Musicals and Metaphors
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"This is what you might call a fortuitous circumstance".
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Our 5th grade boys basketball team
had it's first game cancelled this year due to snow. It was
rescheduled at the end of the season. Would we have a practice
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The league had initially set us up for a practice this last week, even though we should have already played our last game? As Dick van Dyke said in Mary Poppins, "That's what you call a fortuitous circumstance!"
Your task, should you decide to accept it (from Mission Impossible): Identify a circumstance where coincidence or luck has worked in your favor, and use this phrase! Report back with the context!
The Lyrics from "Chim Chim Cher-ee" from Mary Poppins
Bert: Chim chim-in-ey, chim chim-in-ey Chim chim cher-ee! A sweep is as lucky, as lucky can be Chim chim-in-ey, chim chim-in-ey Chim chim cher-oo! Good luck will rub off when I shakes ‘ands with you
Or blow me a kiss and that’s lucky too
Now, as the ladder of life ‘as been strung You might think a sweep’s on the bottommost rung Though I spends me time in the ashes and smoke In this ‘ole wide world there’s no ‘appier bloke
Chim chim-in-ey, chim chim-in-ey Chim chim cher-ee! A sweep is as lucky, as lucky can be Chim chim-in-ey, chim chim-in-ey Chim chim cher-oo! Good luck will rub off when I shakes ‘ands with you
All: Chim chim-in-ey, chim chim-in-ey Chim chim cher-ee! A sweep is as lucky, as lucky can be Chim chim-in-ey, chim chim-in-ey Chim chim cher-oo! Good luck will rub off when I shakes ‘ands with you
Bert: I choose me bristles with pride, yes, I do A broom for the shaft and a brush for the flute Up where the smoke is all billered and curled ‘tween pavement and stars is the chimney sweep world When there’s ‘ardly no day nor ‘ardly no night There’s things ‘alf in shadow and ‘alfway in light On the rooftops of London coo, what a sight!
Chim chim-in-ey, chim chim-in-ey Chim chim cher-ee! When you’re with a sweep you’re in glad company Nowhere is there a more ‘appier crew Than them wot sings, “Chim chim cher-ee, chim cher-oo!” On the Chim chim-in-ey, chim chim cher-ee, chim cher-oo!
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"You've got trouble - lots and lots of trouble".
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Your task, should you decide to accept it (from Mission Impossible): Identify a circumstance where trouble or misfortune exists, and use this phrase! Report back with the context!
The Lyrics from "Ya Got Trouble" from The Music Man
Harold: Well, ya got trouble, my friend. Right here, I say trouble right here in River City
Why, sure, I’m a billiard player Certainly mighty proud to say, I’m always mighty proud to say it I consider the hours I spend with a cue in my hand are golden Help you cultivate horse sense and a cool head and a keen eye ‘Jever take and try to give an iron clad leave to yourself from a three-rail billiard shot?
But just as I say it takes judgement, brains and maturity to score in a balk-line game I say that any boob can take and shove a ball in a pocket And I call that sloth, the first big step on the road to the depths of degreda- I say, first- medicinal wine from a teaspoon, then beer from a bottle And the next thing you know your son is playin’for money in a pinchback suit And listenin’ to some big out-o’-town jasper hear him tell about horserace gamblin’ Not a wholesome trottin’ race, no, but a race where they set down right on the horse Like to see some stuck up jockey boy sittin’ on Dan Patch? Make your blood boil, well I should say
Now, folks, let me show you what I mean You got one, two, three, four, five, six pockets in a table Pockets that mark the difference between a gentleman and a bum With a capital ‘B’ and that rhymes with ‘P’ and that stands for ‘pool’
And all week long, your River City youth’ll be fritterin’ away I say, your young men’ll be fritterin’ Fritterin’ away their noontime, suppertime, choretime, too Hit the ball in the pocket
Never mind gettin’ dandelions pulled or the screen door patched or the beefsteak pounded Never mind pumpin’ any water ‘til your parents are caught with a cistern empty on a Saturday night and that’s trouble
Oh, ya got lots and lots o’ trouble I’m thinkin’ of the kids in the knickerbockers shirttails, young ones peekin’ in the pool hall window after school Ya got trouble, folks, right here in River City with a capital ‘t’ and that rhymes with ‘P’ and that stands for ‘pool’
Now I know all you folks are the right kind of parents I’m gonna be perfectly frank Would you like to know what kind of conversation goes on while they’re loafin’ around that hall They’ll be tryin’ out Bevo, tryin’ out Cubebs, tryin’ out tailor-mades like cigarette fiends And braggin’ all about how they’re gonna cover up a tell-tale breath with Sen-Sen Now one fine night they leave the pool hall headin’ for the dance at the Armory Libertine men and scarlet women and ragtime Shameless music that’ll grab your son, your daughter into the arms of a jungle animal instinct- massteria! Friends, the idle brain is the devil’s playground, trouble!
