ID wanted: Snake dance, Snake Charmer, Hoochie Koochie, Hula-Hula Dance etc...

[Graham Newton <gn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

There have been apparently many names for this piece over the years.
Everyone has probably heard it in Warner Brothers or other cartoons, and on
various old radio shows as a "gag" piece, but nobody has been able to identify
it positively or suggest a composer.

Names like Snake Dance, Snake Charmer, Hoochie Koochie, and Hula-Hula Dance
have been suggested, but nothing can be found on these.

It is possible that it is one of those "traditional" or "public domain" 
pieces that have been lost in time. 

A pianist friend played 4 variations on a synthesizer so you can actually 
hear what it is.  Here's the piece played on a few different instruments 
that may tweak your memory.  

Can anyone put a name to this?

Piano version:  http://208.56.170.136/SNAKE1.mp3

Harmony version:  http://208.56.170.136/SNAKE2.mp3

Clarinet version:  http://208.56.170.136/SNAKE3.mp3

English horn version:  http://208.56.170.136/SNAKE4.mp3

Just click on the above links to hear them.


Meanwhile, if the musical notes do anything for you here it is:-

Key = d Minor

D E F E D, D E F A E F D, F G A A Bb A G E, F G G A G F, D E F E D,
D E F A E F D


... Graham Newton

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