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Review of 1900-1905

Railroad Hour · July 3, 1950 · 29 min · 1,571 words

The transcript of “Review of 1900-1905”, an episode of Railroad Hour first broadcast July 3, 1950. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). All Mixed Up plays Railroad Hour free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.

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Thank you, Marvin Miller, and good evening, everybody. Well, tonight we're going to ride the Miller, and thank you for your time and memory to another year. Well, tonight we're going to ride the song. Yes, today.

Tonight's testimony to another year is from 1900 to 1905. Good-bye, my name is David Howard. 1900, and here is the rotten deer, the bicycle, the cakewalk. William McKinley was president of the United States, and Teddy Roosevelt was my president.

And elaborate preparations run away to the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo. George M. Cohan and the four Cohan's were up in lights down Broadway and young George, who was born in the Fourth of July, wrote a song until everyone on Broadway about it.

Give this all the candy, I'm a Yankee Doodle Denny, I'm glad I am with the double band. I'm a real life Yankee Doodle, made my name in same and good It's just like Mr. Doodoo, did I write and run a party?

And you'll see, any thing of my Yankee Doodle, I'm a Yankee Doodle, Sandy, a Yankee Doodle, do or die My real life, left you up my uncle's fan I was born on the 4th of July I got a Yankee Doodle Sweet in heart She's my Yankee Doodle Joy Yankee Doodle came to London just to write

For me, I am a Yankee Doodle Boy Little day was a Yankee Doodle Sweet I Yankee Doodle came to London just to write the poem I am a Yankee-doodle-boy!

Early 1900s. Tell me, President! No, under any war I hold my kin. Tell me, President! Every single car I leave to!

Bar-doo-a-six-tet with a darling of droughts. Yes, and Henri-Go-Kuruso is the king of the metropolitan opera. Oh, my, sir, have a sip! Oh, sir! One of America's classic series. The Rover Boy, or perhaps you remember your mother saying something like this.

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