Townspeople: Oh, we got trouble
Harold: Right here in River City
Townspeople: Right here in River City
Harold: With a capital ‘t’ and that rhymes with ‘P’ and that stands for ‘pool’
Townspeople: That stands for pool
Harold: We surely got trouble
Townspeople: We surely got trouble
Harold: Right here in River City
Townspeople: Right here
Harold: Gotta figure out a way to keep the young ones moral after school
Townspeople: ‘trouble’
Harold: Mothers of River City, heed this warning before it’s too late Watch for the tell-tale signs of corruption The minute your son leaves the house does he rebuckle his knickerbockers below the knee? Is there a nicotine stain on his index finger? A dime novel hidden in the corncrib? Is he starting to memorize jokes from Cap’n Billy’s Whizbang? Are certain words creeping into his conversation? Words like... swell? And... ‘so’s your old man’?
Well if so, my friends...
Ya got trouble
Townspeople: Oh, we got trouble
Harold: Right here in River City
Townspeople: Right here in River City
Harold: With a capital ‘t’ and that rhymes with ‘P’ and that stands for ‘pool’
Townspeople: That stands for pool
Harold: We’ve surely got trouble
Townspeople: We surely got trouble
Harold: Right here in River City
Townspeople: Right here
Harold: Remember the Maine, Plymouth Rock and the Golden Rule? Oho, we got trouble We’re in terrible, terrible trouble That game with the fifteen numbered balls is the devil’s tool
Townspeople: Devil’s tool
Harold: Yes, we’ve got trouble, trouble, trouble
Townspeople: Oh, yes, we got trouble here, we got big, big trouble
Harold: With a ‘t’
Townspeople: With a capital ‘t’
Harold: And that rhymes with ‘P’
Townspeople: That rhymes with ‘P’
Harold: And that stands for pool
Townspeople: That stands for pool
Harold: Remember my friends, listen to me, because I pass this way but once
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"Is a Puzzlement!"
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Your task, should you decide to accept it (from Mission Impossible): Identify a circumstance where uncertainty exists, and use this phrase! Report back with the context!
The Lyrics from "Is a Puzzlement" from The King and I
King: When I was a boy World was better spot. What was so was so, What was not was not.
Now I am a man; World have changed a lot. Some things nearly so, Others nearly not.
There are times I almost think I am not sure of what I absolutely know. Very often find confusion In conclusion I concluded long ago. In my head are many facts That, as a student, I have studied to procure; In my head are many facts ... Of which I wish I was more certain I was sure! Is a puzzlement...
What to tell growing son? What for instance, shall I say to him of women? Shall I educate him on the ancient lines? Shall I tell the boy as far as he is able, To respect his wives and love his concubines?
Shall I tell him everyone is like the other, And the better of the two is really neither? If I tell him this I think he won’t believe it; And I nearly think that I don’t believe it either!
When my father was a king He was a king who knew exactly what he knew, And his brain was not a thing Forever swinging to and fro and fro and to
Shall I, then be like my father And be willfully unmovable and strong? Or is it better to be right? Or am I right when I believe I may be wrong?
Shall I join with other nations in alliance? If allies are weak, am I not best alone? If allies are strong with power to protect me, Might they not protect me out of all I own?
Is a danger to be trusting one another, One will seldom want to do what other wishes; But unless someday somebody trust somebody There’ll be nothing left on earth excepting fishes!
There are times I almost think Nobody sure of what he absolutely know. Everybody find confusion In conclusion he concluded long ago! And it puzzle me to learn That tho’ a man may be in doubt of what he know, Very quickly he will fight... He’ll fight to prove that what he does not know is so!
Oh-h-h-h-h-h Sometimes I think that people going mad! Ah-h-h-h-h-h! Sometimes I think that people not so bad! But not matter what I think I must go on living life As leader of my kingdom I must go forth, Be father to my children and husband to each wife Etcetera, etcetera, and so forth. If my Lord in Heaven Buddha, show the way, Everyday I try to live another day. If my Lord in Heaven Buddha, show the way, Everyday I do my best for one-more day!
But ... Is a puzzlement!
