* Transcript: "victrolaman plays Eddie Morton's I'm A Member Of The Midnight Crew" * Permalink: http://readmspa.org/transcripts/6_005627.txt I'm going to give you a great song now by Eddie Morton, one of my favorite rag-time era performers on record, who was actually a former Philadelphia police officer before he made it big on Vaudeville and then became a recording artist with such record companies as Victor and Columbia. So here he is with a song he did in 1909, called "I'm a member of the Midnight Crew" Mr. Eddie Morton... ♫ I hate a moral coward, one who lacks a manly spark ♫ I just detest a man afraid to go home in the dark ♫ I always spend my evening where there's women wine and song ♫ but like a man, I always bring my little wife along! ♫ I'm a member of the Midnight Crew ♫ I'm a night owl, and a wise bird too ♫ Home with the milk in the morning ♫ Singing the same old song! ♫ Rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun ♫ Early to bed, and you'll miss all the fun ♫ Bring your wife and trouble, it will never trouble you ♫ Make her a member of the Midnight Crew! ♫ The fun it doesn't stop 'til twelve on happy old Broadway ♫ So what's the use of going home, until the break of day? ♫ Now, something confidential, whisper not above a breath, ♫ I once went home at two a.m. and scared my wife to death! ♫ I'm a member of the Midnight Crew ♫ I'm a night owl, and a wise bird too ♫ Home with the milk in the morning ♫ Singing the same old song! ♫ Rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun ♫ Early to bed, and you'll miss all the fun ♫ Bring your wife and trouble, it will never trouble you ♫ Make her a member of the Midnight Crew! ♫ I never shall forget the night I made six robbers run ♫ Although I didn't have a knife, a blackjack, or a gun ♫ I proved myself a hero of a very high degree ♫ I ran for home, and six of them were running after me! ♫ I'm a member of the Midnight Crew ♫ I'm a night owl, and a wise bird too ♫ Home with the milk in the morning ♫ Singing the same old song! ♫ Rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun ♫ Early to bed, and you'll miss all the fun ♫ Bring your wife and trouble, it will never trouble you ♫ Make her a member of the Midnight Crew! Mr Eddie Morton and "I'm a member of the Midnight Crew", done one hundred and one years ago on the Victorgram prize label, and that's Victor number sixteen three twenty-four. * Sources: * http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005627 - Terezi: Examine cover. * Generated by scripts and humans - corrections welcome! * http://readmspa.org/transcripts