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DOJ Audit: One Meatball | 7 comments (7 topical)

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by Jeralyn on Sun Sep 16, 2007 at 01:02:03 AM EST
I did the same research earlier and found the "one fishball" song connection. The fishball song originated in the late 1800's. Some tie it to the aftermath of the civil war, and it was showcased in a play in 1895 or thereabouts.  The words are strikingly similar, although not quite the same.

I first learned about "one meatball" about ten years ago during a criminal defense lawyers' dinner when one of the New York lawyers went on and on about it, including the lengths he went to to track down Baby Jane Dexter because he was so blown away by her version. He even sang the song. This lawyer is a great story teller and he packed so much emotion into his story and singing, I felt like I was watching a movie from the depression. I never forgot it. About a month ago, something reminded me of it and I started searching for a version to download to my iPod. Ann Rabson's was the only one available, but I learned a lot from Google about the song and Baby Jane Dexter.

Re: story telling. This lawyer really has the gift. At another meeting, in Lake Tahoe years earlier, he told me a story about Ethel Rosenberg (of Ethel and Julius) walking her child in a baby carriage. She was a very uncomfortable new mother.  It was so vivid, it was like I was there and I never can hear her name now without thinking of her pushing the baby carriage as he described.  I asked him how he knew all these minute details, and he said he read them in a book. I wish I had those story-telling skills.

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DOJ Audit: One Meatball | 7 comments (7 topical)

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