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Thread #93298 Message #1793369
Posted By: Joe Offer
26-Jul-06 - 01:59 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Ism (Sheldon Harnick and David Baker)
Subject: Lyr Add: Ism (Sheldon Harnick and David Baker)
I found it for $4.95 at musicnotes.com, but I wasn't willing to cough up the $4.95. I've found all kinds of things saying what a significant song it was, but only one very obscure recording. musicnotes.com does give you the first page for free, so here is the beginning of Verse 1 and Verse 2:
Ism
(Dedicated to the memory of Marcia Brushingham) Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick Music by David Baker from the Broadway Musical Vintage 60
1. I have a daddy who's all the time talking, Curing the ills of the world; Communism, socialism, capitalism, nepotism. Always his tongue is un-.....
2. Marxism, fascism, day after day, Nothing but isms galore. I went outside in the alley to play. I couldn't stand it no.....
Vintage 60 wasn't a big success, I guess. It opened Sep 13, 1960 and closed Sep 17, 1960, after 8 performances. There's a little more information about the show on the Internet Broadway Database, ibdb.com. Sheldon Harnick, usually teamed with Jerry Bock, did the lyrics for a number of musicals, most notably Fiddler on the Roof