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Your task, should you decide to accept it (from Mission Impossible): Identify a circumstance where you see something likely responsible for lack of success, and use this phrase! Report back with the context!
The Lyrics from "Why Can't The English" from My Fair Lady
Higgins: Look at her: a prisoner of the gutters, Condemned by every syllable she utters, By right she should be taken out and hung, For the cold-blooded murder of the English tongue.
Eliza: Ah-ah-aw-aw-oo-oo!
Higgins: “Ah-ah-aw-aw-oo-oo” Heavens! what a sound!
Higgins: This is what the British population, Calls an elementary education.
Pickering: Come, sir; I think you picked a poor example.
Higgins: Did I...?
Higgins: Hear them down in Soho Square, Dropping “H”s everywhere, Speaking English anyway they like. You sir: did you go to school?
A Bystander: What d’ya tike me faw, a fool?
Higgins: Well, no one taught him “take” instead if “tike”. Hear a Yorkshireman, or worse, Hear a Cornishman converse; They’d rather hear a choir singing flat. Chickens, cackling in a barn; Just like this one.
Eliza: Garn!
Higgins: “Garn”-I ask you, sir: what sort of word is that?
Higgins: It’s “ow” and “Garn” that keep her in her place, Not her wretched clothes and dirty face. Why can’t the English teach their children how to speak? This verbal class distinction, by now, should be antique. If you spoke as she does, sir, instead of the way you do, Why you might be selling flowers too.
Pickering: I beg your pardon.
Higgins: An Englishman’s way of speaking absolutely classifies him. The moment he talks, he makes some other Englishman despise him. One common language I’m afraid we’ll never get. Oh why can’t the English learn to- Set a good example to people, who’s English, is painful to your ears. The Scotch and the Irish leave you close to tears! There are even places where English completely disappears, Why, in America they haven’t used it for years. Why can’t the English teach their children how to speak? Norwegians learn Norwegian; the Greeks are taught their Greek. In France every Frenchman knows his language from “A” to “Zed”- But the French don’t care what they do, actually, so long as they pronounce it properly. Arabians learn Arabian with the speed of summer lightning. The Hebrews learn it backwards which is absolutely frightening. Use proper English, you’re regarded as a freak. Oh why can’t the English- Why can’t the English learn to speak?
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Your task, should you decide to accept it (from Mission Impossible): Identify a circumstance where you see the ridiculous praised while the good is ignored, and use this phrase! Report back with the context!
The Lyrics from "Make 'em Laugh" from Singing in the Rain
Cosmo: Though the world is so full of a number things, I know we should all be as happy as But are we? No, definitely no, positively no. Decidedly no. Mm mm. Short people have long faces and Long people have short faces. Big people have little humor And little people have no humor at all! And in the words of that immortal buddy Samuel J. Snodgrass, as he was about to be led To the guillotine:
Make ‘em laugh Make ‘em laugh Don’t you know everyone wants to laugh? (Ha ha!) My dad said “Be an actor, my son But be a comical one They’ll be standing in lines For those old honky tonk monkeyshines”
Now you could study Shakespeare and be quite elite And you can charm the critics and have nothin’ to eat Just slip on a banana peel The world’s at your feet Make ‘em laugh Make ‘em laugh Make ‘em laugh
Make ‘em... Make ‘em laugh Don’t you know everyone wants to laugh My grandpa said go out and tell ‘em a joke But give it plenty of hoke
Make ‘em roar Make ‘em scream Take a fall But a wall Split a seam
You start off by pretending You’re a dancer with grace You wiggle ‘till they’re Giggling all over the place And then you get a great big custard pie in the face Make ‘em laugh Make ‘em laugh Make ‘em laugh
Make ‘em laugh Make ‘em laugh Don’t you know... all the...wants..? My dad... They’ll be standing in lines For those old honky tonk monkeyshines
Make ‘em laugh Make ‘em laugh Don’t you know everyone wants to laugh?
Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha Ah ha ha ha ha ha Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha Make ‘em laugh, ah ah! Make ‘em laugh, ah ah! Make ‘em laugh, ah ah!
Make ‘em laugh Make ‘em laugh Make ‘em laugh!
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"The sun'll come out, tomorrow!"
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Your task, should you decide to accept it (from Mission Impossible): Identify a circumstance where times are hard, yet you know they will improve, and use this phrase! Report back with the context!
The Lyrics from "Tomorrow" from Annie
Annie: The sun’ll come out Tomorrow Bet your bottom dollar That tomorrow There’ll be sun!
