BOYS' NIGHT OUT, THE
>From the film "Boys' Night Out" (1962)
(Sammy Cahn / James Van Heusen)


Patti Page & The Merry Melody Singers (Film Soundtrack) - 1962
Frank Sinatra - 1962






As recorded by PATTI PAGE:

Hey there, mister, build a fence around your sister
It's the boys' night out
Hey there, buster, it's the Injuns after Custer
It's the boys' night out
 
They're out to do the town and before they're through
It's bound to be likened to
The night they lost the Titanic and the Wall Street panic

What they're seekin' is a little cheek-to-cheekin'
It's the boys' night out
And that moon's about as big as a honeydew

Well, it's the boys' night out and they're so romantic
But I'll give you a clue
What the boys are out after, the girls are out after, too
 
(Instrumental Break) Boys' night out
 
It's the boys' night out and they're so romantic
But I'll give you a clue
What the boys are out after (The boys are out after)
The girls are out after (The girls are out after)
What the boys are out after, the girls are out after, too


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As recorded by FRANK SINATRA:

Hey there, mister, build a fence around your sister
It's the, the boys' night out
Hey there, buster, it's the Injuns after Custer
It's the, the boys' night out

They're out to do the town and before they're through
It's bound to be likened to
The night they lost the Titanic and the Wall Street panic

What they're seeking is a little cheek-to-cheeking
It's the, the boys' night out
And that moon's about as big as a honey dew

It's the boys' night out, and they're so romantic
I'll give you a clue
What the boys are out after, the girls are out after too

(Orchestral Interlude)

They're out to do the town and before they're through
It's bound to be likened to
The night they lost the Titanic and the Wall Street panic

What they're seeking is a little cheek-to-cheeking
It's the, the boys' night out
And that moon's about as big as a honey dew

It's the boys' night out, and they're so romantic
But I will give you a clue
What the boys are out after, the girls are out after
What the boys are out after, the girls are out after, too

 

TRIVIA:
Originally, the film's title song was to be sung by Frank Sinatra, who recorded it on March 6, 1962, three months before the film's premiere. At the eleventh hour, Patti Page, who co-starred in the film, recorded her version and this was used on the soundtrack. Sinatra's version sat in the vaults until some thirty years later.







(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - November 2011)