1927: Six Jumping Jacks - Here Comes The Showboat

Six Jumping Jacks with Vocal chorus (by Tom Stacks) - Here Comes The Show Boat, Fox-Trot (Billy Rose – Maceo Pinkard), Brunswick 1927 (UK) NOTE: The showboats (or show boats) were the floating theatres, that traveled along the larger waterways in US, especially along the Mississippi and Ohio rivers, bringing entertainment and carrying passengers rather than cargo to the riverbank inhabitants. They were a special type of riverboats, which had to be pushed by a small towboat, also known as a “pusher”. Ther