"Hinky Dinky Parlay Voo?" is a song composed by Al Dubin, Irving Mills, Jimmy McHugh and Irwin Dash in 1924 and published by Jack Mills, Inc. It is a sequel to the popular World War I song, "Mademoiselle from Armentières," having the same refrain.[1][2]

"Hinky Dinky Parlez Vous?"
Song
Published1924
Songwriter(s)Al Dubin, Irving Mills, Jimmy McHugh and Irwin Dash

Successful recordings of the song were made by Ernest Hare and Billy Jones for Columbia Records; and by Billy Murray and Ed Smalle for Victor Records.[3]

The sheet music can be found at the Pritzker Military Museum & Library.

References edit

  1. ^ "Hinky Dinky Parlay Voo?". Pritzker Military Museum & Library. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  2. ^ Vogel, Frederick G. (1995). World War I Songs: A History and Dictionary of Popular American Patriotic Tunes, with Over 300 Complete Lyrics. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 117. ISBN 0-89950-952-5. OCLC 32241433.
  3. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1986). Pop Memories: 1890–1954. Record Research. p. 509. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.

Bibliography edit

  • Crew, Danny O. Presidential Sheet Music: An Illustrated Catalogue of Published Music Associated with the American Presidency and Those Who Sought the Office. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland, 2001. ISBN 0786409282 OCLC 45313670
  • Furia, Philip. The Poets of Tin Pan Alley: A History of America’s Great Lyricists. New York: Oxford University Press, 1990. ISBN 0195064089 OCLC 21441029
  • Jasen, David A. Tin Pan Alley: The Composers, the Songs, the Performers, and Their Times : the Golden Age of American Popular Music from 1886 to 1956. New York: D.I. Fine, 1988. ISBN 1556110995. OCLC 18135644
  • Parker, Bernard S. World War I Sheet Music: 9,670 Patriotic Songs Published in the United States, 1914-1920, with More Than 600 Covers Illustrated. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 2007. ISBN 9780786424931 OCLC 71790113
  • Vogel, Frederick G. World War I Songs: A History and Dictionary of Popular American Patriotic Tunes, with Over 300 Complete Lyrics. Jefferson, N.C: McFarland & Co, 1995. Print. ISBN 0-89950-952-5 OCLC 32241433

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