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- Edison Amberol Record, "Grand Baby, or a Baby Grand?," 1911 - This humorous take on "class warfare" in urban America was sung in upper class and Irish dialects by Ada Jones. Here a lower class Irishwoman complains about the "high toned" lady in the apartment below whose loud piano playing wakes her baby. The upper class lady then complains that the baby's crying disturbs her. In reality, these two classes would never have shared an apartment building!
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Edison Amberol Record, "Grand Baby, or a Baby Grand?," 1911
This humorous take on "class warfare" in urban America was sung in upper class and Irish dialects by Ada Jones. Here a lower class Irishwoman complains about the "high toned" lady in the apartment below whose loud piano playing wakes her baby. The upper class lady then complains that the baby's crying disturbs her. In reality, these two classes would never have shared an apartment building!