BELLS ARE RINGING (Show & Film) (1956)
(Jule Styne / Betty Comden / Adolph Green)


OVERTURE & BELLS ARE RINGING

Jean Stapleton & Eddie Heim with Robert Russell Bennett Orch. &
Chorus (Broadway Production) - 1956
Pete King Orch. & Chorus (Film Soundtrack) - 1960
Caitlin Carter, Joanna Hess & Emily Hsu with Don Sebesky Orch. &
Chorus (Broadway Revival) – 2001

Also recorded by:
National Symphony Orch.; Jo Stafford.


(Orchestral Overture)

All around, there's the sound of the midsummers night
Bells in the air are ringing evrywhere
I can hear footsteps that pass on the street
And lovers rushing to meet
Here alone I can only imagine the sight
Me on the town, in some bewitching gown
But I just wait at the end of the line
As bells are ringing, the bells keep ringing
Oh why, oh why can't the next call be mine

(Orchestral Break)

Thank you, thank you, thank you Susanswerphone, Ah-ahhh!


(Contributed by Ferda Dolunay - February 2006)


*****


IT'S A PERFECT RELATIONSHIP

Judy Holliday (Broadway Production) - 1956
Judy Holliday (Film Soundtrack) - 1960
Faith Prince (Broadway Revival) - 2001


I'm in love with a man
Plaza-O-Double-Four-Double-Three
What a perfect relationship
I can't see him, he can't see me
I'm in love with a voice
Plaza-O-Double-Four-Double-Three
What a perfect relationship
I talk to him and he just talks to me

And yet I can't help wondering
What does he look like
I wish I knew
What does he look like
Is he six-foot-seven or three-foot-two
Has he eyes of brown or baby blue
Big and mighty or underfed
Trim black moustache or beard of red
Can he dance like Fred Astaire
Is he dark or is he fair
Pompadour or not a hair
Well I don't care!

I'm in love with a man
Plaza-O-Double-Four-Double-Three
What a perfect relationship
And that's how things should always be
Our love can never lose its mystery
'Cause I'll never meet him
And he'll never meet me
No, he'll never meet me

What does he look like
My sleeping Prince
What does he look like
Tough as nails with a black cigar
As handsome as a movie star
Stern as an eagle, shy as a dove
A face that only a mother could love
It doesn't matter what he is
I'm HIS, HIS, HIS!

But he's still just a voice
Plaza-0-Double-Four-Double-Three
What a perfect relationship
I can't see him, he can't see me
He calls me "Mum", he thinks I'm sixty-three
And I'll never meet him
And he'll never meet me
No, he'll never meet me


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - February 2006)


*****


INDEPENDENT (ON MY OWN)

Sydney Chaplin (Broadway Production) - 1956
Marc Kudisch (Broadway Revival) – 2001


I'm enjoying the delights of the solitary life.
To the ties that bind I've bid goodbye.
I'm the spirit of "Seventy-six" complete with drum and fife.
Since my personal Fourth of July.

Independent, self sufficient, got nobody to rely on.
Independent, self reliant, got shoulder I can cry on.
Now I'm livin', I'm on my own.
Going it alone.
I don't need anyone
And no one needs me.
No need for anyone to help me mix martinis,
Roast the wienies, bake the blinis, now that I'm free.
Self sufficient, self supporting, trav'lin' light and flying solo,
Ev'ry day is Independence Day,
Hooray! Free and easy, blithe and breezy, going it alone,
I'm independent and on my own.

Independent, self sufficient, got nobody to rely on.
Independent, self reliant, got shoulder I can cry on.
Now I'm livin', I'm on my own.
Going it alone.
I don't need anyone
And no one needs me.
No need for anyone to help me mix martinis,
Roast the wienies, bake the blinis, now that I'm free.
Self sufficient, self supporting, trav'lin' light and flying solo,
Ev'ry day is Independence Day,
Hooray! Free and easy, blithe and breezy, going it alone,
I'm independent and on my own.


(Contributed by Ferda Dolunay - February 2006)


*****


DO IT YOURSELF

Dean Martin (Film Soundtrack) – 1960
Polly Bergen - 1961


You've gotta do it, you've gotta do it,
Gotta do it all alone.
No one else will do it for you,
You're on your own.

