The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

STREET CRY

WHEN I WAS VERY YOUNG, A FRUIT VENDOR USED
TO REGULARLY COME DOWN MY STREET, SINGING
IN A MINOR KEY, STRAWBERRIES} THREE QUARTS
F'RA DOLLA. " IT SOUNDED A LITTLE LIKE THE BEGINNING
OF "TARANTELLA". ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO AFTER AN
ABSENCE OF ABOUT FOUR YEARS, THIS SAME MAN
CAME DOWN MY STREET SINGING IN A MINOR KEY:
"STRAWBERRIES} TWO QUARTS F'RA DOLLA}

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT