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Written 1979, plenty of online confirmations,including piano roll of Robbie Rhodes playingit. And it’s in Vol. 2 of Frost’s compositionssold by John Roache.Windy City BluesNot in book now and may never be, butGiordano found manuscript in files ofpublisher Denton & Haskins. (see note atExit Gloom) Composers are Jelly RollMorton-Jimmie Hudson-Bob Peary-Chas.Raymond.Windy City Stomp (see One Stepto Heaven)Winin’ Boy Blues (Jelly Roll Morton)Oakley’s Lakeshore Serenaders 1013Pam Pameijer – Duet /Trio/Quartet 1134New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra 1213Southern Stompers (France) 1215Jim Cullum JB 1254Paris Washboard 1293Southern Stompers 1413Rec. JRM, 1/38, Jazz Man 11. 9/14/39,Bluebird B-10429, HMV B-9217 et al.12/14/39, General 4004.Confirmed by 2/17/40 unpub. copyright reg.and Bluebird and General labels.Wink the Other Eye [Then You Winkthe Other Eye] (George Le Brunn–W. T. Lytton)Bo Grumpus 1388See Too Tight Rag. Credit on CD was E. E.Hack. Hack was string band leader. This tunerecorded Hack’s String Band, 9/29/30,Champion 45149 and 16326. CumberlandString Band, 9/29/30 [SAME DATE?], Superior2536, credit W. V. Garrett says Online 78.Aha, careful string band discography saysthese are the same recordings.Wink The Other Eye : Old Time Fiddle BandMusic From Kentucky Volume 1 has the Hackrecordings, shows W. V. Garrett was fiddleplayer in band, but says composer was W. T.Lytton.B luegrassmessengers.com has this littleessay:It's possible but not documented that thesong and tune are derived from the title andlyrics of the 1890 song by W.T. Lytton, "Winkthe other Eye." Here's some information fromAndrew Kuntz:WINK THE OTHER EYE. Old-Time,Breakdown. USA; Kentucky, Tennessee,Missouri. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB(Beisswenger & McCann, Christeson):AA'BB' (Phillips). The tune is meant to beplayed at a tempo slower than that for astandard breakdown. Charles Wolfe says itis a "fine old Sequatchie Valley (Tenn.) fiddleband tune known to area fiddlers as diverseas Tom Douglas and Curly Fox" (CharlesWolfe, The Devil's Box, vol. 15, No. 4, Dec.1981, pg. 56). Early recordings (Meade,2002) are by Theron Hale & His Daughters(1928), Jess Young’s Tennessee Band(1929) and Hack’s String Band (1930). Itappears to be well-known in those statesjust west of the Mississippi River, as it is inTennessee and Kentucky. Guthrie Meade(1980) associates the title with songwriterW.T. Lytton, who penned “When You Winkthe Other Eye” in 1890 (popularised byMarie Lloyd), a slightly risqué variety piecewhich begins:Say boys, what do you really mean whenyou wink the other eye?Why, when you tell us where you’ve been doyou wink the other eye?You tell your wives such stories, you cangive them just a few,“Just met an old acquaintance” or “The trainwas over-due.”And when the simple wife believes thatevery word it true,Then you wink the other eye.ChorusSay, boys, now is it quite the thing?Say, should we let you have your fling?Oh! When you’ve got us on a stringThen you wink the other eye.Sources for notated versions: LonnieRobertson (Ozark County, Missouri)[Christeson]; William Garett with Hack'sString Band [Phillips]; Art Galbraith(1909-1993, near Springfield Missouri), wholearned it from Lonnie Robertson[Beisswenger & McCann]. Beisswenger &McCann (Ozark Fiddle Tunes), 2008; pg. 42.R.P. Christeson (Old Time FiddlersRepertory, vol. 2), 1984; pg. 82. Phillips(Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2,1995; pg. 172. Recorded by Jess Young(Chattanooga, Tenn.) for Columbia in 1929,but never issued. Heritage 060, Art Galbraith- "Music of the Ozarks" (Brandywine, 1984).Morning Star 45003, Hack's String Band(Muhlenberg County, Ky.) - "Wink the OtherEye: Old-Time Fiddle Band Music fromKentucky" (1980. Originally recorded in1930).But the songfacts.com site adds a composerto Lytton’s lyrics:"Wink The Other Eye" was Marie Lloyd'sfirst big hit; written by composer George LeBrunn and lyricist W.T. Lytton, it was inspiredby a chance remark by an unnamedindividual in response to an exchangebetween Le Brunn and the lady herself on aSunday night. She thought it would be agood title for a song, and according to LeBrunn "I composed the melody that night, onMonday it was written, and on the Tuesdaysuccessfully produced".The sheet music was published in Howard& Co.'s First Comic Annual. (thanks,Alexander Baron - London, England)And the Victoria & Albert Museum in Londonconfirms George Le Brunn as composer.Also, Lytton-Le Brunn wrote it as “Then YouWink the other Eye,” But instead, the songwas picked up and adapted by Marie Lloydand a new sheet music edition rushed to printwhich featuredher title line: “When You Winkthe Other Eye .”But this means nothing if the 1890 tune isn’tour tune, and I really doubt that it is. Theconnection is tenuous, since Hack’s banddoesn’t sing the lyrics.But I’ll be darned. Robbie Rhodes reports thatthe melody of Hack’s “Wink the Other Eye” isindeed Le Brunn’s melody, also the 1890version plays it like a schottische, while Hackplays it like a reel. Says Robbie,Scottish Country Dance tunes like this onecan go back and forth as a jig, reel orschottische. They're all the same tune (andfrequently a folk tune by a forgottencomposer).I’ll leave the Hack/Grumpus title, but show theoriginal title as an alternative. In this case, noneed for cross-ref., since there’s near-zerochance that a user of this index will go lookingfor that tune.Winter Garden Rag, The (Abe Olman)Down Home JB 1316CD had no The.Well, get a load of this:Winter (The) garden rag; by Abe Oleman;piano. © Dec. 5, 1912; 2 c. Dec. 5, 1912; E299045; Will Rossiter, Chicago.And the sheet music (also with The) is Olemanon both cover and copyright page. Andaccording to my notes, same is true of RedOnion Rag (1912), Tango Rag (1914), BlueBirds (1914), I Love Them All (1915), Love’sContentment (1912), Rock-a-Bye Land (1913).But he’s Olman for Down Among theSheltering Palms (1915), Cheerful Blues(1917), Moon Face (1907), Step Along Henry(1916), Sea Weeds Rag (1910), Cootie Tickle(1919), Noah’s Wife Lived a Wonderful Life(1920), Johnny’s in Town (1919), Chasing theChickens (1917), Candle-Stick Rag (1910),Not So Very Far from Zanzibar (1916), CurlyHead (1922), O-Hi-O (1920), Karavan (1919),When I Get Back Home to Home Sweet Home(1917), Blue Bird (cover is singular andOlman, but copyright page is plural andOleman, taken right from the one listed aboveas Oleman; 1914), and more.