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lady in the blue dress, You said, said you want respect Add your thoughtsLog in now to tell us what you think this song means. Don’t have an account? Create an account with SongMeanings to post comments, submit lyrics, and more. It’s super easy, we promise! X:1 T:Girl with the Blue Dress On [1], The R:polka M:2/4 L:1/8 K:G V:1 clef=treble name="1." [V:1] de/d/ cA/c/|BG G/F/G/B/|AF F/E/F/G/|AG GB| de/d/ cA/c/|BG G/F/G/B/|AF F/E/F/G/|AG G2:| |:g/d/B/d/ g>g|fe e/d/e|f/c/A/c/ f>f|ed d/c/B/A/| GB/d/ g>g|fe e/f/g|fa ef|ag g2:|| GIRL WITH THE BLUE DRESS ON [1], THE. AKA and see "Babes in the Woods (1)," "Din Tarrant's," "Pat McNicholas' Polka," "Quadrille des bûcherons: 2ème figure," "Quadrille "Laurier" 1ère partie," "Reel la fermière," "Reel de Paul Charlebois," "Reel du bombardier," "Tony Lowe's Polka (1)." English, Polka and/or Morris Dance Tune (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Girl with the Blue Dress on [1]" is a standard in the English country and morris dance repertoire, and is often heard played (under alternate titles) at Irish ceilis and American contra dances as well. The melody is also used for a polka step in the North-West morris dance tradition of England. However, rather than being a traditional tune, "Girl with the Blue Dress on [1]" is an adaptation of "Kitty Schottische"[1], a light classical composition by Charles Louis Napoléon d'Albert (1808-1886) who was born in Hamburg to a captain of cavalry in the French army; on his father's death in 1816 mother and son emigrated to England (where Charles spent most of the rest of his life). d'Albert was a composer of ballet music and a dancing master, and worked in London, Newcastle and Glasgow. The second strain is melodically similar to the "Redowa Polka (The)." There is some (unsubstantiated) speculation that the title "Girl with the Blue Dress On" is a nautical analogy, with 'girl' alluding to a ship's figurehead and 'blue dress' referring to the 'deep blue sea'. If true, there is no information on whether the phrase predates its use as a tune title. The phrase and title of a song (set to a different melody) also appear in Sea Shanty repertoire.
However, the "girl with the blue dress on" also is mentioned in non-nautical musical literature as well, including African-American and blackface minstrel song literature. For example, the phrase "girl with the blue dress on" is documented in a Black muledriver's song [Scarborough, Dorothy and Ola Lee Gulledge, On the Trail of Negro Folk-songs, (1925) p. 231], and in a minstrel song, [Peterson's Christy’s and White’s Ethiopian Melodies, 1855, p. 65 in White's New Illustrated Melodeon]. That it was a phrase the was in common usage in the 19th century is illustrated by this passage from Benjamin F. Taylor's remembrance of the Civil War, entitled Pictures of Life in Camp and Field (1875):
See also J.O. LaMadeleine's "Quadrille des bûcherons: 2ème figure," a version of "Girl with the Blue Dress On [1]" with parts reversed. Additional notes Printed sources : - S. Johnson (The Kitchen Musician No. 4: Collection of Fine Tunes), 1983 (revised 1991, 2001); p. 8. Kennedy (Fiddler's Tune Book), vol. 2, 1954; p. 25. Mallinson (100 Irish Polkas), 1997; No. 57, p. 22. McDermott (Allan's Irish Fiddler), c. 1920's; No. 120 (appears as 2nd tune of "Waves of Tory" medley). Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; p. 146. Sannella, Balance and Swing (CDSS). Wade (Mally's North-West Morris Book), 1988; p. 12. See also listing at : Back to Girl with the Blue Dress On (1) (The) Who sang the song devil with the blue dress on?"Devil with a Blue Dress On" (also known as "Devil with the Blue Dress") is a song written by Shorty Long and William "Mickey" Stevenson, first performed by Long and released as a single in 1964. A later version recorded by Mitch Ryder and The Detroit Wheels in 1966 peaked at No. 4 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.
When was Devil With the Blue Dress written?Devil in a Blue Dress is a 1990 hardboiled mystery novel by Walter Mosley, his first published book. The text centers on the main character, Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins, and his transformation from a day laborer into a detective.
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