Just thinkin’ about Tomorrow Clears away the cobwebs, And the sorrow ‘til there’s none!
When I’m stuck a day That’s gray, And lonely, I just stick out my chin And grin, And say, Oh
The sun’ll come out Tomorrow So ya gotta hang on ‘til tomorrow Come what may
Tomorrow! Tomorrow! I love ya Tomorrow!
You’re always A day A way!
The sun’ll come out Tomorrow So ya gotta hang on ‘til tomorrow Come what may
Tomorrow! Tomorrow! I love ya Tomorrow!
You’re always A day Away!
Tomorrow! Tomorrow! I love ya Tomorrow! You’re always A day Away!
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"You've got to be carefully taught".
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Your task, should you decide to accept it (from Mission Impossible): Identify a circumstance where hatred, discrimination, or bigotry exists, and use this phrase! Report back with the context!
The Lyrics from "Carefully Taught" from South Pacific
Cable: You’ve got to be taught To hate and fear, You’ve got to be taught From year to year, It’s got to be drummed In your dear little ear You’ve got to be carefully taught.
You’ve got to be taught to be afraid Of people whose eyes are oddly made, And people whose skin is a diff’rent shade, You’ve got to be carefully taught.
You’ve got to be taught before it’s too late, Before you are six or seven or eight, To hate all the people your relatives hate, You’ve got to be carefully taught! You’ve got to be carefully taught!
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"I have confidence in me!"
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Your task, should you decide to accept it (from Mission Impossible): Identify a circumstance where hatred, discrimination, or bigotry exists, and use this phrase! Report back with the context!
The Lyrics from "I Have Confidence" from The Sound of Music
Maria: What will this day be like, I wonder What will my future be, I wonder It could be so exciting To be out to the world, to be free My heart should be wildly rejoicing Oh, what’s the matter with me I’ve always long for adventure To do the things I’ve never dared And here I’m pleasing adventure Then why am I so scared A captain with seven children What’s so fearsome about that?
Oh, I must stop this doubts, all this worries If I don’t I just know I’ll turn back I must dream of the things I am seeking I am seeking the courage I lack The courage to serve them with reliance Face my mistakes without defiance Show them I’m worthy And while I show them, I’ll show me...
So let them bring on all their problems I’ll do better than my best I have confidence they’ll put me to the test But I’ll make them see I have confidence in me Somehow I will impress them I will be firm but kind And all those children, heaven bless them They will look up to me and mind me With each step I’m almost certain Everything will turn out find I have confidence, the world can all be mine They’ll have to agree I have confidence in me
I have confidence in rain I have confidence that spring will come again Besides which you see I have confidence in me Strength doesn’t lie in numbers Strength doesn’t lie in wealth Strength lies in nights of peaceful slumbers When you wake up, wake up! It’s healthy All I trust I leave my heart to All I trust becomes my own I have confidence, in confidence alone (Oh help........) I have confidence, in confidence alone Besides which you see I have confidence in me.
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What does Mr. Sunshine say to you? How do ya do!
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When someone's says they're happy to see the sun, be it after a long winter or a series of cloudy days, a good response: "And what's Mr. Sunshine saying to you?" When you get the likely "huh" look, respond with: "How do ya do! Doris Day? Calamity Jane? A Woman's Touch?"
The Lyrics from "A Woman's Touch" from Calamity Jane
Katie: A woman’s touch
Calamity: A woman’s touch
Katie: The magic of Aladdin couldn’t do as much She’s a wizard, she’s a champ
Calamity: And she doesn’t need a lamp
Katie: A woman’s touch can weave a spell The kind of hocus pocus that she does so well
Calamity: With the magic of a broom She can mesmerize a room
Katie: With a whisk whisk here and a whisk whisk there And a dustpan for the cinders
Calamity: With a rub rub here and a rub rub there She can polish up the winders Then presto chango Suddenly, the sun comes shining through
Katie: And what does Mr. Sunshine say to you?
Calamity: How do ya do!
Katie: It makes you blink, to stop and think
Calamity: A woman and a whisk-broom can accomplish so darn much
Both: So never underestimate a woman’s touch
Calamity: A woman’s touch can quickly fill The empty flower boxes on a winder sill
Katie: One smile from her and zoom Little buds begin to bloom
Katie: A touch of paint
Calamity: A magic nail
Both: Can turn a kitchen chair into a Chippendale
Calamity: Even make the lamp appear Like a crystal chandelier
Katie: With a tack tack here and a tack tack there And a hand around a hammer With a mop mop here and a mop mop there You can give a cabin glamour
Calamity: Then gosh almighty, all at once The cabin that we knew Becomes a shining castle built for two
Both: Me and you
Katie: The pies and cakes a woman bakes Can make a fella tell her That he loves her very much
Calamity: It can?
