GUYS AND DOLLS
From the Broadway Musical "Guys And Dolls" (1950)
(Frank Loesser)

Stubby Kaye & Johnny Silver (Broadway Production) - 1950
Stubby Kaye & Johnny Silver (London Production) - 1953
Frank Sinatra, Stubby Kaye & Johnny Silver (Film Soundtrack) - 1955
Eydie Gorme - 1958
Bobby Darin - 1960
Johnny Mathis - 1960
Blossom Dearie - 1960
Ella Fitzgerald - 1962
Frank Sinatra & Dean Martin - 1963
Sammy Davis Jr. - 1964
Jack De Lon & Joey Faye (Broadway Revival) - 1965
Ken Page & Christophe Pierre (Broadway Revival) - 1976
David Healy & Barrie Rutter (London Revival) - 1982
Misa Noeru & Go Mayuka (Japanese all-female Production) - 1985
Rosemary Clooney - 1988
Walter Bobbie & J.K. Simmons (Broadway Revival) - 1992
Susannah McCorkle - 1994
Don Stephenson, David Green & The National Symphony Orch. - 1995
Bernard Cribbens & Nick Curtis - 1995
Clent Bowers & Lawrence Redmond (U.S. Tour Production) - 2000
Oozora Yuuhi (Japanese Revival) - 2002
Jessica Molaskey - 2004
Jack Edwards & Spencer Stafford (London Revival) - 2005

Also recorded by:
Carmen Cavallaro; Bill Evans; Forty Second Street Singers;
Wesla Whitfield; Michael Hashim; Tubby Hayes; Harry James;
New York Pops; Bernie Senensky; Terry Snyder; Joe Wilder;
Ralph Sharon; Billy May:.........and others.



NICELY-NICELY:
What's playing at the Roxy?
I'll tell you what's playing at the Roxy
A picture about a Minnesota man so in love with a Mississippi girl
that he sacrifices everything and moves all the way to Biloxi
That's what's playing at the Roxy!

BENNY:
What's in the Daily News?
I'll tell you what's in the Daily News
A story about a guy who bought his wife a small ruby with what
otherwise would have been his union dues
That's what's in the Daily News!

NICELY-NICELY:
What's happenin' all over?
I'll tell you what's happenin' all over
Guy sittin' home by a television set who once used to be somethin' of
a rover
That's what's happenin' all over!

BOTH:
Love is the thing that has licked 'em
And it looks like Nathan's just another victim

NICELY-NICELY:
Yes, sir, when you see a guy reach for stars in the sky
You can bet that he's doing it for some doll

BENNY:
When you spot a John waiting out in the rain
Chances are he's insane as only a John can be for a Jane

NICELY-NICELY:
When you meet a gent payin' all kinds of rent
For a flat that could flatten the Taj Mahal

BOTH:
Call it sad, call it funny, but it's better than even money
That the guy's only doing it for some doll

BENNY:
When you see a Joe savin' half of his dough,
You can bet they'll be mink in' it for some doll

NICELY-NICELY:
When a bum buys wine like a bum can't afford
It's a cinch that the bum is under the thumb of some little broad

BENNY:
When you meet a mug lately out of the jug
And he's still liftin' platinum fol-de-rol

BOTH:
Call it hell, call it heaven, it's a probable twelve to seven
That the guy's only doing it for some doll

BENNY:
When you see a sport and his cash has run short
Make a bet that he's bankin' it with some doll

NICELY-NICELY:
When a guy wears tails with the front gleamin' white
Who the hell do you think he's ticklin' pink on Saturday night?

BENNY:
When a lazy slob takes a good steady job
And he smells from Vitalis and Barbasol

BOTH
Call it dumb, call it clever, ah, but you can give odds forever
That the guy's only doing it for some doll
Some doll, some doll
The guy's only doing it for some doll!





(Contributed by Ferda Dolunay - February 2005)