STRIKE UP THE BAND (Soundtrack)
Songs from the film "Strike Up The Band" (1940)
Starring Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra
STRIKE UP THE BAND
(George & Ira Gershwin)
Performed by Mickey Rooney & Judy Garland
Let the drums roll out
Let the trumpet call
While the people shout
"Strike up the band"
Hear the cymbals ring
Callin' one and all
To the martial swing
Strike up the band
There is work to be done, to be done
Let's have fun, fun, fun
Come on you son of a son, of a gun
Take your stand
Fall in line, yea a bow
Come along, let's go
Hey, Leader, strike up the band!
(Instrumental Break)
There is work to be done, to be done
Let's have fun, fun, fun
Come on you son of a gun, of a gun
Take your stand
Fall in line, yea a bow
Come on, let's go
Hey, Leader, strike up
Hey, Leader, strike up
Hey, Leader, strike up the band!
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DRUMMER BOY
(Roger Edens)
Performed by Judy Garland (with Mickey Rooney playing the drums)
There's a boy down on our street
Plays the drums with such a beat
You cannot control your feet
When you hear the drummer boy
In the morning when you wake
You can hear him take a break
Soon the whole street starts to shake
When they hear the drummer boy
Bing bang ding dang
He's so nimble on the cymbal
Bing bong ding dong
When he plays `em he just slays `em
All your troubles fly away
Ev'ry day's a happy day
Ev'rything will be okay
When you hear the drummer boy play
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OUR LOVE AFFAIR
(Arthur Freed / Roger Edens)
Performed by Mickey Rooney & Judy Garland
Here we are two very bewilder'd people
Here we are two babes that are lost in the wood
We're not quite certain what has happen'd to us
This lovely thing that's so marvelous
But right from here the future looks awfully good
Our Love Affair was meant to be
It's me for you dear and you for me
We'll fuss, we'll quarrel and tears start to brew
But after the tears
Our love will smile through
I'm sure that I could never hide
The thrill I get when you're by my side
And when we're older we'll proudly declare
Wasn't ours a lovely love affair
Our love affair will be such fun
We'll be the envy of everyone
Those famous lovers we'll make them forget
>From Adam and Eve to Scarlett and Rhett
When youth has had its merry fling
We'll spend our evenings remembering
Two happy people who say on the square
Isn't ours a lovely love affair
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NOBODY
(Roger Edens)
Performed by Judy Garland
Romeo had Juliet
And Louis the Sixteenth had Antoinette
But I ain't got nobody and nobody's got me
Pelleas had Melisande
And Isabella had Ferdinand
But I ain't got nobody and nobody's got me
Welsh Grape Juice has Irene Rich
Minneapolis has Saint Paul
Abercrombie has his Fitch
But here I am crying and sitting and sighing
With no one at all
Hans had Gretel by his side
And Doctor Jekyll had Mister Hyde
But I ain't got nobody and nobody's got me
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DO THE LA CONGA
(Roger Edens)
Performed by Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney, Sidney Miller & William Tracy
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THE GAY NINETIES
(Roger Edens)
Performed by Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney, William Tracy & Margaret Early
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NELL OF NEW ROCHELLE
(Roger Edens)
Performed by Judy Garland & Mickey Rooney
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The following songs were used as parts of the "Nell of New Rochelle" medley sequence:
"Sidewalks of New York" (Music: Charles Lawlor / Lyrics: James W. Blake - 1894)
"Walking Down Broadway" (Traditional)
"A Man Was the Cause of It All" (Music & Lyrics: Roger Edens - 1939)
"After the Ball" (Music & Lyrics: Charles Harris - 1892)
"Sobre las olas (Over the Waves)" (Composed by Juventino Rosas - 1887)
"Heaven Will Protect the Working Girl" (Music: A. Baldwin Sloane / Lyrics: Edgar Smith - 1909)
"There's No Place Like Home (Home, Sweet Home)" Music: H.R. Bishop / Lyrics: John Howard Payne - 1823)
"Ta-ra-ra Boom-der-é" (Written by Henry J. Sayers - 1891)
"Come Home, Father" (Music & Lyrics: Henry Clay Work - 1864)
"The Light Cavalry Overture" (Composed by Franz von Suppé)
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The following tunes were played as background music during the film:
"Der Deitcher's Dog (Oh Where, Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone?)" (Music from German folk song)
"China Boy" (Written by Dick Winfree & Phil Boutelje)
"Hands Across the Table" (Music: Jean Delettre / Lyrics: Mitchell Parrish - 1934)
"Limehouse Blues" (Music: Philip Braham / Lyrics: Douglas Furber - 1922)
"Tiger Rag" (Written by Nick LaRocca - 1918)
"Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean" (Written by David T. Shaw - 1843)
"Rock-a-Bye Baby" (Music & Lyrics by Effie I. Canning - 1886)
"Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue (Has Anybody Seen My Girl)?" (Music: Ray Henderson / Lyrics: Sam Lewis & Joe Young)
"When Day is Done" (Music: Robert Katscher / Buddy G. DeSylva)
"Wonderful One" (Music: Paul Whiteman & Ferde Grofé Sr. / Lyrics: Dorothy Terriss)
(Contributed by Ferda Dolunay - Sept 2007 - September 2007)
