FOR ME AND MY GAL (Soundtrack)
Songs from the film "For Me And My Gal" (1942)
Starring Judy Garland, George Murphy, Gene Kelly,
Mártha Eggerth, Lucille Norman and The King's Men







THE DOLL SHOP
(Roger Edens)
Performed by George Murphy (as Jimmy) & Lucille Norman (as Lily)

LILY:
This doll shoppe is my joy and pride
That is no folderol
The people come far and wide to buy my pretty doll
I have girl doll, boy doll, wonderful mechanical toy doll
Dancing doll, prancing doll, (doorbell rings)
Bonjour, Monsieur. Dites-moi que voulez-vous

JIMMY:
La Belle, Mademoiselle. I want one thing of you
You see, I , I want a beautiful doll, a great big beautiful doll
I want a doll that I can find romance with
a doll that I can sing and dance with
And if you have such a doll, such a won-won-wonderful doll
You may wrap it up and I will pay in cash
But wrap it carefully so that it won't smash
Oh me, show me a great big beautiful doll

LILY:
The first doll I will show to you will knock you for the loopey!
She is the latest style, 'tis true, my extra special kewpee

JIMMY:
Those yahka-hicki hula dolls are really much too faddy

LILY:
Monsieur, I have but one more left
That's a doll that cries out, "Daddy!"

JIMMY:
[spoken] Daddy??


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DON'T LEAVE ME DADDY
(Joseph M. Verges)
Performed by Judy Garland (as Jo)


Daddy....don't leave me, daddy
Won't you tell me why you're leaving
When you're near me, dearie, life to me is cheery
Oh, oh what a feeling

Think what you're missing
Lots of hugging and some kissing
I don't care how mean you are to me
Daddy, don'tcha leave me now


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OH, YOU BEAUTIFUL DOLL
(Nat Ayer / Seymour Brown)
Performed by George Murphy (as Jimmy)


Oh, you beautiful doll, you great big beautiful doll
Let me put my arms about you, I don't want to live without you
Oh,you beautiful doll, you great big beautiful doll
If you ever leave me, how my heart would ache
I want to hug you, but I fear you'd break
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, you beautiful doll
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, you beautiful doll


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BY THE BEAUTIFUL SEA
(Harry Carroll / Harold Atteridge)
Performed by George Murphy (as Jimmy),
Judy Garland (as Jo) & Female Chorus


(By the sea, by the sea, by the beautiful sea)
(You and I, you and I, oh, how happy we'll be)
(When each wave comes a-rollin' in, we duck or swim)
(And we'll float and fool around the water)
(Over and under and then up for air)
(Pa is rich, Ma is rich, so, now what do we care)

JIMMY & JO:
I like to be beside your side, beside the sea
Beside the seaside by the beautiful sea


(I like to be beside your side, beside the sea)
(Beside the seaside by the beautfiul sea)


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FOR ME AND MY GAL
(George W. Meyer / Edgar Leslie / E. Ray Goetz)
Performed by Gene Kelly (as Harry) and Judy Garland (as Jo)


HARRY:
The bells are ring...ringing, for me and my gal. The birds are s...
JO:
(Laughing - spoken) Wait a minute. You better let me do it.
HARRY: [spoken] Okay!

JO:
Now.... Ding-dong, ding-dong. Do you hear the bells go ding-dong?
Do you know, do you know why they're ringin'?
Do you know why the birds are singin'?
Well, you're gonna get a big surprise
'Cause I'm gonna put you wise

The bells are ringin' for me and my gal
The birds are singin' for me and my gal
Ev'rybody's been knowing to a wedding they're going
And for weeks they've been sewing, ev'ry Susie and Sal
They're congregatin'
HARRY: [spoken]Here's the church
JO: for my and my gal
HARRY: [spoken] and here's the steeple
JO: The Parson's waitin'
HARRY: [spoken] open the door
JO: for me and my gal
HARRY: [spoken] and there's the people
JO:
And sometime we're gonna build a little home for two
Or three or four or more
In Loveland for me and my gal

