs written by him, but the list does NOTinclude this one.BUT EUREKA: A researcher at Georgia Statesent me this:I checked and we do not have that title inour collection, but I did find it on the UCSanta Barbara Victor Recordings site. Iwould consider this a reliable andauthoritative resource.http://victor.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/700003848/B-18793-When_Ragtime_Rufus_rags_the_humoresqueSure enough, it’s Harry Ruby!2013 review: Victor Project confirms HarryRuby for the recording by M. J. O’Connell in1916. But not in copyright books 1915-18.When Rosie Riccoola Do the HoolaMa Boola (She’s a Hit in Little Italy)(Arthur Lange–Andrew B. Sterling)Rosy McHargue 1253ASM has the sheet, 1917, Joe Morris.Actually, the (c) page has an awkward commathat’s not on the cover: “When RosieRiccoola,Do the . . .” It’s not only illogical, butlooks like an accident, jammed in betweenRiccoola and Do without any space around it.We shall ignore it.When She Cries (Billy Novick)Black Eagle JB 1147Novick is reed player in the band. “She” washis new baby daughter.When Somebody Thinks You’reWonderful (Harry Woods)Bruno’s Salon Band 1251Rec. Fats Rhythm, 11/29/35, Victor 25222,HMV BD-5040 et al.Confirmed by 3/13/35 copyright reg.When Sweet Susie Goes Steppin’ By(Whitey Kaufman–Fred Kelly–Irving Bibo)