“The Black Mustache”
Description
"It's O once I had a charming beau..." The singer describes his wealth and wooing. "And then there came a sour old maid, She's worth her weight in gold," whom the suitor prefers. She warns against "those stylish chaps that wear the black mustache"
Recordings
- Vernon Dalhart, "The Little Black Mustache" (Edison 52118, 1927)
- Nations Brothers, "Little Black Mustache" (Vocalion 03152, 1936)
- [Ernest Stoneman &] The Dixie Mountaineers, "The Black Mustache" (Edison, unissued, 1927)
- Henry Whitter, "My Darling's Black Mustache" (OKeh 40395, 1925)
References
- Randolph 402, "The Little Black Mustache" (3 texts)
- BrownII 202, "The Little Black Mustache" (1 text plus 1 excerpt and mention of 4 more)
- Combs/Wilgus 154, pp. 180-181, "The Black Mustache" (1 text)
- Roud #471
- BI, CW180A