"School Days"
The 1907 song "School Days" was composed by vaudevillian Gus Edwards, German immigrant to Brooklyn, New York.
Edwards had probably never set foot in an American one-room school. But his song preserved it, at least in our minds. The New York Times would rank "School Days" as one of the 10 most popular tunes of the 20th century.
Edwards had probably never set foot in an American one-room school. But his song preserved it, at least in our minds. The New York Times would rank "School Days" as one of the 10 most popular tunes of the 20th century.
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School days, school days,
Dear old golden rule days Readin' and 'ritin' and 'rithmetic Taught to the tune of the hickory stick You were my queen in calico I was your bashful, barefoot beau And you wrote on my slate, "I love you, Joe" When we were a couple of kids. . . . Gus Edwards in 1907 |