HARRY;
The bells are ringing for me and my gal
The birds are singing for me and my gal
Ev'rybody's been knowing, to a wedding they'e going
And for weeks they've been sewing
They've been sewing something old and something new
Sew something that is blue so they can make a trousseau for my gal
They're congregatin' for me and my gal. Look, here!
Why, that's the Parson waitin' for me and my gal
And sometime we're gonna build a little home for two
JO: Or three
HARRY: Or four
JO: Or five
HARRY: Or maybe more
BOTH: Loveland for me and my gal
HARRY: [spoken] Remember this one?
JO: [spoken] And this
HARRY: [spoken] You know what I can't eat for breakfast?
JO: [spoken] Why, no. I haven't the slightest idea
Tell me, what can't you eat for breakfast.
HARRY: [spoken] Luncheon and dinner.
JO: Ha...Ooh!...Here comes that loveland again
BOTH: In Loveland for me and my gal


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WHEN YOU WORE A TULIP
(Percy Wenrich / Jack Mahoney)
Performed by Gene Kelly (as Harry) and Judy Garland (as Jo)


HARRY:
When you wore a tulip, a big yellow tulip
And I wore a big red rose
When you caressed me, 'twas then Heaven blessed me
What a blessing no one knows

BOTH:
You made life cheery when you called me dearie
'Twas down where the bluegrass grows
Your lips were sweeter than julep
When you wore a tulip, and I wore a big red rose


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THEY GO WILD, SIMPLY WILD OVER ME
(Fred Fisher / Joseph McCarthy)
Performed by Gene Kelly


They go wild, simply wild over me
They go mad, just as mad as they can be
No matter where I'm at
All the ladies thin or fat
The tall ones, the small ones
I grab 'em off like that

Ev'ry night how they fight over me
I don't know what it is that they can see
The ladies look at me and sigh
In my arms they want to die
They go wild, simply wild over me
They go wild, simply wild over me


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DO I LOVE YOU
(Henri Christiné / E. Ray Goetz)
Performed by Mártha Eggerth


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AFTER YOU'VE GONE
Henry Creamer / Turner Layton)
Performed by Judy Garland (as Jo)


After you've gone and left me cryin'
After you've gone there's no denyin'
Yyou'll feel blue, you'll feel sad
You'll miss the dearest pal you've ever had

There'll come a time, now don't forget it
There'll come a time when you'll regret it
Someday, when you grow lonely
Your heart will break like mine
And you'll want me only
After you've gone, after you've gone away

After you've gone and left me cryin'
After you've gone there's no denyin'
You're gonna feel blue
And you're gonna feel sad, you're gonna feel bad
And you'll miss, and you'll miss
And you'll miss the bestest pal you ever had

There'll come a time, now don't forget it
There'll come a time when you'll regret it
But, baby, think what you're doin'
I'm gonna haunt you so, I'm gonna taunt you so
It's gonna drive you to ruin
After you've gone, after you've gone away


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TELL ME
(Max Kortlander / J. Will Callahan)
Performed by Lucille Norman & The Sportsmen


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TILL WE MEET AGAIN
(Richard A. Whiting / Ray Egan)
Performed by Lucille Norman & Chorus


Smile the while you kiss me sad adieu
When the clouds roll by I'll come to you
then the skies will seem more blue
Down in lovers lane, my dearie
Wedding bells will ring so merrily
Ev'ry tear will be a memory
So wait and pray each night for me
Till we meet again


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WE DON'T WANT BACON (WHAT WE WANT IS A PIECE OF THE RHINE)
(Howard Carr / Harry Russell / Jimmie Havens)
Performed by Ben Lessy


If you read your history, why it will show
That we have always held our own with any kind of foe
We've always brought the bacon home, no matter what they done
But we don't want the bacon now, we're out to get the Hun

We don't want the bacon, we don't want the bacon
What we want is a piece of the Rhine
We'll feed "Bill the Kaiser" with our Allied appetizer
We'll have a wonderful time
Old Wilhelm Der Gross will shout "Vas is Los?"
The Hindenburg line will sure look like a dime
We don't want the bacon, we don't want the bacon
What we want is a piece of the Rhine

When this trouble started they said we did not have a chance
They could not figure out how we could get our men to France
But we defied the U-boats, for our motto is to win
We've got them into France right now, they're headed for Berlin