Do it.
It may be love or war or mopping up the floor, but just do it.
Don't send a friend who's true to pitch your woo for you or you'll
rue it.
Do it yourself.

Don't Fake it.
If You're a fake, you won't make it,
Wait for your break, and then take it,
For time and tide they wait for no man, go, go, go, man.

Do it.
To prove the point at hand just look at old Miles Standish who blew
it,
He said "John Alden, will you go and ask Priscilla to do it?"
Miles got the heaveho.

"Man," Priscilla said, "Now that Miles is gone,
Speak for yourself, dear John."
He blew it, so do it, do it,
Do it yourself.


(Contributed by Ferda Dolunay - February 2006)


*****


YOU'VE GOT TO DO IT


*****


IT'S A SIMPLE LITTLE SYSTEM

Eddie Lawrence & Chorus (Broadway Production) - 1956
Eddie Foy Jr. & Chorus (Film Soundtrack) - 1960
David Garrison, Julio Agustin & Joanne Baum (Broadway Revival) - 2001


It's a simple little system any child can understand
The composers names, we list them with the racetracks of the land
With this simple little system we'll be close by fortune's door
And to think that no one ever, ever thought of it before

Gentlemen, Gentlemen, look at your charts

What is Beethoven? (Belmont Park)
Where's Puccini? (Pimlico)
Who is Humperdinck? (Hollywood)
What is Beethoven? (Beethoven is Belmont Park)
Where's Puccini? (Puccini is Pimlico)
Who is Humperdinck? (Humperdinck is Hollywood)

Ah, that is correct, turn the page

What's Tchaikovsky? (Churchill Downs)
Who's Mussorgsky? (Monmouth Park)
What's Rachmaninov? (Rockingham)
What's Tchaikovsky? (Tchaikovsky is Churchill Downs)
Who's Mussorgsky? (Mussorgsky is Monmouth Park)
What's Rachmaninov? (Rachmaninov is Rockingham)

That is correct, turn the page

It's a simple little system where it pays you to begin
A simple little system where the Lord is listening in
We will take those record orders in a very cultured tone
While we're really booking horses over at Susanswerphone

We'll be rich, we'll be rich, we'll be rich!

Debussy is Del Mar
Humperdinck is Hollywood
César Franck is Fairgrounds
Sibelius is Sportsmans Park
Berlioz is Bainbridge
Hindemith is Hawthorn
Offenbach is Omaha
Ev'rybody, all together now
(Who is Beethoven? Belmont Park, it's a simple little system)
(Who's Puccini? Pimlico, simple little system)
(Who's Tchaikovsky? Churchill Downs)
(And Shostakovich is Saratoga)
What is Handel? (Hialeah, Hialeah)
Who is Handel? (Hialeah, Hialeah)
Oh, what a system!


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - February 2006)


*****


BETTER THAN A DREAM

Judy Holliday & Dean Martin (Film Soundtrack) - 1960
Faith Prince & Marc Kudisch (Broadway Revival) - 2001


JUDY:
So that's what you look like
At last I know

You're better, better than a dream
What you are is better far than a dream
I tried to picture your face
But now I see you
You're out of this world, you're out of this sphere
You're out of that outer space

Better, better than a dream
What is real is more ideal than a dream
To see and hear you
To be so near you
Is better, better than a dream

DEAN:
Can this be a dream
Can I still be asleep on the couch there
Can this girl be really here
She seems to know by sheer intuition
How I landed in this condition
Boy, does she know me
The way that I think, the way that I drink
The fact that I slept all year

But it's not a dream
'Cause look I've got some words on the paper
Steady boy, don't faint or scream
Don't ask who sent you this angel
It's better, better than a dream

DEAN: Can this be a dream
JUDY: It's better
DEAN: Can I still be asleep on the couch there
JUDY: Better than a dream
DEAN: Can this girl be really here
JUDY: What you are is better far than a dream
DEAN: She seems to know by sheer intuition
JUDY: I tried to picture your face
DEAN: How I landed in this condition
JUDY: But now I see you
DEAN: Boy, does she know me
JUDY: You're out of this world
DEAN: The way that I think, the way that I drink
JUDY: You're out of this sphere
DEAN: The fact that I slept all year
JUDY: You're out of that outer space
DEAN: But it's not a dream
JUDY: Better, better than a dream
DEAN: 'Cause look I've got some words on the paper
JUDY: What is real is more ideal than a dream
DEAN: Steady boy, don't faint or scream
JUDY: To see and hear you
DEAN: Don't ask who sent you this angel
JUDY: To be so near you
BOTH: It's better, better than a dream


