Peninsula Enterprise

THE SONG OF THE SHORE

Fortunate is that community which can boast of a song, that is all its own.
From the chansons, ages-old people thousands of miles distant have been lured to Brittany, France. "Oh Susanna" paints a vivid picture to the modern generation of the gold rush of '49 in California. "Carry Me Back to Ol' Virginny" has done more to stir in northern hearts the desire to know the south, than any other factor.
The Eastern Shore of Virginia and the Del-Mar-Va Peninsula little thought two years ago when there was broadcast for the first time the story of the Del-Mar-Va Peninsula, that a song written by a native son would linger any longer than the usual popular melodies. Dale Wimbrow of Whaleyville, Maryland wrote "The Good Old Eastern Shore."
Its cadence struck the popular fancy far beyond the boundaries of the Peninsula and in the intervening two years it has stimulated the imagination of thousands of people.
The result has been that thousands of inquiries have been made upon the station which put on the broadcasting program in October 1926 for more information about "Where is this good Old Eastern Shore?" From so many different points requests for the music and words have become so numerous that Dale Wimbrow and Carl H. Monsees, of Snow Hill, Maryland have produced a master record of the song and it is being eagerly purchased by music distributors throughout the United States. In "The Metronome" of New York is an interesting article upon the creation of this song and Walter Kane Incorporated, probably the largest music publisher in the Empire state, has listed the song in his monthly bulletin of exclusive productions.
The composer who has been broadcasting over WOR has had repeated requests for the song and the peculiar thing is that the entire country with the exception of the birthplace of the melody is singing "The Good Old Eastern Shore." It is to be hoped that our people in these two Virginia Counties will take hold of this production because it is distinctly their own. It is a catchy melody and when you hear the movie orchestra play it, don't be too bashful. Sing the praises of your home section.