>>So, I don't think "Swing" references "Hold Tight"
>>as "Hold Tight" is only one of a thousand examples
>>of the slang of the period.
>I hear what you're saying, but the "favorite dish
>- fish" line seems like a dead giveaway that within
>their general reference to slang of the time, they're
>also specifically referring to a song that was a pop-
>cultural touchstone of that slang.
It did occur to me that the line "Was it red? no no no" alludes to the
song A Tisket, A Tasket, although latter was written and recorded in
'38, three years after the musical is set. I'll let that slide.
Ella was fifteen.
Bob A
"Aside from that, Mrs. Kennedy, how did you enjoy the motorcade?"
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