Wanted to Shoot "Polly Daydream."
" Florodora " and Leslie Stuart are two names inseparably linked together. It is impossible to think of one without remembering the other. When coon-songs were all the rage in London Mr Stuart determined to try his hand at composing them. And his sole knowledge of the coon was that he was the black citizen of America.
" I soon mastered the new idea to my own satisfaction," said Mr Stuart, a short time back, " but I was all at sea for titles and subject for my first song. I secured a map of the United Statee, and found that Idaho was by far the best rhyming State: so in a few day 3 ' Little Dolly Daydream ' was ready to 'be sung. " I sent it to a popular singer in the music-halls, and the audience that heard it first seemed to like it. The next day the following message was sent to the theatre, and later turned over to me. It was signed 'An Idaho American,' and read : ' You fatheaded Englishman, don't you know there isn't a coon in all tho State of Idaho? But there are girls in Idaho. They can't shuffle their feet ; they can't all sing. But they can shoot, and goodness knows how they would like to have you for a target!'"
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Otago Witness, Issue 2503, 12 March 1902, Page 73
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218Wanted to Shoot "Polly Daydream." Otago Witness, Issue 2503, 12 March 1902, Page 73
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