Hinky Dinky Parlay Voo? Explained

"Hinky Dinky Parlay Voo?" is a song composed by Al Dubin, Irving Mills, Jimmy McHugh and Irwin Dash in 1924 and published by Jack Mills, Inc. It is a sequel to the popular World War I song, "Mademoiselle from Armentières," having the same refrain.^[1] ^[2]

Successful recordings of the song were made by Ernest Hare and Billy Jones for Columbia Records; and by Billy Murray and Ed Smalle for Victor Records.^[3]

The sheet music can be found at the Pritzker Military Museum & Library.

References

Crew, Danny O. Presidential Sheet Music: An Illustrated Catalogue of Published Music Associated with the American Presidency and Those Who Sought the Office. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland, 2001.
Furia, Philip. The Poets of Tin Pan Alley: A History of America’s Great Lyricists. New York: Oxford University Press, 1990.
Jasen, David A. Tin Pan Alley: The Composers, the Songs, the Performers, and Their Times : the Golden Age of American Popular Music from 1886 to 1956. New York: D.I. Fine, 1988. .
Parker, Bernard S. World War I Sheet Music: 9,670 Patriotic Songs Published in the United States, 1914-1920, with More Than 600 Covers Illustrated. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 2007.
Vogel, Frederick G. World War I Songs: A History and Dictionary of Popular American Patriotic Tunes, with Over 300 Complete Lyrics. Jefferson, N.C: McFarland & Co, 1995. Print.

Web site: Hinky Dinky Parlay Voo?. Pritzker Military Museum & Library. 7 June 2016.
Book: Vogel . Frederick G. . 1995 . World War I Songs: A History and Dictionary of Popular American Patriotic Tunes, with Over 300 Complete Lyrics . Jefferson . McFarland & Company, Inc. . 117 . 0-89950-952-5 . 32241433.
Book: Whitburn, Joel. Pop Memories: 1890–1954. 1986. Record Research. 0-89820-083-0. 509.