Water Baby Blues

"Water Baby Blues"
Single by Merl Lindsay and His Oklahoma Nightriders
Format	10-inch 78 rpm record
Recorded	1946
Genre	Western swing
Label	4 Star
Songwriter(s)	Merl Lindsay

"Water Baby Blues"/"Water Baby Boogie" is a Western swing instrumental first recorded in 1946 by Merl Lindsay (4 Star 1117) and which became his signature song. Often recorded as "Water Baby Boogie" it became a popular dance tune.

Doyle Salathiel, Lindsay's brother and jazz guitarist who sometime played with the band, wrote a set of novelty lyrics for the tune. Called "Singing Water Baby Blues" (Mercury 70119, 1952) it has such lyrics as:

Some are red and some are green,
But not the one that I have seen.
The one I saw was colored blue.
Supposed to bring good luck to you.

Other artists with recordings of "Water Baby Blues"/"Water Baby Boogie" include:

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