Hoagy Carmichael song ID?

[Hank the All-Nite DJ]

Can anyone do me a favor and identify the song that Hoagy Carmichael parodies in the episode "Jack loans Phil $2,000" (5-15-1949)?

I tried Googling all the major phrases and came up empty-handed

"I'm gettin' tired of these cattle and a'herdin' 'em
On a horse that's a-hopin' he'll die..."

[epeterd]

Don't you mean Hugo Carmichael?

peter

[Yhtapmys]

Can anyone do me a favor and identify the song that Hoagy Carmichael parodies in the episode "Jack loans Phil $2,000" (5-15-1949)?

Laura says it's "A Widow Named Blanche" but I can't find an ASCAP song registered to Hoagy with that title.

Interestingly, there's a Benny connection with one Hoagy song he wrote with Johnny Mercer. It's called "Ooh What You Said."

Yhtapmys

[Hank the All-Nite DJ]

Thanks for the responses.

Looks like this particular song has been lost to the ages as I can't find any traces of it. Too bad, it's pretty catchy.

[speedy]

I did find this song listed at the Hoagy Carmichael Collection (University of Indiana). It looks like they've digitized the lyrics to all of Hoagy's songs, including "A Widow Named Blanche". Here's the link:

http://www.letrs.indiana.edu/cgi-bin/ho ... e=First+30

It's listed as "Widow Named Blanche". They probably just dropped the "A" for better searchability. To view the lyric sheet, just click on the "Display Item" link next to the song title. I did try to paste the lyric sheet into this post, but gave up after multiple failed attempts.

[Yhtapmys]

It's listed as "Widow Named Blanche". They probably just dropped the "A" for better searchability. To view the lyric sheet, just click on the "Display Item" link next to the song title. I did try to paste the lyric sheet into this post, but gave up after multiple failed attempts.

Bravo, Speedy. Great job.

Their scan of the typewritten lyrics isn't great, so I don't know how well anyone can see this.

Yhtapmys

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