''Let's All Go to Mary's House'' is a 1925 popular song written by Con Conrad &

Leo Wood Leo Wood ''(aka'' Jack Wood; ''né'' Leopold Wood Lantheaume; 2 September 1882 – 2 August 1929) was an American songwriter and lyricist. Career Leo Wood was born in San Francisco to Louis Ferdinand Lantheaume and Hannah Marcuse Wood ''(maiden) ...

which was recorded in the UK by the

Savoy Orpheans The Savoy Orpheans is a British dance band currently led by Alex Mendham. They were resident at the Savoy Hotel, London. The band was formed by Debroy Somers, an ex-army bandmaster, in 1923. Both the Orpheans and the Savoy Havana Band were und ...

and by Jay Whidden and His New Midnight Follies Orchestra. It's a

jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major ...

dance song which exhibits the standard style of that time, and includes a reference to the

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which was less than a year old at this song's publication. The arrangements of the recordings mentioned uses the

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and popular

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typical of the time. It often appears on compilations of 1920s-era music as any internet search will reveal. A cover version was released on the 2007 album ''

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'' by the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band.

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