THERE'S A SMALL HOTEL
From the Broadway Show "On Your Toes" (1936)
(Music: Richard Rodgers / Lyrics: Lorenz Hart)

Ray Bolger & Doris Carson (Broadway Production) - 1936
Hal Kemp & His Orch. (vocal: Maxine Gray) - 1936
Paul Whiteman & His Orch. (vocal: Durelle Alexander) - 1936
Benny Goodman & His Orch. (vocal: Helen Ward) - 1936
Henry King & His Orch. (vocal: Joseph Sudy) - 1936
Jack Shilkret & His Orch. - 1936
Heinz Sandauer (Piano Solo) - 1936
Jack Hylton & His Orch. (vocal: Jewel Faye) - 1937
Jack Whiting (London Stage Production) - 1937
Bebe Daniels & Ben Lyon - 1937
Josephine Baker - 1937 (French title "C'Est Un Nid Charmant")
Vincent Lopez & His Suave Swing Orch. (Instr.) - 1939
Claude Thornhill & His Orch. (vocal: Russ McIntyre & The Snowflakes) - 1942
Betty Garrett (feat. in the film "Words And Music") - 1948
Jo Stafford & Teddy Johnson - 1951
Benny Goodman Quartet (Instr.) - 1954
Bobby Van & Kay Coulter - 1954
Gary Crosby & The Cheer Leaders - 1954
Ginny Gibson - 1954
Chet Baker Quartet (Instr.) - 1955
Peggy Lee - 1956
Ella Fitzgerald - 1956
Frank Sinatra (feat. in the film "Pal Joey") - 1957
Sammy Davis Jr. & Carmen McRae - 1957
Petula Clark - 1959
Barbara Cook - 1959
Roman New Orleans Jazz Band (vocal: Jimmy Fontana) - 1959
Della Reese - 1960
Bob Thompson, His Chorus & Orch. - 1960
The Hi-Lo's - 1962
The Supremes - 1967
Billy Paul - 1971
Jane Birkin - 1975

Also recorded by:
Bing Crosby & Marilyn Maxwell; The Buffalo Bills; Rosana Eckert;
Oscar Peterson Trio; Dorothy Ashby; Jerry Orbach; Erroll Garner;

Billy Eckstine; June Christy; Dickie Pride; Count Baisie; Art Tatum;
Nancy King & Fred Hersch; Dana Lauren; Stan Getz; Stan Kenton;
Jimmy Smith; Carmen Cavallaro; Johnny Desmond; Jane Monheit;
........... and others.





As recorded by JACK WHITING:


I'd like to get away, Honey
Somewhere alone with you
It could be oh, so gay, Honey
You need a laugh or two

A certain place I know, Sweetheart
Where funny people can have fun
That's where we two will go, Darling
Before you can count up One, Two, Three...

For there's a small hotel
With a wishing well
I wish that we were there together

There's no bridal suite
One room bright and neat
Complete for us to share together

Looking through the window
You can see a distant steeple
Not a sign of people, who wants people

When the steeple bell
Says, "Good night, sleep well"
We'll thank that small hotel together

Pretty window curtains made of chintz
In our make believe land
On the wall are several cheerful prints
Of Washington and Cleveland

Go down into the parlour and feast your eyes
On the moosehead on the wall
Perhaps you'd like to play the organ
They tune it every other Fall

The garden will be like Adam and Eve land
No, they never did go in for carriage trade
They get what is known as marriage trade

Oh, when the steeple bell
Says, "Good night, sleep well"
You very small hotel
We'll creep into our little shell
And we will thank that small hotel together


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As recorded by BEBE DANIELS & BEN LYON:


BEN:
All this noise is driving me crackers!

I'd like to get away, Bebe
Somewhere alone with you
It could be oh, so gay, Bebe
We need a laugh or two

BEBE:
A certain place I know, Ben, dear
Where funny people can have fun
BEN:
That's where the two will go, darling
BEBE:
Before you can count up One
BEN: Two
BEBE: Three
BEN: For...

There's a small hotel
With a wishing well
I wish that we were there together

BEBE:
There's a bridal suite
One room bright and neat
Complete for us to share together

BEN:
Looking through the window
You can see a distant steeple
Not a sign of people
BEBE: Who wants people

When the steeple bell
Says, "Good night"
BEN: "Sleep well"
BOTH: We'll thank the small hotel together

BEBE: Darling
BEN: Yes, dear
BEBE: Will you love me when my hair turns to grey?
BEN: Why not, I've loved you through black,
through henna and platinum already
BEBE: Ha-ha
BEN: Oh, Bebe, what's the matter with my razor?
BEBE: Yes
BEN: What's the matter with my razor?
It's so dull, I can hardly shave with it
BEBE: Well, it was alright this morning
when I sharpened my pencil with it!
BEN: Ooh, darling
BEBE: Oh, Ben
BEN: Yes
BEBE: There's a strange bird in my room
BEN: Well, tell it to go downstairs and register!
BEBE: Ha-ha-ha-ha, look, Ben

Looking through the window
You can see a distant steeple
Not a sign of people
BEN: Good! Who wants people

When the steeple bell
Says, "Good night"
BEBE: "Sleep well"
BOTH: We'll thank the small hotel together
BEBE: We'll creep into our little shell
BOTH: And we will thank the small hotel together

BEN:

Oh, Operator, please leave word not to disturb us.
Goodnight!


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - December 2015)