Thursday, April 12, 2012

"I Been a Swede from North Dakota" / Slim Jim and the Vagabond Kid Song Collection

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_and_Clarence_Iverson Ernest and Clarence Iverson aka Slim Jim and the Vagabond Kid

Song Collection (1939) available as a PDF file

Å Kjøre Vatn http://youtu.be/wphGqM7eyLk Svein Haagensen - Å Kjøre Vatten / Husmannspolka

Nicolina http://youtu.be/Qo4C_tdHpn8 YouTube
Ernest Iverson, "Slim Jim", was the most popular local country/cowboy singer in Minnesota during the 1930s, '40's and '50's. He was a regular on KEYD, WDGY and KSTP radio stations, and a member of the KSTP Sunset Valley Barn Dance. His signature song was "Nikolina".


Flickan vid Bellmansro http://www.stockholmskallan.se/Soksida/Post/?nid=24157 Humoristen Kalle Nämndeman sjunger "Flickan vid Bellmansro" i en inspelning från maj 1923.



http://www.mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?songid=8380 Mudcat Cafe has this:
I go down to Seven Corners,
Where Salvation Army play,
One dem vomans come to me
This is what dat voman say:

She say, "Will you work for Yesus?"
I say, "How much Yesus pay?"
She say, "Yesus don't pay nothing"
I say, "I won't work today."

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