M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I

M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I is a song written by Bert Hanlon and Ben Ryan, with music by Harry Tierney. The conductor of the song was Josef Pasternack.[1] It was written by Ben Ryan for Frances White, who introduced it in the Florenz Ziegfeld revue Midnight Frolics in 1916. It was used again two years later in a revue, Hitchy-Koo.

References

1. composer, Harry Tierney--; conductor, Josef Pasternack--; lyricist, Ben Ryan--; lyricist, Bert Hanlon--; vocalist, Frances White-- (1917-07-30). "M-i-s-s-i-s-s-i-p-p-i". www.loc.gov. Retrieved 2019-10-03.