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I need an expert on 60-years-ago pronunciation for this one.
The chorus I sing in is shortly to be presenting a program of WWII-era music, and the section devoted to Silly Songs of the Time includes one "Flat Foot Floogie and the Floy Floy." (I trust you'll agree it qualifies.)
The question is whether Floogie is pronounced with a hard G (as in Jeep) or a soft G (as in geese).
Is anyone willing to admit to being old enough to recognize it? The singers are divided. Of course the matter can be settled by executive fiat (110 choristers, 110 votes; one conductor, 111 votes) but we'd rather have an accurate and authoritative answer is one exists...
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I assume you have the sheet music.
I've always heard it as Flat Foot Floozie, so I'll say it's floodzhie*. Dr. Bill would know. You might PM him if you don't get what you feel is a satisfactory answer soon.
BTW, I'd call the jeep sound soft and the geese sound hard.
*Just so as not to engender further confusion, that's floodzhie with the oo as in goose but the g as in jeep
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Hard G. At least that's how my parents sang it. One was born in ought two and the other in 1914, so they would be primary sources, I believe.
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Faldage - (and others too)
Thanks for promptness ! The sheet music is no help; spelling is as presented and that's what generated the question in the first place.
You're right, of course, about hard geese and soft Jeep. And I admire your forbearance in not pointing out that the icon should have been a question mark rather than a note...I can only plead Strangerhood.
Haven't looked at other replies yet. It may be interesting to compare the cross section of responses from this group with that of the singers (another case of five people, six opinions?).
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Flat foot floogie with a floy, floy..... like flewjee. I'm totally ignorant about jazz, but I remember that much.
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That sounds pretty definitive. Fats Waller sang floogie-with-a-hard-G, at least in that recording.
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It's g as in jeep. My father-in-law, who knew thousands of songs from the '20s, 30s and 40s used to sing it.
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>Fats Waller sang floogie-with-a-hard-G
really? you hear a hard G? I hear a soft G.
as in Jeep or as in Goose? (sorry, but there was some confusion in your original post)
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Hi Wofa …
I'm just listening to a Benny Goodman recording [Big Band Classics, vol. 2] and the band definitely sings "floojie".
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