Two speech impediments are better than one. What if I added something about having a lisp?”Maybe that is the way the smash hit, The Boy Who Stuttered and The Girl Who Lisped by Louis Weslyn came to fruition. I’ve got an idea, I’ll write a song about stuttering, it will be a smash!” But he thought it over, “Hmmm, that’s been done already.
In 1907 an imaginative songwriter said to himself, “Hey. Unlike today where some songs contain stuttering verses, 100 years ago, the stuttering was in the title or subtitle.
Speech Impediments Were Fair Game For Early Songwritersįorget The Who with “ My Generation” or David Bowie with “ Changes.” Stuttering lyrics were once blatant and over the top.
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