Who's dat knockin' at de door?

[Thomas Craven]

I wuz surfing round lookin' fo de lyrics and discovered some rather rybald lyrics for said song. Apparently it was a Betty Boop song, but where was it performed? Barnacle Bill the sailor got around, huh?

Where would I find a minstrel area historical version of the song? Live recorded or You Tube version of de song?

Maybe you could private mail me to keep from offending anyone.

Tibilt

[Joel Hooks]

http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?mussm:6:./temp/~ammem_97rg::@...

http://books.google.com/books?id=W2ZCAAAAYAAJ&dq

[Joel Hooks]

I'm really confused now. I also cannot make the connection. If you go to the other link I posted it's the sheet music, so the melody is there.

Sea shanties or plantation melodies?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPmdb315upY&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBKAG0ut9Ds&feature=related