''School Days'' -- Byron G. Harlan (1907)

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@Milordvega 5 жыл бұрын

The Phantom also sings this to Christine, but with modified lyrics and melody: "Night time sharpens, heightens each sensation. Darkness wakes, and stirs imagination..."

@maryz9319 4 жыл бұрын

My mom would sing this song while getting us ready in the mornings lol

@PotterPossum1989 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the quality of the audio upload! Always a favorite of mine.

@mikelisacarb 7 жыл бұрын

Here to report on two different performances. First, I brought it to an unaccompanied "pub sing" of about fifteen mostly 25-35 year olds, and only two people joined in. Those two were over 50. (I'm 63) Seems like the millennials don't know it! Last Saturday I performed it at the Sounding Board Coffeehouse in West Hartford, CT, to a house of about 100 predominantly over 55ers. They heartily joined in on the chorus, and it was a great success! This leaves me somewhat perplexed. If the song is from 1907, why would it still be around for people who grew up in the 1950s, but not be around for their children? Does anybody know if it was ever a hit in the mid 1900s, or perhaps it was a radio show theme song ...... or whatever. People my age (63) learned it from their parents, but where did THEY learn it? 1907 was a long time ago! Does anybody know some more history on this one?

@pats8097 5 жыл бұрын

Several answers: the biggest being Lawrence Welk, who brought back many of these "classics" in the '50s as we boomers grew up. Also, we had parents who grew up in the '30s -- when entertainment was whatever you could do at home, including going through the old sheet music. Also, a FEW of these came back as "updated" rock songs in the '60s. There is some interest in "vintage" dance of Victorian and ragtime decades, and the music goes with it. It's also a curiosity -- especially the old minstrel black-face numbers, no longer PC but all the more studied because of it.

@danny75461 4 жыл бұрын

I'm a 29 year old and I heard this song as a kid from Kidsongs What I want to be

@unclejosh4935 4 жыл бұрын

This must be the Edison 2-minute cylinder version - - the sound quality is so much better than the Victor disc version - and also the Albert Campbell version for Columbia disc - - even when the latter disc is reproduced on a later smooth surfaced Silvertone re-issue. It's a shame as the Columbia is sung by Albert Campbell who had a sweet tenor voice - and who left us relatively few solo recordings. I also wish that Harlan had sung more solo recordings as he was capable of much more than singing those depressing songs re. children's passings, and rube songs which only hint as his vocal abilities - fortunately, he did leave us many wonderful humorous duets recorded with Arthur Collins. Seeing your image showing Dan W. Quinn, ca. 1933 at the top of this header - makes me wonder whether Quinn recorded a version of School days - although by 1907 his best days as a recording artist were behind him. Uncle Josh