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Cootie Tickle

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Supplementary Document

Title
Cootie Tickle - Lyrics
Composer
Olman, Abe  
Lyricist
Yellen, Jack  
Publisher
Leo Feist Inc.  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication
1919  
Lyrics
  • Cootie Tickle Verse: You’ve heard of the Shimmie Dance, but do you know it started back in France? I learn’d from a soldier man, how this funny little dance began
  • At a ragtime jubilee, the soldiers gave one night in gay Paree, A “Cullud gent” by accident introduced this novelty: Refrain: Mose began to “Ball the Jack” just then up and down his back, He felt a cute little cootie wigglin’, wigglin’, in its track, that’s what made him shake and twist, He did something just like this and ev’ryone began to wiggle with ‘im their shoulders movin’ to the raggy rhythm
  • It’s the “Cootie Tickle” back in France, over here it’s the Shimmie Dance. Verse: Now in ev’ry cabaret, the minute that the band begins to play Ev’rybody on the floor dances like they never did before
  • It’s done in so many ways, and when I see it I just sit and gaze, And all the while I have to smile, thinking of what caused this craze. Refrain
Repository
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Record Series 12/9/96
  • Series 2, Box 13, Folder 4
Local Identifier
2014_12996_114
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

Descriptive Information

Title
Cootie Tickle
Composer
Olman, Abe  
Lyricist
Yellen, Jack  
Publisher
Leo Feist Inc.  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication
1919  
Date of Copyright
1919-04-19
Lyrics
  • It’s done in so many ways, and when I see it I just sit and gaze, And all the while I have to smile, thinking of what caused this craze. Refrain
  • It’s the “Cootie Tickle” back in France, over here it’s the Shimmie Dance. Verse: Now in ev’ry cabaret, the minute that the band begins to play Ev’rybody on the floor dances like they never did before
  • At a ragtime jubilee, the soldiers gave one night in gay Paree, A “Cullud gent” by accident introduced this novelty: Refrain: Mose began to “Ball the Jack” just then up and down his back, He felt a cute little cootie wigglin’, wigglin’, in its track, that’s what made him shake and twist, He did something just like this and ev’ryone began to wiggle with ‘im their shoulders movin’ to the raggy rhythm
  • Cootie Tickle Verse: You’ve heard of the Shimmie Dance, but do you know it started back in France? I learn’d from a soldier man, how this funny little dance began
Repository
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Series 2, Box 13, Folder 4
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier
2014_12996_114
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection
TitleCootie Tickle
ComposerOlman, Abe  
LyricistYellen, Jack  
PublisherLeo Feist Inc.  
Place of PublicationNew York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication1919  
Date of Copyright1919-04-19
Lyrics
  • It’s done in so many ways, and when I see it I just sit and gaze, And all the while I have to smile, thinking of what caused this craze. Refrain
  • It’s the “Cootie Tickle” back in France, over here it’s the Shimmie Dance. Verse: Now in ev’ry cabaret, the minute that the band begins to play Ev’rybody on the floor dances like they never did before
  • At a ragtime jubilee, the soldiers gave one night in gay Paree, A “Cullud gent” by accident introduced this novelty: Refrain: Mose began to “Ball the Jack” just then up and down his back, He felt a cute little cootie wigglin’, wigglin’, in its track, that’s what made him shake and twist, He did something just like this and ev’ryone began to wiggle with ‘im their shoulders movin’ to the raggy rhythm
  • Cootie Tickle Verse: You’ve heard of the Shimmie Dance, but do you know it started back in France? I learn’d from a soldier man, how this funny little dance began
RepositoryUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
RightsNo Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Series 2, Box 13, Folder 4
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier2014_12996_114
Collection TitleJames Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
CollectionJames Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

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