Both: So never underestimate a woman’s touch
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"Where should I start?" "How about the very beginning - it's a very good place to start!"
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How many times do you hear a person who wants to tell you a story or something interesting say, "I don't know where to start". A good response: "As they said in The Sound of Music, 'Start at the very beginning - it's a very good place to start!"
The Lyrics from "Do Re Me" from The Sound of Music
Maria: Let’s start at the very beginning A very good place to start When you read you begin with
Gretl: A B C
Maria: When you sing you begin with Do Re Mi
Children: Do re mi
Maria: Do Re Mi The first three notes just happen to be Do Re Mi
Children: Do Re Mi
Maria: Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Oh, let’s see if I can make it easier...mmm...
Doe, a deer, a female deer Ray, a drop of golden sun Me, a name I call myself Far, a long, long way to run Sew, a needle pulling thread La, a note to follow so Tea, a drink with jam and bread That will brink us back to Do (oh oh oh...)
Maria and children: Doe, a deer, a female deer Ray, a drop of golden sun Me, a name I call myself Far, a long, long way to run Sew, a needle pulling thread La, a note to follow so Tea, a drink with jam and bread That will brink us back to Do (oh oh oh...)
Doe, a deer, a female deer Ray, a drop of golden sun Me, a name I call myself Far, a long, long way to run Sew, a needle pulling thread La, a note to follow so Tea, a drink with jam and bread That will brink us back to Do (oh oh oh...)
Maria: Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do, So Do
Now children, Do Re Mi Fa So and so on are only the tools we use to build a song. Once you have these notes in your heads, you can sing a million different tunes by mixing them up. Like this...
So Do La Fa Mi Do Re Can you do that?
Children: So Do La Fa Mi Do Re
Maria: So Do La Ti Do Re Do
Children: So Do La Ti Do Re Do
Maria: Good...
Brigitta: But it doesn’t mean anything
Maria: So we put in words One word at every note, like this... When you know the notes to sing You can sing most anything Together!
Maria and children: When you know the notes to sing You can sing most anything
Doe, a deer, a female deer Ray, a drop of golden sun Me, a name I call myself Far, a long, long way to run Sew, a needle pulling thread La, a note to follow so Tea, a drink with jam and bread That will brink us back to Do (oh oh oh...)
Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do Do Ti La So Fa Mi Re
Children: Do Mi Mi, Mi So So, Re Fa Fa, La Ti Ti
Maria: When you know the notes to sing You can sing most anything
Maria and children: Doe, a deer, a female deer Ray, a drop of golden sun Me, a name I call myself Far, a long, long way to run Sew, a needle pulling thread La, a note to follow so Tea, a drink with jam and bread That will brink us back to Do (oh oh oh...)
Maria: Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Ti Do...o...o
Children: So Do La Fa Mi Do Re So Do La Fa La So Fa Mi Re Ti Do... So Do
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"Brother, if that's a drum ... That's for me!" Classic misdirection ---
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Your task, should you decide to accept it (from Mission Impossible): Identify a circumstance where you see intentional deception for a purpose, and use this phrase! Report back with the context!
The Lyrics from "Drum Crazy" from Easter Parade
Fred Astaire: A bunny for my honey A dolly with a curl An aeroplane An electric train And a teddy bear for my girl
A kitty for my pretty A castle for my love Gee! What do I see? Brother, if that’s a drum That’s for me
I’m drum crazy, yes I’m drum crazy, yes I’m plumb crazy for drums
I’ve got drumsticks full of hot licks and a roll Loaded with soul Under control First, soft violins Then, sweet saxophones Then, blue clarinets croon
When it’s my turn I turn into a loon When the drum takes the melody When the drum carries the tune
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"Just You Wait, 'enry 'iggins"
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Your task, should you decide to accept it (from Mission Impossible): Identify a circumstance where you feel hatred directed at a person in charge, and use this phrase! Report back with the context!
