Old Folks (1938 song)
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Old Folks (1938 song)
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"Old Folks" is a 1938 popular song and jazz standard composed by Willard Robison with lyrics by Dedette Lee Hill, the wife and occasional colleague of Billy Hill. The lyrics tell of an old man nicknamed "Old Folks" and reference his service in the American Civil War, his habit of smoking with a "yellow cob pipe", and the prospect of his death. A 1938 version by Larry Clinton and His Orchestra and vocalist Bea Wain charted at No. 4; around this time it was also recorded by Mildred Bailey and Bing
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1938 popular song and jazz standard composed by Willard Robison
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Folks_(1938_song)
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2023-08-30T02:53:30Z
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