MISS SADIE THOMPSON (SOUNDTRACK)


Songs from the film "Miss Sadie Thompson (1953)
Starring Rita Hayworth, Jose Ferrer & Aldo Ray



A MARINE, A MARINE, A MARINE"
(Music: Lester Lee / Lyrics: Allan Roberts)
Performed by Male Chorus


A Marine, a Marine, a Marine
As stirling a fellow as you have ever seen
His refinement is something to see
He's what ev'ry sailor hopes some day to be

Recruiting posters tell the world Marines are first to fight
A thousand struggling women prove the poster's always right
When taking out his fav'rite doll he loves to make a splash
And if she cannot pay by cheque, he lets her pay by cash

Yessiree! Yessiree! Yessiree!

A Marine, a Marine, a Marine
He's a Don Juan in olive green
Soldiers and sailors may take someone's girl away
But never, never a Marine

A Marine, a Marine, a Marine
He's upright, he's honest, his mind is always clean
A Marine, a Marine, a Marine
He's as square a shooter as you've ever seen

When he plays poker with his pals, he never will deceive
It hurts him more than some when an ace falls from his sleeve
And even when he's angry and his temper's at its worst
He'll never break a jaw unless he begs your pardon first

Yessiree! Yessiree! Yessiree!

A Marine, a Marine, a Marine
He's a Don Juan in olive green
Soldier and sailor folks may tell such sorry jokes
But never, never a Marine


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HEAR NO EVIL
(Music: Lester Lee / Lyrics: Ned Washington)
Performed by Jo Ann Greer (as the singing voice of Rita Hayworth)


Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil
Just be like the three little monkeys
That Grandmother had on the shelf
If you hear of anything evil
Just keep it to yourself

So, hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil
Just be like the three little monkeys
And don't think that ev'rything's wrong
If more people did like the monkeys
Life would be one sweet song

So, hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil
That's what the monkeys, smart little monkeys
Wise little monkeys said


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THE HEAT IS ON
(Music: Lester Lee / Lyrics: Ned Washington)
Performed by Jo Ann Greer (as the singing voice of Rita Hayworth)


She taught school in Kansas City, she was cold and rather drab
So, at all the local parties, she was not the one they'd grab
But she read a book and then came the transformation
She announced one night to people's consternation

The heat is on! The heat is on! 
Ya better not get near my lips tonight
I got a kiss to light the flame
And if you touch my lips you might ignite
And you would have yourself to blame

The heat is on! The heat is on! 
I wanna know if men are men or mice
Don't wanna wither on the bough
I might have bored the evening cold as as ice
But I'm a forest fire now

I got an awful lot of oats that haven't been sewn
They might start a chain reaction and I might explode

The heat is on! The heat is on! 
You're gonna hear the sirens howl tonight
You're gonna see the building bounce
Because the lady's on the prowl tonight
And it behoves me to announce
The heat is on!

(Dance / Instrumental Break)

Let me stipulate that my defences are down
I'm spontaneous combustion in a satin gown

The heat is on! The heat is on! 
You're gonna hear the sirens howl tonight
You're gonna see the building bounce
Because the lady's on the prowl tonight
And it behoves me to announce
That the heat is on!


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BLUE PACIFIC BLUES (SADIE THOMPSON'S SONG)
(Music: Lester Lee / Lyrics: Ned Washington)
Performed by Jo Ann Greer (as the singing voice of Rita Hayworth)


I'm gettin' the Blue Pacific Blues
The feelin' you get get from real bad news
I wanna hear bells, I wanna see trains
I get in this mood whenever it rains
I'm gettin' the blues

Alone in the dark and sultry night
You'd think of the times ya ain't done right
To add to the fact you're feelin' so bad
The cry of the birds keeps drivin' me mad
Call it the blues

You lie awake and how you wish that it was morning
And then you smoke a hundred cigarettes or more
That devil rain continues pounding on your window
And the tropic winds keep howlin' at your door

Regardless of all the rain and mud
The feel of the place gets in your blood
But deep in the night there comes unawares
The terrible thought that nobody cares
You're back with the blues again

To be even more specific
You've got what they call the Blue Pacific Blues


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(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - March 2011)