The Lyrics from "Just You Wait" from My Fair Lady
Eliza: Just you wait ‘enry ‘iggins, just you wait! You’ll be sorry, but your tears’ll be too late! You’ll be broke and I’ll have money; Will I help you? Don’t be funny! Just you wait, ‘enry ‘iggins, just you wait! Just you wait ‘enry ‘iggins, till you’re sick, And you screams to fetch a doctor double quick! I’ll be off a second later, And go straight to the the-atre! Ah-ha-ha, ‘enry ‘iggins, Just you wait! Oooooh, ‘enry ‘iggins! Just you wait until we’re swimmin’ in the sea! Oooooh, ‘enry ‘iggins! And you get a cramp a little ways from me! When you yell you’re gonna drown, I’ll get dressed and go to town! Oh-ho-ho, ‘enry ‘iggins, Oh-ho-ho, ‘enry ‘iggins, Just you wait! One day I’ll be famous! I’ll be proper and prim! Go to Saint James so often I will call it Saint Jim. One evening the King will say, “Oh Liza, old thing, I want all of England your praises to sing.”
King: “Next week, on the twentieth of May, I proclaim Liza Doolittle Day! All the people will celebrate the glory of you, And whatever you wish and want I gladly will do.”
Eliza: “Thanks a lot, King,” says I, in a manner well bred; “But all I want is ‘enry ‘iggins ‘ead!”
King: “Done,”
Eliza: says the King, with a stroke.
King: “Guards, run and bring in the bloke!”
Eliza: Then they’ll march you, ‘enry ‘iggins, to the wall; And the king will tell me:
King: “Liza, sound the call.”
Eliza: As they raise their rifles higher, I’ll shout: “Ready! Aim! Fire!” Oh-ho-ho, ‘enry ‘iggins, Down you’ll go! ‘enry ‘iggins! Just you wait!
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"I'll be danged if I ain't just as good"!
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Your task, should you decide to accept it (from Mission Impossible): Identify a circumstance where you are stuck in discussions with a good person, and need to "break the ice", and and use this phrase! Report back with the context!
The Lyrics from "The Famer and the Cowman" from OKLAHOMA
Andrew: Oh, the farmer and the cowman should be friends, Oh, the farmer and the cowman should be friends. One man likes to push a plough, The other likes to chase a cow, But that’s no reason why they cain’t be friends.
Territory folks should stick together, Territory folks should all be pals. Cowboys dance with farmer’s daughters, Farmers dance with the ranchers’ gals.
All: Territory folks should stick together, Territory folks should all be pals. Cowboys dance with farmer’s daughters, Farmers dance with the ranchers’ gals.
Farmer: I’d like to say a word fer the farmer
Eller: Well, say it!
Farmer: He come out west and made a lot of changes
Man: That’s right!
Will: He come out west and built a lot of fences,
Curly: And built ‘em right across our cattle ranges.
Cowboy: Why don’t you dirt strangers go back to Missouri where you belong?
Will: We got just as much right here!
Farmer: Shut up! The farmer is a good and thrifty citizen No matter what the cowman says or thinks You seldom see ‘im drinkin’ in a bar room
Curly: Unless someboy else’s buyin’ drinks
Andrew: Oh, the farmer and the cowman should be friends, Oh, the farmer and the cowman should be friends. The cowman ropes a cow with ease, The farmer steals her butter and cheese, That’s no reason why they cain’t be friends
All: Territory folks should stick together, Territory folks should all be pals. Cowboys dance with farmer’s daughters, Farmers dance with the ranchers’ gals.
Eller: I’d to say a word for the cowboy--
Curly: You would!
Eller: The road he treads is difficult and stoney He rides fer days on end With just a poney fer a friend
Annie: I sure feelin’ sorry fer the poney!
Eller: The farmer should be sociable with the cowboy If he rides by an’ ask fer food an’ water Don’t treat ‘im like a louse Make ‘im welcome in your house
Ike: But be sure that you locked up yo’ wife an’ daughters
Girls: Oh, the farmer and the cowman should be friends. Oh, the farmer and the cowman should be friends. One man likes to push a plough, The other likes to chase a cow, But that’s no reason why they cain’t be friends.
Eller: Ain’t nobody gonna slug out anythin’. This here is a party! Break it up ya’ two ol’ fools. Alright Andrew sing it! Dum-dah-dee-um-dum-dum!
Andrew: Oh, the farmer and the cowman should be friends,
All: Oh, the farmer and the cowman should be friends. One man likes to push a plough, The other likes to chase a cow, But that’s no reason why they cain’t be friends.
Curly: And when this territory is a state An’ joins the Union jus’ like all the others The farmer, and cowman and the merchant Mus’ all behave theirselves and act like brothers
Eller: I’d like to teach you all a little sayin’ And learn the words by heart the way you should I don’t say I’m no better than anybody else, But I’ll be danged if I ain’t jist as good!
