"There's a Place in France where the naked ladies Dance."

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Prompted by a thrilling youtube clip, I am listening to Raymond Scott's Reckless Nights and Turkish Twilights for the first time in ages. The song "Twilight in Turkey" includes the aformentioned schoolyard sing-song tune. Is this really the beginning? I always had the idea this was just one of those things lost in the mists of time.

― 100% CHAMPS with a Yes! Attitude. (Austin, Still), Wednesday, 30 August 2006 01:04 (nineteen years ago)

AKA "The Hootchy Kootchy Dance".

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Wednesday, 30 August 2006 01:23 (nineteen years ago)

AKA "The Streets of Cairo".

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Wednesday, 30 August 2006 01:26 (nineteen years ago)

DUTTY WINE

― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Wednesday, 30 August 2006 01:26 (nineteen years ago)

Thanks! Hmmm...

"The Hootchy Kootchy Dance is the title of a traditional children's folk song common in the USA that is sung to the tune of "The Streets of Cairo""

okay, google "the Streets of Cairo"...

http://globalia.net/donlope/fz/songs/Streets_Of_Cairo.html

# Claimed to have been originally written by Sol Bloom as "Little Egypt" in 1893.
# Copyrighted as "The Streets Of Cairo or The Poor Little Country Maid" by James Thornton in 1895
# Said to be an ancient Arabic popular song called "Kradoutja."

Hmmm...

Google "Kradoutja"...

― 100% CHAMPS with a Yes! Attitude. (Austin, Still), Wednesday, 30 August 2006 01:27 (nineteen years ago)

According to the book The Devil in the White City, it was written during the Chicago World's Fair, which I'd guess is mentioned in one of those links. Good book, and I hope the story told in it is true.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 30 August 2006 01:33 (nineteen years ago)

This subject came up in my life this weekend due to a viewing of Vintage Mickey; in one very early Disney 'toon -- somewhat before Disney became the gold standard in family entertainment -- Minnie Mouse is a hoochie-koochie dancer at a carnival.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Wednesday, 30 August 2006 01:34 (nineteen years ago)

AKA The Titty Wobble Dance

This site also mentions that the tune is The Streets of Cairo.

― Rombald (rombald), Wednesday, 30 August 2006 07:10 (nineteen years ago)

It's from "Istanbul not Constantinople" by I'll get my coat!

― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 30 August 2006 07:55 (nineteen years ago)

riding to my funk mobile, going to my soul shack

― Godfrzej Ljang (godfrzej), Saturday, 2 September 2006 14:17 (nineteen years ago)

Nate Dogg - I Got Love

― graf cycliz (graf cycliz), Saturday, 2 September 2006 17:58 (nineteen years ago)

Malcolm Mooney's dadaistic variants on "The Hootchy Kootchy Dance" on Can's Rite Time album are awesome.

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Saturday, 2 September 2006 18:01 (nineteen years ago)

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"There's a Place in France where the naked ladies Dance." - where is this melody from?