168. MAKIN' WHOOPIE - NC Trad Trombone

"Makin' Whoopie" - 1928 Music by Walter Donaldson (1893-1947) Lyrics by Gus Kahn (1886-1941) Trombone: Nino Calcagno Note: Donaldson and Kahn in 1928 worte the song for the musicale "Whoopie!". The title refers to a marriage. Eventually "making whoopee" became a euphemism for intimate sexual relations. The song has been called a "warning", principally to men, about the "trap" of marriage. "Makin' Whoopee" begins with a wedding, honeymoon, marital bliss, but moves on to babies and responsibilities, and ultimately on to affairs and possible divorce, ending with a judge's advice.

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