# Does anybody know the title of this 1920s Burlesque music?

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**Created:** [July 4, 2012, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-know-the-title-of-this-1920s-burlesque-music/627188 "2012-07-04T06:16:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2012, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-know-the-title-of-this-1920s-burlesque-music/627188/1 "2012-07-04T06:16:27Z")

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It was used in the 1968 movie _The Night They Raided Minsky’s_ but I don’t think it was original to the movie. I think it was period, because I’ve heard it used in other movies set in the '20s and Bob Hope sang it (it has lyrics, though the only one I remember has to do with a top hat and being an aristocrat [no, it’s not _that_ “The Aristocrats” act]) in a '20s themed sketch in one of his specials a thousand years ago.

If this doesn’t open automatically to the right section, [it starts about 2:25](http://youtu.be/g9V0ppNdBsw?t=2m25s) and plays until about 3:08.

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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2012, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-know-the-title-of-this-1920s-burlesque-music/627188/2 "2012-07-04T08:42:07Z")

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Found it. It _was_ written for the movie (Robards sings it), but is inspired by other '20s songs so probably wasn’t in other movies.