All: I don’t say I’m no better than anybody else, But I’ll be danged if I ain’t jist as good!
Territory folks should stick together, Territory folks should all be pals. Cowboys dance with farmer’s daughters, Farmers dance with the ranchers’ gals!
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You may think "The public may hate them - and ad infinitum", but TRY IT!
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The Lyrics from "Toot Sweets" from CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG
Caractacus: Don’t waste your pucker on some all day sucker And don’t try a toffee or cream If you seek perfection in sugar confection Well there’s something new on the scene A mouth full of cheer A sweet without peer A musical morsel supreme!
Toot Sweets! Toot Sweets! The candies you whistle, the whistles you eat Toot Sweets! Toot Sweets! The eatable, tweetable treats!
Truly: Toot Sweets! Toot Sweets! The toot of a flute with the flavor of fruit! Toot Sweets! Toot Sweets! No longer need candy be mute!
Caractacus: Don’t waste your pucker on some all day sucker
Truly: And don’t try a toffee or cream! If you seek perfection in sugar confection
Caractacus: Well, there’s something new on the scene:
Both: Toot Sweets! Toot Sweets! A bon-bon to blow on at last has been found Toot Sweets! Toot Sweets, With eatable, tweetable sound!
Lord Scrumptious: Oh! Take that muck away!
Caractacus: Their values intrinsic,
Truly: Surpass any mint stick
Children: Or marshmallow mouthful you munch
Caractacus: Though licorice is chewy
Truly: And gum drops are gooey
Children: And chocolate is charming to crunch
Caractacus and Truly: That sugary fife,
Women: That sweet of your life Kids and factory workers It’s clearly the best of the bunch
All: Toot Sweets! Toot Sweets! The candies you whistle, the whistles you eat Toot Sweets! Toot Sweets! The eatable, tweetable treat!
Toot Sweets! Toot Sweets! A bon-bon to blow on at last has been found Toot Sweets! Toot Sweets! With eatable, tweetable sound
Scrumptious: The public will hate them And ad infinitum Returns will repeat and repeat They look rather freaky They’re squeaky and leaky In brief, I reject them, tout de suite
I won’t risk my name My wealth and my fame On candies that no one will eat
Truly: But father! Listen to them play!
All: Toot Sweets! Toot Sweets! A bon-bon to blow on at last has been found Toot Sweets! Toot Sweets! The treat that’s so tweetable lusciously eatable With that unbeatable sound!
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"You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile"
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The Lyrics from "You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile" from ANNIE
Healy: Hey, hobo man Hey, Dapper Dan You’ve both got your style But Brother, You’re never fully dressed Without a smile!
Your clothes may be Beau Brummelly They stand out a mile, But Brother, You’re never fully dressed Without a smile!
Who cares what they’re wearing On Main Street, Or Saville Row, It’s what you wear from ear to ear And not from head to toe that matters!
So, Senator, So, Janitor, So long for a while Remember, You’re never fully dressed Without a smile!
Healy: Ah, the lovely Boylan Sisters
Boylan Sisters: Doo doodle-oo doo Doo doodle-oo doo Doo doo doo doo Doo doo doo doo
Your clothes may be Beau Brummelly They stand out a mile But, bother You’re never fully dressed You’re never dressed Without an
Connie Boylan: S-
Bonnie Boylan: M-
Ronnie Boylan: I-
Connie Boylan: L-
All Three: E. Smile darn ya smile.
Healy: Who cares what they’re wearing On Main Street, Or Saville Row, It’s what you wear from ear to ear And not from head to toe that matters...
Tessie: So, for all of the “Hours of Smiles” Family, this is Bert Healy saying... Hey hobo man, Hey Dapper Dan, You’ve both got your style
All Orphans: But brother, you’re never fully dressed Without a smile Your clothes may be Beau Brummelly They stand out a mile But brother you’re never fully dressed Without a smile
Judy: Who cares what they’re wearing on Main Street or Saville Row It’s what you wear from ear to ear And not from head to toe.
Molly: That matters
Tessie: Ah. the lovely Boylan Sisters.
Duffy, Kate and Pepper Doo doodle-oo doo Doo doodle-oo doo Doo doo doo doo Doo doo doo
All Orphans: So, Senator, so, janitor So long for a while Remember you’re never fully dressed Though you may wear the best You’re never fully dressed without a Smile Smile Smile Smile darn ya, smile!
