Canadian Capers

Canadian Capers

Earl Burtnett is the lyricist

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[[Image:Canadian Caper.jpg|thumb|right|Sheet music cover, 1921]]
[[Image:Canadian Caper.jpg|thumb|right|Sheet music cover, 1921]]


'''"Canadian Capers"''' is a [[popular music|popular]] tune, written by [[Earl Burtnett]], Gus Chandler, Bert White, and Henry Cohen in [[1915 in music|1915]]. The tune has been recorded by many people over the years.{{cite web |title=honkingduck.com |url=http://www.honkingduck.com/mc/solrnoderunner/16/search/Canadian%20capers?page=1 |website=honkingduck.com |accessdate=December 21, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221182546/http://www.honkingduck.com/mc/solrnoderunner/16/search/Canadian%20capers?page=1 |archive-date=December 21, 2018 |url-status=dead }} A recording by [[Paul Whiteman]] was very popular in 1921.{{cite book |last1=Whitburn |first1=Joel |title=Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954 |date=1986 |publisher=Record Research Inc. |location=Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin |isbn=0-89820-083-0 |page=[https://archive.org/details/joelwpopmemories00whit/page/447 447] |url=https://archive.org/details/joelwpopmemories00whit/page/447 }}
'''"Canadian Capers"''' is a [[popular music|popular]] tune, written by Gus Chandler, Bert White, and Henry Cohen with words by Earl Burtnett in [[1915 in music|1915]]. The tune has been recorded by many people over the years.{{cite web |title=honkingduck.com |url=http://www.honkingduck.com/mc/solrnoderunner/16/search/Canadian%20capers?page=1 |website=honkingduck.com |accessdate=December 21, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221182546/http://www.honkingduck.com/mc/solrnoderunner/16/search/Canadian%20capers?page=1 |archive-date=December 21, 2018 |url-status=dead }} A recording by [[Paul Whiteman]] was very popular in 1921.{{cite book |last1=Whitburn |first1=Joel |title=Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954 |date=1986 |publisher=Record Research Inc. |location=Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin |isbn=0-89820-083-0 |page=[https://archive.org/details/joelwpopmemories00whit/page/447 447] |url=https://archive.org/details/joelwpopmemories00whit/page/447 }}


An updated set of lyrics with the title "Cuttin' Capers" were written in [[1949 in music|1949]] by [[Ralph Blane]] and [[Harry Warren]], for the [[Doris Day]] [[musical film]] ''[[My Dream Is Yours]].'' Doris Day also made a commercial recording of the song for Columbia Records in June 1949{{cite web |title=The Online Discographical Project |url=http://www.78discography.com/COL38500.htm |website=78discography.com |accessdate=December 21, 2018}} and this reached No. 15 in the Billboard charts.{{cite book |last1=Whitburn |first1=Joel |title=Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954 |date=1986 |publisher=Record Research Inc. |location=Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin |isbn=0-89820-083-0 |page=[https://archive.org/details/joelwpopmemories00whit/page/122 122] |url=https://archive.org/details/joelwpopmemories00whit/page/122 }}
An updated set of lyrics with the title "Cuttin' Capers" were written in [[1949 in music|1949]] by [[Ralph Blane]] and [[Harry Warren]], for the [[Doris Day]] [[musical film]] ''[[My Dream Is Yours]].'' Doris Day also made a commercial recording of the song for Columbia Records in June 1949{{cite web |title=The Online Discographical Project |url=http://www.78discography.com/COL38500.htm |website=78discography.com |accessdate=December 21, 2018}} and this reached No. 15 in the Billboard charts.{{cite book |last1=Whitburn |first1=Joel |title=Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954 |date=1986 |publisher=Record Research Inc. |location=Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin |isbn=0-89820-083-0 |page=[https://archive.org/details/joelwpopmemories00whit/page/122 122] |url=https://archive.org/details/joelwpopmemories00whit/page/122 }}