(Transcribed by Ferda Dolunay & Mel Priddle - February 2006)


*****


IS IT A CRIME


*****


HELLO, HELLO THERE


*****


I MET A GIRL

Sydney Chaplin (Broadway Production) - 1956
Dean Martin (Film Soundtrack) - 1960
Marc Kudisch (Broadway Revival) – 2001


Yoo-hoo! I met a girl, a wonderful girl
She's really got a lot to recommend her for a girl
Fabulous creature without any doubt
Hey! What am I getting so excited about?

She's just a girl, an ev'ry day girl
And yet I guess she's really rather special for a girl
For once you have seen her the others are out
Hey! What am I getting so excited about?

But so what, what has she got others have not?
Two eyes, two lips, a nose, all girls have some of those
But when she looks up at me, what do I see?
The most enchanting face, my pulse begins to race

Hey! I met a girl, a marvellous girl
She's rarer than uranium and fairer than a pearl
Found me a treasure and I want to shout
Hey! What am I getting so excited about?

But so what, what has she got others have not?
Two eyes, two lips, a nose, all girls have some of those
But when she looks up at me, what do I see?
The most enchanting face, my pulse begins to race

Hey! (He met a girl, a marvellous girl)
(She's rarer than uranium and fairer than a pearl)
Found me a treasure and I want to shout
This is what I'm getting so excited about
I met a girl and I fell in love today


(Contributed by Ferda Dolunay - February 2006)


*****


LONG BEFORE I KNEW YOU

Judy Holliday & Sydney Chaplin (Broadway Production - 1956
Faith Prince & Mark Kudisch (Broadway Revival) - 2001

Also recorded by: Laurie Beechman; Petula Clark; Vic Damone;
Phyllis Ford; John Gabriel; Steve Lawrence; Elisabeth Welch;
Elaine Page; Carmen McRae: .......... and others.


Long before I knew you
Long before I met you
I was sure I'd find you someday, somehow

I pictured someone who'd walk and talk
And smile as you do
And make me feel as you do right now

All that was long before I held you
Long before I kissed you
Long before I touched you and felt this glow

But now you really are here
And now at last I know
That long before I knew you I loved you so


*****


MU-CHA-CHA

Judy Holliday & Peter Gennaro (Broadway Production) – 1956
Faith Prince & Julio Agustin (Broadway Revival) – 2001


The bongos were beating and couples were meeting,
The night was a promise of romance,
So altho' the lad(girl) was shy,
When he(she) caught the ladies(fellow's) eye,
He(She) took courage and asked for a dance.

(Refrain:)
He:
Mu-cha-cha, tell me do you cha-cha?
She:
Me-cha-cha? Senor, si si, cha-cha.
He:
Now, cha-cha, Please show me how, cha-cha,
She:
I got-cha, you watch-a cha cha.
So, cha cha, away we go, cha cha,
He:
Hey, cha cha, is this the way, cha cha?
She:
Ay, cha cha, I'm feeling high, cha-cha.
He:
Oh such a hot-cha cha cha cha.
She:
Come a little closer, then a little closer,
Then you turn and walk away.
Both:
Ta ta tum ta ta ta ta ta tiga tiga
Tum ta ta ta ta ta tiga tiga
Tum ta ta ta ta ta tiga tiga
Tum ta ta ta ta ta tiga tiga,
He :
Come a little closer, then a little closer,
Don't go way my little mu-cha-cha,
The dance is through, cha cha,
She:
Now, cha cha, let's have some chow, cha cha.
He:
Then, cha cha, we'll dance again, cha cha,
She:
Closer and closer
He:
And closer and
Both:
Closer and closer and closer to you,
Mu-cha-cha.

Refrain ...


