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Why was Monday wash day?
I noticed in a couple of old songs they mention Monday as being wash day. Why?
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Re: Why was Monday wash day?
I found out why. Washing clothes took a long time to do back then. Monday was the best day to wash clothes because women did not have to cook on Monday, they used the leftover food from Sunday for dinner. Also washing clothes on Monday helped family to have clean clothes the rest of the week.
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Re: Why was Monday wash day?
You've been listening to "From Monday On" I'd imagine. A great tune with great lyrics by Bing. Until I heard the Rhythm Boys version, I had no idea that the verse had lyrics as well. In the 3 Paul Whiteman recordings, the verse is played as a violin section "soli". We played this arrangement twice on CBC Radio in Vancouver back in 1995-96. The parts for "From Monday On" housed at the Whiteman Collection at Williams College (Mass.) barely resembled the famous Whiteman recordings. I had the pleasant task of transcribing the arrangement from the recorded sources. Since we didn't have a vocal group on our CBC broadcast, I orchestrated the vocal intro for the violin section.
Matty Malneck's arrangement on this song is one of his best (along with "Mary").
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Re: Why was Monday wash day?
Thanks Alan! That is one of the songs I am referring to. Thanks for your interesting story about the song. I love the Rhythm Boys on that song! I know I heard the line in about 2 other songs. I will have to get back to you on this.
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