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THE
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
MARCH
What John H. Raftery, Music Critic of America's
Leading Professional Daily Newspaper, Says of
"The Barefoot Trail"
THE
MORNING
TELEGRAPH,
MONDAY.
MARCH
8, 1920
M'CORMACK HAS
EVENTFUL NIGHT
Introduces Young Australian 'Cell-
ist and Sings New
Soup Hit.
"I'l^e Barefoot Trail" s Hit-
Perhaps the lyric hit of a most "hit-
fdl" recital was an ene&re. "The Kare-
foot Trail," the finely human appeal of
thft words by Marten Phelps admirably
fitted with music by Ahin S. Wiffgeifc
: making an instantaneous and probably
enduring impression upon tho audience
.Simplicity, sincerity and sentiment, the
essential ingredients of every lasting
j Yytv* "favorite, 1 ' characterize botU the
| words and tune of "The Barefoot Trail".
and, although it may remind* you of
m-anjr an old or comparatively netv.fcoug
hit, yet it has "'a diffemce" all its own
aud the family rc-sem.hlan "Threads Among the Gold" m»d other
fragrantly perennial heirloom* is rather
in its favor than otherwise ard certainly
must class it as a typical John MeCor-
mack ballad. At all events, the nudl 1 -
ence liked it so well that the first vexse
Ls glvea here:
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Thwt'* a winding tftil lhrt>' tht m«aaow griES
And ov«r a sanity hill.
To t:i« »ild-«,-t«>4 w«l« wh«re * Ud ?n<3 l&s-j
OaC9 roataed • : tlitir OWTJ iw«rt will.
A brvywn little Ud with a frock Is rt torn*
And & »»«* bonnle lass like t sveer. *.,,! vcee.
Ov«r lha hill-top and tliro' th« dcM.
Thr«a4tng the winding i>*r«fooi trail
DEALERS
"THE BAREFOOT TRAIL" is an ASSURED
WINNER.
The big profit for you in this song's
success warrants your hearty co-operation with us.
BUY COPIES NOW AT INTRODUCTORY RATE
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13,
1920