(Contributed by Ferda Dolunay - February 2006)


*****


JUST IN TIME
From the Broadway Show "Bells Are Ringing" (1956)
(Jule Styne / Betty Comden / Adolph Green)

Sydney Chaplin & Judy Holliday (Broadway Production) - 1956
Tony Bennett - 1956
Nat King Cole - 1957
Frank Sinatra - 1958
Peggy Lee - 1959
Buddy Greco - 1959
Chris Connor - 1959
Blossom Dearie - 1959
Dean Martin & Judy Holliday (Film Soundtrack) - 1960
Eddie Fisher - 1960
Kay Starr - 1960
Mel Tormé - 1960
Sarah Vaughan - 1960
Judy Garland - 1960
Dean Martin - 1960
Joni James - 1961
Ella Fitzgerald - 1961
Carmen McRae - 1962
Anita O'Day - 1962
Nina Simone - 1962
Carol Burnett - 1963
Kate Smith - 1964
Barbra Streisand - 1964
Rosemary Clooney - 1980
Eileen Farrell - 1994
Wesla Whitfield - 1997
Claire Moore - 1998
James Darren - 1999
Linda Tate - 2000
Mark Kudisch & Faith Prince (Broadway Revival) - 2001

Also recorded by: Lucie Arnaz; Barbara Adamson; Bobby Darin;
Frances Faye; Billy Daniels; Jeri Southern; Dorothy Squires;
Marvin Gaye; Jane Morgan; Sammy Davis Jr; Michele Hendricks;
Steve Lawrence; Jack Jones; Danny Williams; Estelle Reiner;
Carmen Cavallaro; Count Basie; Jackie Gleason; Edmundo Ros;
Joe Loss; Maty Paich; Ted Heath: ......... and many others.


I was resting comfortably, face down in the gutter
Life was serene, I knew where I was at
"There's no hope for him," my dearest friends would mutter
I was something dragged in by the cat. Then ...

Just in time, I found you just in time
Before you came my time was running low
I was lost, the losing dice were tossed
My bridges all were crossed, nowhere to go

Now you're here and now I know just where I'm going
No more doubt or fear, I found my way
For love came just in time, you found me just in time
And changed my lonely life that lovely day


******


As performed in the 1960 film by DEAN MARTIN & JUDY HOLLIDAY:


DEAN MARTIN:
Just in time, I found you just in time
Before you came my time was running low
I was lost, the losing dice were tossed
My bridges all were crossed, nowhere to go

Now you're here and now I know just where I'm going
No more doubt or fear, I found my way
For love came just in time, you found me just in time
And changed my lonely life that lovely day

(Clapping)

STRANGER: Hey, you kids must be professionals.

DEAN: Ah, you been peeking, you little rascal.
Oh, shall we show 'em that little act we used to do in Chicago?
JUDY: Where?
DEAN: At the stockyards. Are you ready?
JUDY: Let's slaughter 'em.

DEAN: My partner, Melissande Scott
JUDY: A-nothing at all
DEAN: Watch the arm. It only bends one way
JUDY: Tea for two and
BOTH: Two for tea
JUDY: Two-Four. Where ya goin'?
DEAN: Over here on the other foot
JUDY: Wait for me

(Musical Interlude & Dance)

DEAN: Ooh, let's not give 'em ev'rything, okay!
JUDY: Alright
DEAN: Alright
JUDY: Alright
DEAN: Alright
JUDY: Okay
DEAN: Okay


DEAN: Just in time
JUDY: A-doo-dee-doo-dee-doo-doo-doo
DEAN: You found me just in time
JUDY: A-doo-dee-doo-dee-doo-doo-doo
DEAN: Before you came my time
JUDY: A-doo-doo
DEAN: Was runnin'
JUDY: This act could play the Palladium, or even the Yankee Stadium
DEAN: I was lost
JUDY: He was lost
DEAN: The losin' dice were tossed
JUDY: They were tossed
DEAN: My bridges all were crossed
JUDY: They were crossed
DEAN: Nowhere to go

(My Darling, now you're here)
(And now I know just where I'm going)
(Never a doubt or fear)
(Now I'm on my way)

DEAN: For love came just in time
JUDY: In time
DEAN: You found me
BOTH: Just in time
And changed my lonely life that lovely day

(Doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo, just in time)
(Doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo, just in time)
(Just in time)


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - February 2006)


*****


DROP THAT NAME

Judy Holliday & Chorus (Broadway Production) - 1956
Judy Holiday & Chorus (Film Soundtrack) - 1960
Faith Prince & Chorus (Broadway Revival) - 2001


(José Ferrer and Janet Blair and Fred Astaire and Vincent Minelli)
(Daniel Mann and Lynn Fontanne, Elia Kazan, the former Grace Kelly)
(Louie Schurr and Courtney Burr and Irving Lazar)
(Anthony Quinn) ............And Rin Tin Tin!