We don't want the bacon, we don't want the bacon
What we want is a piece of the Rhine
We'll crown "Bill the Kaiser" with a bottle of Budweiser
We'll have a wonderful time
We'll defeat the submarine, their Hindenberg machine
There won't be any stop, when we go over the top
We don't want the bacon, we don't want the bacon
What we want is a piece of the Rhine


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BALLIN' THE JACK
Chris Smith / Jim Burris)
Performed by Gene Kelly (as Harry) and Judy Garland (as Jo)


From coast to coast, from Canada to Mexico
They're doing a new dance, the tried and true
Yes, it will sweep the land, and you'll think it's so grand
You'll have to learn how to do it, so please don't poo poo it
'Cause we got this little dance, it's gonna rise to fame
It's sure to put most any other dance to shame
The Turkey Trot, the Bunny Hug, the Tickly Toe
Will be forgotten when we start to go
Mr. Leader, won't you start the syncopation
And we'll begin our little demonstration

Now, first, you put your two knees close up tight
Then you sway 'em to the left, and you sway 'em to the right
Step around the floor kinda nice and light
Then you twist around and twist around with all of your might
Stretch your lovin' arms straight out in space
Then you do the Eagle Rock with style and grace
Swing your foot way 'round and bring it back
Now that's what I call Ballin' the Jack


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WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO TO HELP THE BOYS?
(Egbert Van Alstyne / Gus Kahn)
Performed by Ben Blue & The King's Men


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HOW 'YA GONNA KEEP 'EM DOWN ON THE FARM? (AFTER THEY'VE SEEN PAREE)
(Walter Donaldson / Sam Lewis / Joe Young)
Performed by Judy Garland (as Jo) and Chorus

JO:
Now, Reuben, Reuben, I've been thinkin', said his wifey dear
Now that things are peaceful and calm
The boys will soon be back on the farm
Mister Reuben started winkin' and slowly rubbed his chin
He pulled his chair up close to mother and he asked her with a grin
"H-h-h-how ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm after they've seen
Paree?"
How ya gonna keep 'em away from Broadway?
Jazzin' around and paintin' the town
How ya gonna keep 'em away from harm? That's the mystery
They'll never want to see a rake or plow
And who the heck can parley-vous a cow?
H-h-h-how ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm after they've seen
Paree?

(How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm after they've seen Paree?)
(How ya gonna keep 'em away from Broadway?)
(Jazzin' around and paintin' the town)
(How ya gonna keep 'em away from harm? That's the mystery)
JO:
Imagine Reuben when he meets his pa
He'll kiss his cheek and holler, "Oo-la-la!"
ALL:
How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm after they've seen
After they've seen, after they've seen Paree?


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THERE'S A LONG, LONG, TRAIL AWINDING
(Zo Elliott / Stoddard King)
Performed by The King's Men (offscreen)


There's a long, long trail a-winding
Into the land of my dreams
Where the nightingales are singing
And a white moon beams

There's a long, long night of waiting
Until my dreams all come true
Till the day when I'll be going down
That long, long trail with you


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WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE
(Percy Wenrich / Howard Johnson)
Performed by Judy Garland & The King's Men


THE KINGS MEN:
Where do we go from here, boys?
Where do we go from here?
Anywhere from Harlem to be here
When Pat would spy a pretty girl, he'd whisper in her ear
"Oh joy! Oh boy! Where do we go from here?

ALL:
Where do we go from here, boys?
Where do we go from here?
Slip a pill to Kaiser Bill and make him shed a tear
And when
THE KINGS MEN:
we see the enemy we'll
ALL:
Shoot him in the rear
Oh, joy! Oh, boy! Where do we go from here?


