AboutSteve Ramm Expertise My expertise is in REAL OLDIES from 1890s- 1930. 78s as well as Edison Cylinders. I can also answer some Phonograph questions though I'm not a repair person
Experience 35 years of collecting as well as reviewing reissues of this material. I've taught a number of antique classes on early record collecting.
Organizations Member of various phonograph societies around the world as well as the Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC)
Publications Discoveries, Antique Phonograph News, In The Groove
Question Have you ever heard of this song? Little Paper Boy.
Answer Well Hank Williams wrote one with that title. Hope this is it.
Steve
Out on the corner, standin so bold
Stood a little paper boy, so hungry and cold
And as the crowd came passin' by
These words he said with tears in his eye
Please buy a paper from me,
so I can get me something to eat
My clothes are ragged,
No shoes on my feet,
Said the little paper boy,
There on the street
Out in the cold wide world all alone
I have no place on this earth to call home
I haven't had the chance that other kids have
I have no mother, nor even a dad
So please buy a paper from me,
so I can get me something to eat
My clothes are ragged,
No shoes on my feet,
Said the little paper boy,
There on the street
Early next morning as the crowd passed by
The little boy was gone, and they wondered why
They started searchin' and then they found him dead
He died with the papers under his head
No one was there, his body to claim
There he was lying but he felt no pain
Now he has gone up to heaven we know
The little paper boy that died in the snow