(Doris Day and Barry Gray and Edna Best)
(Arthur Loew and Vaughn Monroe, Rebecca West)
(Irving Shaw and Evelyn Waugh and Errol Flynn)
(Rory Calhoun) .............And Rin Tin Toon!

(Barney Baruch and King Farouk, Alistair Cooke and Debbie and Eddie)
(Lucille Ball and Lauren Bacall, Hedy Lamarr, Roz Russel and Freddie)
(Carol Reed and Sammy Snead and Deborah Kerr)
(Anna May Wong) ............And Ron Ton Tong!

(Errol Flynn!) Rin Tin Tin!
(Edmund Gwenn!) Ren Ten Ten!
(Ali Kahn!) Rahn Tan Tan!
(Raymond Massey!) Lassie!
(That's the way you play the game)
(Drop that name!)


*****


DROP THAT NAME
As performed in the 1960 film by Judy Holliday & Chorus:


(Frank......Sinatra, Albert......Schweitzer), Ingrid......Bergman)
(Noel......Coward, Gene......Kelly, Oscar......Levant)
(La, la, la, la, la, la)

(Brigitte Bardot and Jean Pateau, Marilyn Monroe, Vincent Minelli)
(Fred Astaire and René Clair, José Ferrer, the former Grace Kelly)
(Lynn Fontanne and Danny Mann and Deborah Kerr)
(Irving Berlin) ..........And Rin Tin Tin!

(Danny Kaye and Doris Day and Pasternak)
(Hemingway and Prince Rainier or Moran and Mack)
(Irwin Shaw and Evelyn Waugh and Cary Grant)
(Rory Calhoun) ...........And Rin Tin Toon!

(Barney Baruch and King Farouk, Alistair Cooke, Lizzie and Eddie)
(Lucille Ball and Lauren Bacall, Vivien Leigh, Roz Russel and Freddie)
(Arthur Freed and Sammy Snead and Irving Lazar)
(Anna May Wong) ..........And Ron Ton Tong!

(Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha, ha-hah)
(Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha, ha-hah)

1st MALE:
Flew down to Cannes to get a tan
Then simply ran to dear Portofino
FEMALE:
St. Tropez just turned me gray
'Cause night and day I lived on just vino
2nd MALE:
Stayed with Fritz at Biarritz
The playground of kings ...... glamourous sights
JUDY HOLLIDAY:
Like Brooklyn Heights

1st FEMALE:
Well, Christian Dior I wore, then tore
Got fitted for a new Balenciaga
2nd FEMALE:
I like Chanel, she wears so well
As time will tell, her flows are a saga
3rd FEMALE:
Valentina's where I've been
I love all her things, things with good lines
JUDY HOLLIDAY:
Like things from Kleins?
I do all my shopping there with Mary and Ethel
3rd FEMALE:
Mary and Ethel who?
JUDY HOLLIDAY:
Mary Schwartz and Ethel Hodgkiss!

(Keenan Wynn) Rin Tin Tin!
(Sophia Loren) Ren Ten Ten!
(Ali Kahn) Rahn Tan Tan!
(Raymond Massey) Lassie!
(That's the way you play the game)
(Drop that na-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-me, ah-haaaaah!)


