Expert: Dr. J. M. Allen - 12/2/2009

Question
 Can you furnish ANY information on the following?
Mr. Kincaid sang a song on the radio sometime in the 1930's that my father often sang in the 1950's at holiday parties, people in attendance never remembered hearing the song before. I was 15 years old when my father died in 1956 and have been trying to remember the song since then. Around 1980 THE OLD FARMERS ALMANAC printed a story by Joel M. Vance titled "When you hear the WHIPPOORWILL'S CALL..." . This is where I found MR KINCAID was the singer in the 30's who urged his sweetheart to tryst with him "when you hear the first whippoorwill call".
Question, can you furnish any assistance to get me a recording or a copy of the music to this "whippoorwill" song?

                                 Thank you for  the
                                 opportunity to ask.
                                    REL 12/02/09

Answer
There is also an old Delmore brothers hit that might fit: http://www.lyricstime.com/delmore-brothers-when-its-time-for-the-whippoorwill-to...

But I'm pretty sure you're asking about the Bradley Kincaid song "The First Whippoorwill's Song" on his "Maple on the Hill" album that was done about 1933
Here are the lyrics:
Lyrics by Harrison Millard

Oh, meet me when daylight is fading,
And is darkening into the night;
When songbirds are singing their vespers,
And the day has far vanished from sight;
And then I will tell to you, darling,
All the love I have cherished so long,
If you will but meet me at evening,
When you hear the first whip-poor-will's song.

Chorus:
Whip-poor-will! Whip-poor-will!
You hear the first whip-poor-will's song;
Oh, meet me; oh, meet me,
When you hear the first whip-poor-will's song.

'Tis said that whatever sweet feelings
May be throbbing within a fond heart,
When list'ning to whip-poor-will's singing,
For a twelve-month will never depart;
So then we will meet in the woodland,
Far away from the hurrying throng,
And whisper our love to each other,
When we hear the first whip-poor-will's song.

Chorus

And in the long years of the future,
Through our duties may part us awhile,
And on the return of the evening,
We are severed by many a mile;
Yet deep in our bosoms we'll cherish
The affection so fervent and strong,
We pledged to each other this evening,
When we heard the first whip-poor-will's song.

Chorus

Lyrics from

http://www.laurasprairiehouse.com/music/littletown/whippoorwillssong.html

And for fun check this out: http://cylinders.library.ucsb.edu/search.php?queryType=@attr%201=1016%20&query=w...



Also came across this little nugget: http://blogfiles.wfmu.org/DP/2007/08/214_02_The_DeZurik_(Cackle)_Sisters_-_The_First_Whipporwill_Song.mp3