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"I love to laugh - loud and long and clear"
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The Lyrics from "I Love To Laugh" from MARY POPPINS
Uncle Albert: I love to laugh Loud and long and clear I love to laugh It’s getting worse ev’ry year
The more I laugh The more I fill with glee And the more the glee The more I’m a merrier me It’s embarrassing! The more I’m a merrier me!
Mary Poppins: Some people laugh through their noses Sounding something like this “Mmm...” Some people laugh through their teeth goodness sake Hissing and fizzing like snakes
Bert: Some laugh too fast Some only blast - ha! Others, they twitter like birds Then there’s the kind What can’t make up their mind
Uncle Albert: When things strike me as funny I can’t hide it inside And squeak - as the squeakelers do I’ve got to let go with a ho-ho-ho... And a ha-ha-ha...too!
All: We love to laugh Loud and long and clear We love to laugh So ev’rybody can hear The more you laugh The more you fill with glee And the more the glee The more we’re a merrier we!
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"Whistle a happy tune (whenever you feel afraid)"
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The Lyrics from "I Whistle A Happy Tune" from THE KING AND I
Anna: Whenever I feel afraid I hold my head erect And whistle a happy tune So no one will suspect I’m afraid.
While shivering in my shoes I strike a careless pose And whistle a happy tune And no one ever knows I’m afraid.
The result of this deception Is very strange to tell For when I fool the people I fear I fool myself as well!
I whistle a happy tune And ev’ry single time The happiness in the tune Convinces me that I’m not afraid.
Make believe you’re brave And the trick will take you far. You may be as brave As you make believe you are!
You may be as brave As you make believe you are!
Louis and Anna: The result of this deception Is very strange to tell For when I fool the people I fear I fool myself as well! I whistle a happy tune And ev’ry single time The happiness in the tune Convinces me that I’m not afraid.
Make believe you’re brave And the trick will take you far. You may be as brave As you make believe you are- You may be as brave As you make believe you are!
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"Everything's up to date in ___"
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The Lyrics from "Kansas City" from OKLAHOMA
Will: I got to Kansas City on a Frid’y By Sattidy I larned a thing or two ‘Coz up to then I didn’t have an idy Of whut the modren world was comin’ to! I counted twenty gas buggies goin’ by theirsel’s Almost ev’ry time I tuk a walk. ‘nen I put my ear to a Bell Telephone And a strange womern started in to talk!
Man 1: To you?
Man 2: Whut next!
Men: Yeah whut!
Will: Whut next? Gather ‘round! Ev’rythin’s up to date in Kansas City They’ve gone about as fur as they c’n go! They went and built a skyscraper seven stories high, About as high as a buildin’ orta grow. Ev’rythin’s like a dream in Kansas City, It’s better than a magic lantern show! Y’ c’n turn the radiator on Whenever you want some heat. With ev’ry kind o’ comfort Ev’ry house is all complete. You c’n walk to privies in the rain And never wet your feet! They’ve gone about as fur as they c’n go,
Men: Yes sir! They’ve gone about as fur as they c’n go!
Will: Ev’rythin’s up to date in Kansas City They’ve gone about as fur as they c’n go! They got a big theayter they call a burleeque. Fer fifty cents you c’n see a dandy show.
Man 1: Gals?
Will: One of the gals was fat and pink and pretty, As round above as she was round below. I could swear that she was padded From her shoulder to her heel, But latter in the second act When she began to peel She proved that ev’rythin’ she had was absolutely real! She went about as fur as she could go,
Men: Yes sir! She went about as fur as she could go!
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"Trouble Won't Stay - if You Shake it Away"
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The Lyrics from "Shakin' the Blues Away" from EASTER PARADE
Ann Miller: There’s an old superstition Way down South Everybody believes that trouble won’t stay If you shake it away.
When they hold a revival Way down South Everybody with care and trouble that day Tries to shake it away.
Shakin’ the blues away Unhappy news away If you were blue, it’s easy to Shake off your cares and troubles
Tellin’ the blues to go They may refuse to go But as a rule, they’ll go if you Shake ‘em away!
Do like the voodoos do Listen to a voodoo melody They shake their bodies so To and fro
With every shake A lucky break Provin’ that there’s a way To chase your cares away If you would lose your weary blues Shake ‘em away Shake ‘em away!
Chorus: Shaking the blues away Unhappy news away If you are blue It’s easy to Shake off your Shake off your cares And shake off your troubles Provin’ that there’s a way To chase your cares away If you would lose Your weary blues Shake them away Shake them away Away, away Shake them away
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