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YMCA MEDLEY:

OVER THERE (George M. Cohan)
IT'S A LONG WAY TO TIPPERARY (Jack Judge / Harry Williams)
GOODBYE BROADWAY, HELLO FRANCE (C. Francis Reisner / Benny Davis)
YANKEE DOODLE (Traditional)
SMILES (Lee S. Roberts / J. Will Callahan)
HINCKY DINKY PARLAY VOO (Al Dubin / Joe Mittenthal)
OH, FRENCHY (Con Conrad / Sam Ehrlich)
PACK UP YOUR TROUBLES IN YOUR OLD KIT BAG (Felix Powell / George Asaf)



IT'S A LONG WAY TO TIPPERARY
(Jack Judge / Harry Williams)
Performed by Judy Garland (as Jo)

It's a long way to Tipperary, it's a long way to go.
It's a long way to Tipperary, to the sweetest girl I know



SMILES
(Lee S. Roberts / J. Will Callahan)
Performed by Judy Garland (as Jo)

There are smiles that make us happy
there are smiles that make us blue
there are smiles that steal away the teardrops
As the sunbeams steal away the dew



PACK UP YOUR TROUBLES IN YOUR OLD KIT BAG AND SMILE, SMILE, SMILE!
(Felix Powell / George Asaf)
Performed by Judy Garland (as Jo)

Pack up your troubles in your old kit-bag and smile, smile, smile
While you've a lucifer to light your fag
Smile, boy's, thats the style
What's the use in worrying?
It never was worthwhile, so
Pack up your troubles in your old kit-bag and smile, smile, smile


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WHEN JOHNNY COMES MARCHING HOME
(Louis Lambert - aka Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore)
Performed by Judy Garland (as Jo)


When Johnny comes marching home again, hooray, hooray
We'll give him a hardy welcome then, hooray, hooray
All the men will cheer, and the boys will shout
The ladies they will all turn out
And we'll all feel gay when Johnny comes marching home

Strike up the band, let the bells ring out
Strike up the band, let people shout
And every mothers son of you, that means you and you and you and
you...(Spoken: Harry!)
(YAAAAAAY!!!!!!!!!)


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DON'T BITE THE HAND THAT'S FEEDING YOU
(Recorded for, but not used in the final print of the film)
(Jimmie Morgan / Thomas Hoier)
Performed by Judy Garland, Abe Dinovitch & Maude Erickson


Last night, as I lay a sleeping
A wonderful dream came to me
I saw Uncle Sammy weeping
For his children from over the sea

They had come to him, friendless and starving
When from tyrants' oppression they fled
But now they abuse and revile him
Till at last in just anger he said

If you don't like your Uncle Sammy
Then go back to your home o'er the sea
To the land from where you came, whatever be its name
But don't be ungrateful to me!

If you don't like the stars in Old Glory
If you don't like the Red, White and Blue
Then don't act like the cur in the story
Don't bite the hand that's feeding you!

You recall the day you landed
How I welcomed you to my shore
When you came here empty handed
And allegiance forever you swore

I gathered you close to my bosom
Of food and of clothes you got both
So, when in trouble, I need you
You will have to remember your oath

If you don't like your Uncle Sammy
Then go back to your home o'er the sea
To the land from where you came, whatever be its name
But don't be ungrateful to me!

If you don't like the stars in Old Glory
If you don't like the Red, White and Blue
Then don't act like the cur in the story
Don't bite the hand that's feeding you!


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DEAR OLD PAL OF MINE
(Recorded for, but not used in the film)
(Lieut. Gitz Rice / Harold Robe))
Performed by The King's Men


All my life is empty, since I went away
Skies don't seem to be so clear
May some angel sentry guard you while I stray
And fate be kind to join us some sweet day

Oh, how I want you, dear old pal of mine
Each night and day I pray you're always mine
Sweetheart, may God bless you, angel hands caress you
While sweet dreams rest you, dear old pal of mine

Dearie, I'm so lonely, how I miss your smile
And your tender loving way
I just want you only, want you all the while
May God decree I have you back some day

Oh, how I want you, dear old pal of mine,
Each night and day I pray you're always mine
Sweetheart may God bless you, angel hands caress you
While sweet dreams rest you, dear old pal of mine


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THREE CHEERS FOR THE YANKS
(Recorded for, but not used in the final print of the film)
(Hugh Martin / Ralph Blane)
Performed by Judy Garland and Six Hits & A Miss


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THE SPELL OF THE WALTZ
(Recorded for, but not used in the film)
(Composer unknown)
Performed by Mártha Eggerth


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