Jack Norton's Old-Time Radio Show: 1920s and 1930s 78 RPM Records
Sep 1, 2026 · 1 hr 2 min · 18 segments
Travel back to the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s as vaudeville blues and ragtime hokum musician Jack Norton spins his favorite 78 rpm records from his collection. From early hot jazz to jug band blues…
I'm so happy, happy-go-lucky me I just go my way, living every day I don't worry, worrying don't agree Winter, fall and spring, I just smile and sing Things that bother you never bother me, I think everything's fine Living in the sunlight, loving in the moonlight, having a glorious time Haven't got a lot, I don't need a lot, coffee's only a dime Living in the sunlight, loving in the moonlight, having a marvelous time Just take it from me, I'm just as free as any daughter I do what I like just when I like and how I love
it.
I don't give a hoot, give my cares the boot, all the world is in
rhyme.
Living in the sunlight, loving in the moonlight, having a wonderful time.
I go swimming with pretty women and I find life is divine.
Swimming in the sunlight, swimming in the moonlight, having a glorious time.
When I'm stepping out with my runabout, how we step is a crime.
Starting in the moonlight, ending in the sunlight, having a marvelous time.
I bet what I like, get what I like, once in a while.
But if she says no, I let her go and keep on smiling.
I'm right here to stay, when I'm old and gray, I'll be right in my prime.
Chasing in the sunlight, loving in the moonlight, having a wonderful time.
I'm right here to stay.
When I'm old and gray, I'll be right in my prime.
Kissing in the sunlight, loving in the moonlight, having a wonderful time.
Oh, there's a change in the weather, there's a change in the sea.
So from now on, there'll be a change in me.
My walk will be different, my talk and my name.
Nothing about me is going to be the same
I'm going to
change my way of living And if that ain't enough Then I'll change the way that I strut my stuff Cause nobody wants you when you're old and gray There'll be some changes made today There'll be some changes made. . . . Oh, there's a change in the weather There's a change in the sea And from now on there'll be a change in me My walk will be different, my talk and my name Nothing about me is gonna be the same I'm gonna change my way of living And if that ain't enough Then I'll change the way that I strut my stuff Cause nobody wants you when you're old and gray There'll be some changes made today There'll be some changes made.
I'm so happy, happy-go-lucky me I just go my way, living every day I don't worry, worrying don't agree Winter, fall and spring, I just smile and sing Things that bother you never bother me, I think everything's fine Living in the sunlight, loving in the moonlight, having a glorious time Haven't got a lot, I don't need a lot, coffee's only a dime Living in the sunlight, loving in the moonlight, having a marvelous time Just take it from me, I'm just as free as any daughter I do what I like just when I like and how I love
it.
I don't give a hoot, give my cares the boot, all the world is in
rhyme.
Living in the sunlight, loving in the moonlight, having a wonderful time.
I go swimming with pretty women and I find life is divine.
Swimming in the sunlight, swimming in the moonlight, having a glorious time.
When I'm stepping out with my runabout, how we step is a crime.
Starting in the moonlight, ending in the sunlight, having a marvelous time.
I bet what I like, get what I like, once in a while.
But if she says no, I let her go and keep on smiling.
I'm right here to stay, when I'm old and gray, I'll be right in my prime.
Chasing in the sunlight, loving in the moonlight, having a wonderful time.
I'm right here to stay.
When I'm old and gray, I'll be right in my prime.
Kissing in the sunlight, loving in the moonlight, having a wonderful time.
Oh, there's a change in the weather, there's a change in the sea.
So from now on, there'll be a change in me.
My walk will be different, my talk and my name.
Nothing about me is going to be the same
I'm going to
change my way of living And if that ain't enough Then I'll change the way that I strut my stuff Cause nobody wants you when you're old and gray There'll be some changes made today There'll be some changes made. . . . Oh, there's a change in the weather There's a change in the sea And from now on there'll be a change in me My walk will be different, my talk and my name Nothing about me is gonna be the same I'm gonna change my way of living And if that ain't enough Then I'll change the way that I strut my stuff Cause nobody wants you when you're old and gray There'll be some changes made today There'll be some changes made.
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