RHYTHMITIS (Soundtrack)





Songs from the short musical film "Rhythmitis" (1936)
Starring Hal LeRoy, Toby Wing, Frances Hunt & Barry McKinley
All songs written by Irving Kahal, Sanford Green & Cliff Hess







AS I SWING ALONG
Performed by Barry McKinley


Touching stars with my toe
Silver bells seem to go
Ting-a-ling as I swing along

All the cares of the day
Seem to hurry away
And I sing as I swing along

For I rock-a-bye my little troubles
Till they fade like bubbles
To my happy song

Up to heaven and then
Back again and again
I am King as I swing along

(Hal LeRoy & Toby Wing Dance Routine)

Up to heaven and then
Back again and again
I am King as I swing along


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TANGLE FEET
Performed by an unidentified female singer


Tangle feet
Oh, what funny angle feet
They're the kind of itchity feet
That I can't keep on the ground

Tangle feet
Funny old fandangle feet
When they start that hippity-hop
Then I can't stop hopping around

Whenever music is near
It seems that my nerves detect it
Right on the beat
It seems that my feet become infected

When I sleep
Even when I'm at the table to eat
I'm in a rangle
Over those tangle feet


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WEARY
Performed by Frances Hunt


To me the days and nights are dragged out
Leaving me fagged out, killing the time
To me the lovely summer season
Hasn't a reason, hasn't a rhyme

I'm weary, weary without you
Lost in a cloud, part of the crowd
That mopes around the town

Weary, wond'ring about you
Look for your face, don't miss a place
And when the sun goes down

I feel so weary, night is so dreary
I can't endure, dreaming that you're finding new times
Weary, should you grow weary
Hurry back here, rest in my weary arms

I'm so lonely, if you could only
Come back to me, then I won't be
So weary, downcast and dreary
Just because of you


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THEY PUT A TOP HAT ON THE MOON
Performed by Barry McKinley


They put a top hat on the Moon
So, if you want a romance, you haven't much of a chance
If you can't wear tails and dance
To a Continental tune

You gotta make her think you're smart
You gotta know how to pose and by the cut of your clothes
You can hide your 'dees' and 'does'
And you're bound to win her heart

You'll look sleek dancing cheek to cheek
Mother matches patches on the suit you wear all week
But in your tails you're the Prince of Wales
You're in rhyme with the March of Time

They put a top hat on the Moon
And while the fashion is new, you better order one too
If you want to say 'I do'
In the merry, merry month of June

(Hal LeRoy Dance Routine)

You'll look sleek dancing cheek to cheek
Mother matches patches on the suit you wear all week
But in your tails you're the Prince of Wales
You're in rhyme with the March of Time

They put a top hat on the Moon
And while the fashion is new, you better order one too
If you want to say 'I do'
In the merry, merry month of June


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All Transcriptions by Mel Priddle - March 2009)


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