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle & Ferda Dolunay - February 2006)


*****


THE PARTY'S OVER

Judy Holliday (Broadway Production) - 1956
Doris Day - 1957
Nat King Cole - 1957
Peggy Lee - 1959
Shirley Bassey - 1959
Blossom Dearie - 1959
Judy Holliday (Film Soundtrack) - 1960
Julie London - 1960
Johnny Mathis - 1960
Anita O'Day - 1960
Judy Garland - 1960
Al Hibbler - 1961
Lonnie Donegan - 1962
Bobby Darin - 1962
The Everly Brothers - 1962
Mel Tormé - 1962
Lesley Gore - 1963
Steve Lawrence - 1963
Sammy Davis Jr. - 1964
Marvin Gaye - 1964
Eydie Gorme - 1965
Michael Feinstein - 1991
Dennis Bono - 1997
Ernestine Anderson - 2003

Also recorded by: Polly Bergen; Anthony Newley; Joni James;
Carol Channing; The Four Lads; Ethel Merman; Betty Johnson;
Sally Mayes; Carmen McRae; Stan Kenton; Anita Kerr Singers;
Diahann Carroll; Buddy Greco; Della Reese; Esther Phillips;
Frankie Vaughan; Caterina Valente; Matt Monro; Helen Reddy;
Jo Stafford; Elaine Stritch: ............. and many others.


The party's over, it's time to call it a day
They've burst your pretty balloon
And taken the moon away
It's time to wind up the masquerade
Just make your mind up
The piper must be paid

The party's over, the candles flicker and dim
You danced and dreamed through the night
It seemed to be right just being with him
Now you must wake up, all dreams must end
Take off your makeup, the party's over
It's all over, my friend

The party's over, it's time to call it a day
They've burst your pretty balloon
And taken the moon away
Now you must wake up, all dreams must end
Take off your makeup, the party's over
It's all over, my friend

It's all over, my friend


*****


THE PARTY'S OVER

As recorded by JUDY HOLLIDAY:


He's in love with Mellisande Scott
A girl who doesn't exist
He's in love with someone you're not
And so, remember, it was never you he kissed

The party's over, it's time to call it a day
No matter how you pretend
You knew it would end this way
It's time to wind up the masquerade
Just make your mind up
The piper must be paid

The party's over, the candles flicker and dim
You've danced and dreamed through the night
It seemed to be right just being with him
Now you must wake up, all dreams must end
Take off your makeup, the party's over
It's all over, my friend

La-da-da-da-da, la-da-da-da-da
You danced and dreamed through the night
It seemed to be right just being with him
Now you must wake up, all dreams must end
Take off your makeup, the party's over


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - February 2006)


*****


SALZBURG

Jean Stapleton, Eddie Lawrence (Broadway Production) – 1956
Beth Fowler & David Garrison (Broadway Revival) – 2001


Sue:
You said it!
You said it!
I heard you say it!
Oh Sandor!

Sandor:
Sue, Sue, Sue, I Love you, honey
Sue, Sue, Sue, Give me your money
With your life savings in the little blue sock

Sue:
We will have enough to keep us out of hock

Sandor
We'll fly together to a place I know where we, oh so happy will be

Sue:
Oh, Where, Oh where is this place of mystery?

Sandor
(spoken) Where?

Sandor:
In Salzburg by the sea
Where love and laughter live eternally
In Salzburg by the hill
Where gondolas go gliding by the mill

Sue:
What a thrill darling!

Sandor
Tropical nights

Sue:
Festival lights

Sandor
Strudel for two at the midnight bull fights

Sue
Arriba!

Sandor
In Salzburg, Lovely Salzburg
Where the flying fishes play
Where the schnitzel is high as an elephant's eyes
And the skies are not cloudy all day
Come to Salzburg with me...
(spoken) Liebchen!
By the sea!

Both
O-le!

Sandor
(spoken) Come on, Sue

Sue
(spoken) Oh, Sandor, Tell me more!

Sandor
(spoken) You want more?

Sandor
In Salzburg by the sea

Sue
You said it!

Sandor
Where all the worlds in love with gay Paree

Sue:
You said you love me!

Sandor:
In Salzburg on the shore

Sue:
He loves me!

Sandor:
Where Geisha girls keep coming back for more

Sue:
(spoken) Sandor!

Sandor:
(spoken) Liebchen

Sue:
We'll live in style

Sandor:
Gold by the pile

Both:
Goulash for two as we barge down the Nile
In Salzburg, Lovely Salzburg

Sandor:
Where the corn and 'taters grow

Sue:

In our sweet home sweet home all the roads lead to Rome

Both:
So, my darling,
Let's hurry and go!

