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Two songs. One you couldn't understand, and the other was more comedy.
The tall fellow said, "I am keeping company with a young lady," and the other fellow (comedian in comic make-up) asked, "What's her name?" "Miss Fish," replied the "straight" man. "Well, I guess I'll drop her a line," answered the comedian. That's the joke, Kill, and to work this right you must remember they came from England, and that's 3,000 miles away. Here's another, too, Billy, just to prove what time we wasted in Joe Adams'. The tall one says, "My brother disgraced the family yesterday?" "What did he do?" queried the other. "Went to work," replies the comedian. I've held out the peach, though, for the last, Bill. The tall fellow starts talking again, and he sounds: "I bought a horse this morning and can't use him. What'll I do?" "Get a donkey?," says the other. "Are you busy?" is the answer and the joke.
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Variety 9:1 (09/07/1907)