The "Hut Sut" Song
6c UT Sut Rawlson on the rillerah and a brawla, brawla, soo-it." This piece of gibberish is, in all seriousness, the first line of a popular song which is sweeping through America. Reliable reports say that it has to do with fishing and streams and boys and girls. The inspira-
tion is Swedish, and three young song writers have found it a very profitable inspiration. They wrote the "Hut Sut" song a year ago, sent it along to the American Society of Composers and Publishers, and had it promptly returned. Then
Walter Schumann, a Hollywood song writer and publisher, heard it, and decided to take a chance. Already it has brought its composers over £20,000 in royalties, and has had the distinction of being officially recognised by the Californian State Assembly, which, for some mysterious reason, unanimously passed a resolution in its praise. The "Hut Sut" song has been heard only a few times over the air in New Zealand, and those who may be interested in endeavouring to decipher the queer lyric, should tune in to a session of Hello from Hollywood from Station 1ZB at 7.30 p.m. on Monday, November 17, when it will be sung by Anita Boyer, who is guest artist on Henry King’s programme from the Cocoanut Grove. The same programme will be heard from 3ZB and 4ZB on consecutive Monday nights.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 5, Issue 125, 14 November 1941, Page 13
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231The "Hut Sut" Song New Zealand Listener, Volume 5, Issue 125, 14 November 1941, Page 13
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