Artist: Walter Fronc Orch.
Author: traditional
Label: Victor
Year: 1930
Polish tune cut in New York. Also known as Wszystkie Rybki (Spia W Jeziorze). Older than 1920. Favorite among Polish immigrant workers in America during the Depression years.
Covers:
Ignacy Podgorski [in New Jersey for Columbia]
Cotton Collins [as Westphalia Waltz on Blue Bonnet; B-side of Jole Blon]
Floyd Tillman [idem; instrumental on Columbia]
Cliffie Stone [for Capitol]
Hank Thompson [idem; national exposure]
Asleep At The Wheel [all as Westphalia Waltz]
Bill Mankiss [as Pytala Sie Pani Waltz]
Cotton Collins had heard the melody in Germany during WW II and renamed it after the small Texan town near Waco.
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Arnold Rypens
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