THE DAY THE WEST WAS SWUNG
Music: Marion Evans - Lyrics: Robert Colby

Steve Lawrence with the Marion Evans Orchestra


Oh lady, come West, 
Where the swingin' is the best,
Where the language of love's the mother tongue -
And lady, I'll bet 
You will never forget
The day the West was swung!

Why, each day at five, when the swingin' comes alive,
All the West gets to feelin' very young -
And lady, no doubt 
You will write home about
The day the West was swung!

Oh, hip-hip-hip-hip-hip-hip-hippy-eye A -
The East is the least,
Take it away -
Oh, hip-hip-hip-hip-hip-hip-hippy-eye O -
The swingin' that's the most
Is on the Coast!

Oh lady, don't wait,
We've a swingin' Western date,
And a love song that's waiting to be sung -
Come on, saddle up, and soon
Let's make our honeymoon
The day the West was swung!

Hip-hip-hip-hip-hip-hip-hippy-eye A -
The East is the least,
Take it away -
Oh, hip-hip-hip-hip-hip-hip-hippy-eye O -
The swingin' that's the most
Is on the Coast!

Oh lady, don't you wait,
We've a swingin' Western date,
And a love song that's waiting to be sung -
Come on, saddle up, and soon
Let's make our honeymoon
A Western ball
The swingers will call
"The day the West was swung"!




(Contributed by Lou Rugani - The Music of the Stars - January 2011)