Sandor:
Come to Salzburg with me
(spoken) Liebchen!

Both:
By the sea
O-le!


*****


THE MIDAS TOUCH

Bernie West & Chorus (Broadway Production) - 1956
Hal Linden & Chorus (Film Soundtrack) - 1960
Martin Moran & Chorus (Broadway Revival) - 2001


Aaaahhhhhhh!
First you're hot and then you're cold
Then you're shy and then you're bold
But I'm always sensitive to you

First you fill my heart with pain
Then your kiss is novocaine
That's no way sensitive to you

You don't see anything, but it hurts
Though you can't see the pain
Ooh-oh, how it hurts

Midas touch
The mighty, mighty, mighty, mighty Midas Touch
The Midas touch
The mighty, mighty, mighty, mighty Midas Touch
Midas touch
The mighty, mighty Midas Touch

Gold in the mornin'
Gold in the evenin
Gold in the Summer
Gold in the Winter
Doctor Midas said to me
"Be sure you take your vitamin G...O...L...D"
And that's what he said to me
Yeah!

(Musical Interlude + Ad-Lib Vocal Noises)

Gold in all its glory
And that's the story of the Midas Touch


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - February 2006)


*****


THE MIDAS TOUCH
As performed in the 1960 film by Hal Linden & Chorus:


SOLO FEMALE VOICE:
And now, Ladies and Gentlemen, it's showtime!
And for our opening production number
The Pyramid Pips present a brand new song
The Midas Touch.....

GIRLS CHORUS:
Gold in all its glory
And here's the story of the Midas Touch

HAL LINDEN:
The beggar rests his weary head
And dreams of just one crust of bread
But, when the beggar's dreams grow bold
He dreams, as others do, of gold

The Midas Touch, the mighty Midas Touch
The Midas Touch, the mighty Midas Touch
The Midas Touch, the mighty, mighty Midas Touch

ALL:
The Midas Touch, The Midas Touch
The Mi-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-das Touch
The Midas Touch, the mighty, mighty Midas Touch

GIRLS: Gold!   LINDEN: In the mornin'
GIRLS: Gold!   LINDEN: In the evenin'
GIRLS: Gold!   LINDEN: In the Summer
GIRLS: Gold!   LINDEN: In the Winter
GIRLS:
Doctor Midas said to me
"Be sure and take your vitamin G...O...L...D!"
And that's what he said to me

(Musical Interlude)

GIRLS:
Gold in all its glory
And that's the story of the Midas T-o-o-o-o-o-u-u-u-u-ch!


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - February 2006)


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I'M GOING BACK

Judy Holliday (Broadway Production) - 1956
Judy Holliday (Film Soundtrack) - 1960
Faith Prince (Broadway Revival) - 2001


I know you, your name is Sue
But who am I?
I've gotta find out
At least I'm gonna try

I'm going back
Where I can be me
At the Bonjour Tristesse Brassière Company

They've got a great big switchboard there
Where it's just hello, goodbye
It may be dull
But there I can be just me, myself and I

A little modeling on the side
Yes, that's where I'll be
At the Bonjour Tristesse Brassière Company

And if anybody asks for Ella, Mella or Mom
Tell them that I'm goin' back where I came from
To the B.T. Bras-se-ière Company

Goodbye everybody
Goodbye Madame Grimaldi
Goodbye Junior Mallett
Santa Claus is a-hittin' the road

Listen to your mama, mama, mama

Eat your spinach baby
Eat your spinach baby
By the load

La petite bergère restaurant adieu
Je ne reviendrai jamais, jamais, jamais
C'est tout fini
Adieu to you

So, goodbye Max, to your dogs and your cats
To the Duke of Windsor and His Duchess

Bye bye Barton and Kitchell and Hastings
At last you're out of my clutches

I'll miss you but you'll carry on
You'll never know that I've gone

I'm a-going back
Where I can be me
At the Bonjour Tristesse Brassière Company

And while I'm sitting there I'll hope that I find out
Just what Ella Peterson is all about
In that Shangri-La of lacy lingerie

A little modeling on the side

At the Bonjour Tristesse Brassière Company

Send me my mail dere!

To the Bonjour Tristesse Company


(Transcribed by Ferda Dolunay & Mel Priddle - February 2006)


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