There must have been hundreds of songs throughout the Vaudeville period that painted a virtuous picture of a successful American's humble origins. This is one of the more obscure ones, written by Milton Ager (of the sonwriting team "Ager
and Yellen") and sung by the inimitable team of Gus Van and Joe Schenck - themselves making the transition to radio (away from a declining Vaudeville) when this was recorded for Columbia in 1923. The disk has a nice clean surface, and the
acoustic recording is a credit to the engineers at Columbia. (check out John Culme's Footlight Archives for a brief biography of
this famous Vaudeville team.)
