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| "Blue Jeans" | |
|---|---|
 Sheet music cover | |
| Song | |
| Written | 1920 |
| Composer(s) | Lou Traveller |
| Lyricist(s) | Harry D. Kerr |
"Blue Jeans" (Fox Trot Song) is a sentimental popular song written by Harry D. Kerr and Lou Traveller in 1920. In the song, the singer is reminiscing about a long-ago young love that happened somewhere in the "hills of the old Cumberland." The chorus echoes the singer's longing:
Blue Jeans, the days are lonely,
Blue Jeans, I dream of you,
The Wildwood May days and childhood play days,
Those golden summer hours we knew;
Songbirds are softly calling,
Down where the grass is blue,
The trail up yonder, we used to wander,
There, pretty Blue Jeans, I'll wait for you.
"Blue Jeans" was recorded a number of times, including by the Premier Quartet (Edison Blue Amberol 4288, August 1921) and the Peerless Quartet (Victor 18740, November 1920).
References
- Kerr, "Blue Jeans".
Bibliography
- Kerr, Harry D. (words); Traveller, Lou (music). "Blue Jeans: Fox Trot Song" (sheet music). Cleveland: Sam Fox Pub. Co. (1920).
External links
- "A Blast From The Past; October 1997, First Issue Updated. The Parlor Songs Collection.
- "Blue Jeans" (mp3) by the Premier Quartet; hosted by Internet Archive.
- "Blue Jeans" (sheet music), Archive of Popular American Music; hosted by UCLA Library Digital Collections.