Them was the good old days, in Davenport, Scott County Iowa . ds usta folly them kilties aroundwhen they played the saloons, and could tell they were playinmusic, but couldnt get hep to the tunes, every wheeze sound-in just the same. Them hielan guys carried heavy campinoutfits on their backs, and miista had a hunch that prohibi-tion was comin, the way they practiced preparedness. Professor Guckert gave a mandolin and guitar concertat the Burtis, and the burg went daffy on that tinkly music,Jimmy Donahue bein the first kid to tackle a Grabbe then organized the Venetian mandolin cl
Them was the good old days, in Davenport, Scott County Iowa . ds usta folly them kilties aroundwhen they played the saloons, and could tell they were playinmusic, but couldnt get hep to the tunes, every wheeze sound-in just the same. Them hielan guys carried heavy campinoutfits on their backs, and miista had a hunch that prohibi-tion was comin, the way they practiced preparedness. Professor Guckert gave a mandolin and guitar concertat the Burtis, and the burg went daffy on that tinkly music,Jimmy Donahue bein the first kid to tackle a Grabbe then organized the Venetian mandolin club, withmandolins, guitars, mandola, banjo, flute, violin, and cello,and he had Tony Biehl, Gus Wilson, Ike Freed, Frank Fick,Henny Reese, Charlie Ribby, Al Moetzel, Johnny Emendor-fer, Hugo Hill, Doodle Eckhardt, Tom OBrien, and a lotaother stars playin for the high-class entertainments. WhenLee talked of organizin a saxophone quartet in them days,folks said if things kept gettin worse theyd round that boyup for a bugs recital before the commissioners. 112. THEM WAS THE GOOD OLD DAYS Of course, regular summer visitorsincluded handorgan grinders with flea-cov-ered monkeys that would climb for pen-nies and salute when they were droppedin the cup. Then the handorgan grinderwould smile and say, Da gooda monk!Later the hurdy-gurdy man came with thepipeorgan on wheels, and his wife andfamily did the hat-passin act. Italian street bands made the roundsof this old town every summer, playin violins, flute, andharp on afternoons and evenins. Them birds had the artis-tic touch and plenty of pep, and they played the fids in anupright position, restin em on their knees. Kids follyed emin droves, from Melcherts hotel to the Scott house and New-comb house, but didnt get close when they passed the them dagoes played in front of the Kimball house,if Doctor Connaughton had his big white fedora, white princealbert, and habits on, hed stand on the balcony and toss ema silver dollar for e
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