For Me and My Gal

DESCRIPTION: "Ding dong... Do you hear the bells go ding dong... The bells are ringing For me and my gal, The birds are singing For me and my gal... The parson's waiting for me and my gal... And someday we'll build a little house For two or three or four or more"
AUTHOR: Words: Edgar Leslie and E. Ray Goetz / Music: George W. Meyer (source: Fuld-BookOfWorldFamousMusic)
EARLIEST DATE: 1917 (copyright)
KEYWORDS: love marriage music home
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REFERENCES (3 citations):
Brophy/Partridge-TommiesSongsAndSlang, pp. 220-221, "(no title)" (1 text)
Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs, p. 193, "The Bells Are Ringing for Me and My Gal" (notes only)
Fuld-BookOfWorldFamousMusic, p. 233, "For Me and My Gal"
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NOTES [99 words]: This was the theme song of a 1942 movie starring Judy Garland and Gene Kelly; their recording was apparently a big hit. But it had already been a hit with multiple artists in 1917. Edward Foote Gardner, Popular Songs of the Twentieth Century: Volume I -- Chart Detail & Encyclopedia 1900-1949, Paragon House, 2000, p. 315, estimates that this was the third most popular song in America in 1917, peaking at #1 in May 1917 (#1 for the year being George M. Cohan's "Over There"); p. 465 says that it made it back to #6 in March 1943, presumably on the strength of the Garland/Kelly recording. - RBW
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