GAL IN CALICO, A
From the film "The Time, The Place And The Girl" (1946)
(Lyrics: Leo Robin / Music: Arthur Schwartz)

Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson & Sally Sweetland (Film Soundtrack) - 1946
Johnny Mercer & The Pied Pipers - 1946
Tex Beneke & The Glenn Miller Orch. (vocal: Tex Beneke & The Crew Chiefs) - 1946
Tony Martin (with Al Sack & His Orch.) - 1946
Benny Goodman & His Orch. (vocal: Eve Young) - 1947
Bing Crosby (with The Calico Kids) - 1947
Vic Damone (with Jerry Sears Orch.) - 1947
Steve Lawrence - 1964
The Manhattan Transfer - 1977

Also recorded by:
Benny Aronov; Frank Collet Trio; Oscar Peterson;
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis; Miles Davis; Bob Dorough;
Harry "Sweets" Edison; Gordon Franks & His Orch.;
Ned Goold; Eddie Hazell; Ahmad Jamal; Roy Rogers;
Stan Levey; Mundell Lowe All Stars; Dave McKenna;
Jessica Williams; Pete Jolly ........ and others.






As recorded by BING CROSBY:

I met a gal in calico
Down in Santa Fe
Used to be her Sunday beau
'Til I rode away
Do I want her
Do I want her love
Yes-sir-ree
Will I win her
Will I win her love
Wait and see

Workin' with a rodeo
Go from town to town
See most every kind o' gal
Every kind o' gown
But who made my heart sing
Yip-ee-aye, Yip-ee-oh
My little gal in calico

(You can have your gals dressed in silk and satin)
(Those who drape their shape in crepe de chine)
(Take your city girls who go around Manhattan)
(Thinking they look swell in velveteen)
(When they're at the table, we're not able)
(To imagine how they look)

I'm just a country boy
And any country boy
Knows a fancy cover
Doesn't make a fancy book
(Knows a fancy cover doesn't make a book)

Take my gal in calico (calico)
Down in Santa Fe (Santa Fe, Santa Fe)
Guess I'd better let her know (Yip-ee-dye-oh)
That I feel this way (Yip-ee-dye-aye)

Is she waitin'
Is she waitin'
She better be
Am I hopin'
To be ropin' her
Yes-sir-ree

Gonna quit the rodeo (Rodeo)
Gonna settle down (Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo)
Buy a bolt o' calico (calico)
For a weddin' gown (Doo-doo)
Then will I fence her in
Yip-ee-aye, Yip-ee-oh
My little gal in calico
(Yip-ee-aye, Yip-ee-ooo)
(Little gal, calico)
Yip-ee-ti-oh
Ti-oh, ti-aye, ti-oh



(Contributed by Carlene Bogle - May 2005)
(Updated by Peter Akers & Mel Priddle - November 2013)