# Hello, my baby... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 10, 2001, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-my-baby/71951 "2001-07-10T14:06:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tygr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df788c/32.png) [@Tygr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tygr)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2001, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-my-baby/71951/1 "2001-07-10T14:06:21Z")
Hello my honey… [sub]No, no…the cub’s not coming 'til October. I just wanted to start my OWN sing-along thread. So keep it going, you know the next line…[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2001, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-my-baby/71951/2 "2001-07-10T14:07:57Z")
Hello, my ragtime gal . . . ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2001, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-my-baby/71951/3 "2001-07-10T14:22:53Z")
_someone enters the room and the frog stops singing_ ---
**Author:** ![Simetra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Simetra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simetra)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2001, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-my-baby/71951/4 "2001-07-10T14:26:02Z")
Send me a kiss by wire? ((Am I totally mondegreening that line?)) ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2001, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-my-baby/71951/5 "2001-07-10T14:26:09Z")
_RRRRRRRIBBIT_ BWAHAHAHAHAHHAHA! Good one, **KG**! Send me a kiss by wire . . . ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2001, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-my-baby/71951/6 "2001-07-10T14:34:16Z")
Baby, my heart’s on fire! ---
**Author:** ![Kiki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dc4da7/32.png) [@Kiki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiki)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2001, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-my-baby/71951/7 "2001-07-10T14:34:17Z")
Baby my hearts on fire [sub]that’s right, isn’t it?[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Simetra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Simetra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simetra)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2001, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-my-baby/71951/8 "2001-07-10T14:39:23Z")
Send me a kiss by wire? ((Am I totally mondegreening that line?)) ---
**Author:** ![Simetra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Simetra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simetra)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2001, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-my-baby/71951/9 "2001-07-10T14:47:51Z")
If you refuse me… ((OT: What the h\*ll is up with my posting today? That’s the second time that’s happened. I post once… hit the button once… and it posts twice so far about 10 or so minutes apart. Stupid sucky connection.)) ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2001, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-my-baby/71951/10 "2001-07-10T15:03:45Z")
Honey, you’ll lose me… (Simetra, we can try it as a round.) ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2001, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-my-baby/71951/11 "2001-07-10T15:08:32Z")
[Big flourish] …Honey, you’ll lose me Then you’ll be left alone Oh, baby, telephone, And tell me I’m your own… [/Big flourish] Ribbit ---
**Author:** ![Simetra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Simetra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simetra)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2001, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-my-baby/71951/12 "2001-07-10T15:23:35Z")
Well, since **Superdude** finshed it off for us… I guess the next logical step would be… ~“Behind the waterfall…!” 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Medea\_s\_Child](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Medea\_s\_Child](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Medea_s_Child)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2001, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-my-baby/71951/13 "2001-07-10T16:52:16Z")
Thanks. Now I’m singing that thing. ---
**Author:** ![Tygr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df788c/32.png) [@Tygr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tygr)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2001, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-my-baby/71951/14 "2001-07-10T16:56:46Z")
No, no, **Simet-** No, no, **Simet-** No, no, **Simet-** [sub]Dangit, man! Which one am I supposed to reply to?[/sub]😛 Let’s finish the one cartoon first - _Everybody do the Michigan Rag!_ [sub]BTW, does anyone know if these are real songs, or were they made up for the 'toon?[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2001, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-my-baby/71951/15 "2001-07-10T17:06:47Z")
Everybody likes the Michigan rag… [(Michael Maltese wrote this one just for the cartoon.)](http://www.toonopedia.com/michigan.htm) ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2001, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-my-baby/71951/16 "2001-07-10T17:14:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Simetra \* > **…~"Behind the waterfall…!"** hanh? ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2001, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-my-baby/71951/17 "2001-07-10T17:23:54Z")
I’m pretty sure the “Hello My Baby” song is a real one, or else my beginner’s piano lesson book from third grade had cartoon scores in it… ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2001, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-my-baby/71951/18 "2001-07-10T17:28:08Z")
> [@](#): > > **BTW, does anyone know if these are real songs, or were they made up for the 'toon?** “Hello, My Baby” is indeed a “real song.” According to my handy-dandy _Family Songbook_: “While touring in vaudeville in 1899, Joe Howard overheard a Negro porter in a Scranton, Pennsylvania hotel talk to his girl on the telephone. His conversation gave Howard the idea for his cake-walking, ragtime telephone number, ‘Hello, My Baby,’ which he wrote with his wife. Two weeks later Howard introduced it on stage to enthusiastic acclaim.” ---
**Author:** ![Simetra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Simetra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simetra)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2001, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-my-baby/71951/19 "2001-07-10T17:34:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by screech-owl \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Simetra \* > > **…~"Behind the waterfall…!"** > > hanh? \*\* I’m calling you-oo-oo-oo… ((Another song I remember that d\*mn frog singing.)) 😉 ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2001, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-my-baby/71951/20 "2001-07-10T17:36:50Z")
Yup. {url=“[http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/sheetmusic/n/n07/n0743/](http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/sheetmusic/n/n07/n0743/)”]Hello [Ma](http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/sheetmusic/n/n07/n0743/) [Baby](http://www.melodylane.net/hello.htm) dates from 1899 and celebrates the wonderfulness of the telephone - lots of turn-of-the-century songs were about about planes, trains, automobiles and new technology. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-my-baby/71951.md?page=2)