# What is Marbletown
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-marbletown/2485
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [August 13, 1999, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-marbletown/2485 "1999-08-13T02:26:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)
#### Post date: [August 13, 1999, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-marbletown/2485/1 "1999-08-13T02:26:00Z")
Been listening to some records from the 40’s and I hear the phrase “I’m going to Marbletown.” on a few of them. Where is this?
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### Author:  [@sly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sly)
#### Post date: [August 13, 1999, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-marbletown/2485/2 "1999-08-13T02:32:00Z")
Marbleton, Quebec, Canada. Birthplace of Eva Tanguay. She was known as “The girl who made Vaudeville famous”.
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### Author:  [@Ezstrete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ezstrete)
#### Post date: [August 13, 1999, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-marbletown/2485/3 "1999-08-13T02:52:00Z")
Wasn’t she also the “I don’t care” girl?
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### Author:  [@sly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sly)
#### Post date: [August 13, 1999, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-marbletown/2485/4 "1999-08-13T03:01:00Z")
I don’t care.
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### Author:  [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)
#### Post date: [August 13, 1999, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-marbletown/2485/5 "1999-08-13T05:42:00Z")
Well I care after all
Everynight when the sun goes in
I hang down my head and mounful cry
The blues is a traveling thing…
The blues is a traveling thing…
SO how am I supposed to know where Jo Stafford is going if I can’t find Marbletown
🙂