Whistling Alfalfa

[samson1150]

In one of the Our Gang episodes, Alfa is competing in a contest at a radio station. For his skit, he pretends to whistle a song, while Buck Wheat and Porky, play a record with the song on it. After a few moments, the record gets stuck leaving Alfa in a wonder of what to do.

My question is, what is the name of this episode, and does anyone know the name of the song he is whistling??

Someone said the name was `A man and his dog', but I never have been able to find the real name of the song. I have whistled this song many times to myself, wondering what is it's name.

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks,

John Samson
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[Mark]

It's in "The Pinch Singer," and it's Buckwheat pretending to whistle and Porky is operating the record player. Not sure what the name of the whistle is. I heard that same tune being whistled in an episode of Ren and Stimpy. It surprised me.

[ymymeatemup]

It's called "The Whistler And His Dog," published by Arthur Pryor in 1905.

[Paul F.]

There's a link to a MIDI file of this song on this web page:

www.trachtman.org/rollscans/RollListing.php?showpage=15&sortby=filedate

God Bless --
PAUL