Grandad Search in 1921 (or so)

In around 1920, Hal Search, my father, entered the Milwaukee School of Engineering and promptly joined the band. The third from the left, back row, with his sax. I found the photo last week by chance and decided to write something. By the time I came around and became sentient he had gotten rid of the sax and occasionally played at playing the piano (my mother's) and singing songs like "The Delaware-Lackawan" (1) and "Abdul Abulbul Amir". (2)
He was able to put away quite a bit of gin (martinis of course) and the more gin the louder and funnier the songs got. He and his sister had a poem they would recite on some occasions where lubrication was available about hunting a "stiped pole cat" (I hunt de cat, I hunt de rat, I hunt de striped polecat. )( couldn't find this one with Google's help). Very funny though. Anyone want to try to find it? They used a sort of Cajun accent. Not very politically correct I guess. But after all it was the times when that wasn't around much yet. He and my mother would join in with "The Cremation of Sam McGee" (3) just for fun, too. Anyway, I thought about him when I saw the band photo and though maybe the boys would enjoy a bit of silliness. Check the links and enjoy.

1.http://www.harrywarren.org/songs/0584.htm
2. http://www.contemplator.com/ireland/abdul.html
3, http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/2640/?letter=C&spage=26