Joseph R. Estey - Jessie at the Bar



 This song is sung a cappella. This song appears elsewhere in the Manny collection as (027-04) and (101-02) where it is also sung by Joseph R. Estey Sr.This is a humorous song about a girl named Jessie who has dated many men. At 00:11 Mr. Estey says he hopes there aren t too many flirts in the audience. At 01:00 Estey stops and says yes, gentlemen, but who were her admirers  and then goes on singing the chorus. At 01:22 Estey pauses for a bit because he forgets the lyrics. At 02:09 Estey stops again and says it s little I thought the previous Sunday when I saw her walking with  and then sings the chorus. At 03:13 Estey stops again and says there goes Jessie with another one of her swells(?). At 03:57 Estey pauses and says but I had one consolation she also jilted  and then sings the chorus. The last words of the song at the railway bar and they all got left  are spoken, not sung. At Joseph R. Estey Sr. begins singing Jessie at the Bar. This song is at least as old as 1884, at which time it was being printed and sold on the streets of Glasgow, Scotland. A version of this song appears online at the National Library of Scotland's broadside ballads site http://digital.nls.uk/broadsides/broadside.cfm/id/15107/transcript/1

Estey, Joseph R (Sr.) 1965

060-01 [[Category:E]]