Little Dutch Mill
music by harry barris / lyrics by ralph freed
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LITTLE DUTCH MILL (COLOR CLASSICS) 1941
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In the spring of 1934. Little Dutch Mill was a big hit for Bing Crosby. The song was composed by Harry Barris - his former Rhythm Boys partner. Barris had joined with Crosby and Al Rinker in 1927 to form a trio. Some have called Harry Barris one of the first "skat" singers in history. Some early examples of skat are heard in his recordings with the Rhythm Boys, such as on Mississippi Mud in 1927. The popularity of The Rhythm Boys helped to launch the solo career of Bing Crosby, and he became one of the most successful entertainers of the time. In 1941, his hit song Little Dutch Mill was the subject and basis for the Fleischer Studio's 1941 Color Classics short Little Dutch Mill. In the unusually disturbing story, a windmill's keeper kidnaps two Dutch children who are later rescued by their pet duck.
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THE VAN EPS DANCE ORCHESTRA |
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1934
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BILLY VAUGHN |
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1946
MARY GILBERT AND THE HAL BORNE ORCHESTRA |
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PLAYER PIANO |
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1934
CARTOON COMMENTARY BY JERRY BECK |
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LITTLE DUTCH MILL
Far across the sea in Holland
In the land of wooden shoes
There's a story nearly everyone knows
You may never be in Holland
So I know you will excuse
If here and now I tell you how it goes
There's a little Dutch mill
On a little Dutch hill
Where the little Dutch stars shine bright
Now a little Dutch boy
And his little Dutch Girl
Fell in love by the mill one night
Up above, the Dutch moon made the scene complete
They both had so much moon, that it was a real Dutch treat
So the little Dutch boy and the little Dutch girl
Bought the little Dutch mill on the little Dutch hill
And they've added a touch of a little Dutch family
Up above, the Dutch moon made the scene complete
They both had so much moon, that it really was a real Dutch treat
So the little Dutch boy and the little Dutch girl
Bought the little Dutch mill on the little Dutch hill
And added a touch of a little Dutch family
Far across the sea in Holland
In the land of wooden shoes
There's a story nearly everyone knows
You may never be in Holland
So I know you will excuse
If here and now I tell you how it goes
There's a little Dutch mill
On a little Dutch hill
Where the little Dutch stars shine bright
Now a little Dutch boy
And his little Dutch Girl
Fell in love by the mill one night
Up above, the Dutch moon made the scene complete
They both had so much moon, that it was a real Dutch treat
So the little Dutch boy and the little Dutch girl
Bought the little Dutch mill on the little Dutch hill
And they've added a touch of a little Dutch family
Up above, the Dutch moon made the scene complete
They both had so much moon, that it really was a real Dutch treat
So the little Dutch boy and the little Dutch girl
Bought the little Dutch mill on the little Dutch hill
And added a touch of a little Dutch family
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