A WLW song from the 1920s sung by Ruth Etting #queer #vintage 1940s @Realvintagedollshouse

[babysoulie]

I grew up listening to ruth ettings and have never seen anyone ever mentioning her it makes me happy to see she hasn’t been forgotten

[tashibalampkin]

Oh wow. That fire forest line is my favorite.

[discoiv]

"I'm in love with what she's got
and what she's got is an awful lot"

Poetry, love, lust and lecherous cat callling all rolled in one playful lyric!!

[sheofthegoddess]

A fine nod and remembrance to all the aunts who lived as lifelong "spinsters/widows with their best female friend" and the widows/spinsters who moved in and lived their lives with those wonderful aunties.

Yes Father, I am VERY blessed to have such a caring and loving friend.

The Father as he's blessing their newly renovated house: *~Completely misses the fact that there's only one bed, the table chairs sit side by side, there's only a loveseat and the joined handprints on the freshly poured steps by the front door~*

[lalicornenoire]

"She kissed a tree last summer, ohh, she started a forest fire"

That line is so powerful! ❤

Edit: Mom I'm famous and people are fighting in the comments!

[IWillNeverReadYourReply]

Okay but "she kissed a tree and started a forest fire?" Fire line

[courtney]

And historians would say 'They were such great friends'!

Sappho and her friend.

[DirtyCommieMedia]

It warms my heart to know that a piece of media this old, especially of this nature, has been able to survive through.. everything that's happened between then and now. 3 years from now it'll have lived a full century. That's incredibly beautiful to me, particularly now that this video guarantees it'll continue on.

[THE_RVR]

"they were bestfriends!"

The bestfriends in question:

[Jacksbeanstalk]

Aww just two gal pals being best pals singing about what all gal pals sing to their fav gals

[tashibalampkin]

Song was so fire, homegirl had to light a cig.

[Dwparl]

I'm a hetero woman but this banger is going straight to my playlist! Such a lovely tune, perfect for next fall (when I mainly listen to jazz n blues and similar stuff), lovely upbeat and oh the ROMANCE in the lyrics! Absolutely love this song.

[thebeatnumber]

This song titled "It All Belongs To Me" was composed by Irving Berlin (yes, a _man_ ) for the Ziegfeld Follies of 1927 which was a Broadway musical revue that opened at the New Amsterdam Theatre in New York City on August 16, 1927 and ran until January 7, 1928.

The show featured music and lyrics by Irving Berlin, with Franklyn Baur originally debuting the song's performance. It seems Ruth Etting (who was one of the best known female vocalists of the 1920s) only agreed to perform the song because Franklyn Baur later developed a sore throat and the show producers couldn't hold an audition for a replacement male vocalist at very short notice.

Notably, all other recordings of the song from the 1920s were done by men.

[TheBeastBandit]

The “and I’m repeating” makes this unquestionably les and I love it.

[ambu]

"And I'm repeating" took me out 😂

In other words I said what I said and stand on business 👏🏾

[NiKiMa]

If someone describes me as having ‘a million dollars of flying hips’ I’ll just die! Right there on the spot!! *swoon*

[henriquecarvalho]

Old timers: this generation is just so explicit and out there
This song: exist
Old generation: I can explain, they were roommates!

[Managable_Mayhem]

This song could actually rizz me up despite me being plenty straight. DAMN. Love it!

[terrymalone]

I kind of grew up with this music. I'm 82 and my family was all about music and dancing. A great influence! My grandparents had a Victrola with the big speaker horn and a crank to keep the tunes coming!!

[tashibalampkin]

"I swear we're just friends."