This photo is of my mom, on the right, Margaret Edelen and her two friends Zenith and Mary Huston Rudd who were cousins of my dad John Rudd.
It was taken in 1935 right before she and my dad married.
They would dance every week-end at barn dances and it was said my mom and dad were the best on the floor.
It was taken in 1935 right before she and my dad married.
They would dance every week-end at barn dances and it was said my mom and dad were the best on the floor.
I remember my mom telling me that
Shuffle Off to Buffalo was one of their favorite tunes to dance to.
I think they danced The Two Step.
S
Shuffle off to Buffalo
from
42nd Street
Now that we have had the rice and flowers
The knot is tied
I can visu'lize such happy hours
Close by your side
The honeymoon in store
Is one that you'll adore
I'm gonna take you for a ride
I'll go home and get my panties
You go home and get your scanties
And away we'll go
Mmm-mmm-mmm
Off we're gonna shuffle
Shuffle off to Buffalo
To Niag'ra in a sleeper
There's no honeymoon that's cheaper
And the train goes slow
Ooh-ooh-ooh
Off, we're gonna shuffle,
Shuffle off to Buffalo
Someday, the stork may pay a visit
And leave a little souvenir
Just a little cute "what is it"
But we'll discuss that later, Dear
For a little silver quarter
We can have the Pullman porter
Turn the lights down low
Ooh-ooh-ooh
Off we're gonna shuffle
Shuffle off to Buffalo
You'll go home and get your purses
I'll go get my niece and nurses
And away we'll go
Mmm-mmm-mmm
Off we're gonna shuffle,
Shuffle off to Buffalo
To Niag'ra in a sleeper
There's no honeymoon that's cheaper
And the train goes slow
Ooh-ooh-ooh
Off we're gonna shuffle
Shuffle off to Buffalo
Someday, the stork may pay a visit
And leave a little souvenir
Just a little cute "what is it"
But we'll discuss that later, Dear
For a little silver quarter
We can have the Pullman porter
Turn the lights down low
Ooh-ooh-ooh
Off we're gonna shuffle
Shuffle off to Buffalo
Matrimony is baloney
She'll be wanting alimony
In a year of so
Still they go and shuffle
Shuffle Off to Buffalo
When she knows as much as we know
She'll be on her way to Reno
While he still has dough
She'll give him the Shuffle
When they're back from Buffalo.
I have no photos of my mother and father together so I have to hold my memories of how they might have looked together in my heart.
Go here for Sepia Saturday with the whole group