78 RPM - The Happiness Boys (Billy Jones And Ernest Hare) - I Miss My Swiss / As A Porcupine Pines For Its Pork - Victor - USA

78 RPM Record

Artist:	The Happiness Boys (Billy Jones And Ernest Hare)
Label:	Victor
Country:	USA
Catalogue:	19718
Date:	14 Aug 1925
Format:	10"
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	3 Own
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Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
A	The Happiness Boys (Billy Jones And Ernest Hare)	I Miss My Swiss	Gilbert, Baer	Rate
B	The Happiness Boys (Billy Jones And Ernest Hare)	As A Porcupine Pines For Its Pork	Walsh, Paganucci	9.0 Rate

Notes

Piano accomp: Dave Kaplan.
A side from Balieff's "Chauve-Souris" [i.e., "The Bat"]

A side runout: ᴬ19718A (V.E.) 4
B side runout: ᴱ19718B (V.E.) 1

A side (mx. BVE-33047, take 4) recorded Camden, NJ, July 1, 1925.
B side (mx. BVE-33046, take 1) recorded Camden, NJ, July 1, 1925.
Cutout date: 1928.(DAHR)

The Talking Machine World, August 15, 1925, page 190: "List for August 14"

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Number: 1594012 THUMBNAIL Uploaded By: xiphophilos Description: Victor 19718 A side label (Oakland pressing)	Number: 1594013 Uploaded By: xiphophilos Description: Victor 19718 B side label (Oakland pressing)	Number: 1379050 Uploaded By: Bob1951 Description: Victor 19718 A side label (Camden pressing)	Number: 1379051 Uploaded By: Bob1951 Description: Victor 19718 B side label (Camden pressing)
Number: 1594023 Uploaded By: xiphophilos Description: sheet music

Comments and Reviews


xiphophilos 15th Dec 2022		My own Oakland version features take 1 on the B side, but Discogs lists a Camden pressing that does use take 3.



xiphophilos 4th Mar 2018		"As A Porcupine Pines For Its Pork" (Art Walsh, A. Paganucci) Say, Bill, shall we sing that crazy porcupine song? Yes, Ernest. I just feel crazy enough to sing it. Then we'll both be crazy. All right, Dave. Porcupines are all full of quills Kiss them and you're sure to get thrills Weeping willows like to weep Just like I weep for you. As a porcupine pines for its pork That's how I pine for you. As a grasshopper hops on the grass, I'll hop right after you. As an eggplant plants its egg, I'll plant myself near you. Not a woodchuck would chuck wood as I would chuck my love at you. Say, Bill, what's the difference between a rich man and a dog's tail? A dog's tail keeps a-waggin', and a rich man keeps an automobile! Alligators come through the gate But goodbye, leg, if you get away late. Lollies always like to pop, I'll pop the question too. As a porcupine pines for its pork, That's how I pine for you. As a woodpecker pecks at the wood, I'll always peck at you. As a Pekinese peeks at the knees, I'll always peek at you. All the oilcans can their oil, But I can tie the can to you. Say, Bill, we've got a new dog down at my house. What's his name, Ernie? Why, Ginger. Does Ginger bite? No, Ginger snaps! As a butterfly flies at the butter, I'll fly right after you. As a mousetrap traps the mouse, That's just how I'll trap you. As the lipstick sticks to the lip, I'll always stick to you. As the earring rings the ear, I'm gonna put a ring on you. Tell me, Ernest, how do you produce sawdust? Produce sawdust? Why, uh, let me see, uh. Come, come! Use your head! Oh, Will! If they find the guys who wrote this song, They'll not be here for long. As the sharpshooter likes to shoot We'll shoot those crazy goofs Every nutcracker has its nuts And nuts from trees do fall But of all the nuts and crazy mutts They are the worst of all! Bill, what do cannibals do with the heads of their victims? I guess they make noodle soup out of them, Ernie! If we don't sing another chorus, We hope you'll still be for us. We bought dictionaries by the score, But we can't find no more. Just buy yourself a ukulele And while you're strumming gaily, Sing your own words to this crazy song. They're all right if they're wrong.



Bob1951 9th Sep 2017		A side B side



slholzer 3rd Jul 2017		John Bolig's Victor Black Label Discography 18000/19000 Series gives the release date for this disc as August 14, 1925. [Mod: confirmed by TMW, see adjusted notes] Both the ODP and Bolig show this disc as utilizing take 1 on Side B. Rust's Victor Master Book shows it as take 3. Neither label shows a sub-title but both songs, when properly identified, have them. They are: I Miss My Swiss (My Swiss Miss Misses Me) As A Porcupine Pines For Its Pork (That's How I Pine For You)