KEEP IT UNDER YOUR HAT

(Sammy Fain (m) / Paul Francis Webster (l) )

As sung by Allyn Ann McLerie 1953 < Calamity Jane > 
(from the original film soundtrack)

Well now, if you've got a cutie who's a real sweet patootie
Better keep it under your hat.
Just remember curiosity in fables of old
Killed the curious cat.

Supposin' you love a laddie who's a sweet sugar daddy
Better take in the welcoming mat.
Remember there's a dozen dolls for every Dan
You're not the only sweet pea in the can.

So, if you wanna know the way to keep your man
Keep it under your hat
Keep it under your hat.

(dancing bridge)

If you wanna know the way to keep your man
Keep it under your hat
Keep it under your hat...

Keep it under your hat.

NOTES:

This song formed part of the soundtrack 
for the 1953 Warner Bros film < Calamity Jane >.

Several stage, screen and TV renditions of 
< Calamity Jane >  have been made over the 
years, based on this colourful American woman 
from the old wild West. Calamity, who distinguished 
herself by scouting and fighting Native American 
Indians, also claimed to have know Wild Bill Hickok 
personally. Not only that, she always maintained 
that she was married to him and produced a child 
from the union. On her death, she was buried beside 
him. Perhaps the most notable of all these adaptations 
to date is in fact the 1953 film. This film was 
created by Warner Bros. in response to the success of 
< Annie Get Your Gun > (1950).

Director: David Butler
Leads: Doris Day / Howard Keel / Allyn Ann McLerie / 
Philip Carey

Allyn Ann McLerie was a talented singer, dancer, and 
TV actress hailing from Quebec, Canada. She appeared 
in a number of well known films such as < Desert Song >, 
< They Shoot Horses, Don't They > and TV productions 
such as < Bonanza >, < Love Boat > and < Dynasty > 
as well as many others.




(Transcribed by David Story - February 2014)