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11 Jul 08 - 03:57 AM (#2386339) Subject: Lyr Add: BUTTONS AND BOWS (Livingston, Evans) From: Genie BUTTONS AND BOWS From the film "The Paleface" (1948) (Jay Livingston / Ray Evans - Won Academy Award for "Best Song") Recordings: Bob Hope - 1948 Dinah Shore - 1948 The Dinning Sisters - 1948 Betty Garrett - 1948 Betty Jane Rhodes - 1948 Evelyn Knight - 1948 Gene Autry - 1948 etc.* East is east and west is west And the wrong one I have chose. Let's go where they keep on wearin' Those frills and flowers and buttons and bows, Rings and things and buttons and bows. Don't bury me in this prairie, Take me where the cement grows. Let's move down to some big town Where they love a gal by the cut o' her clothes, And I'll stand out, in buttons and bows. I'll love you in buckskin Or a shirt that I've homespun, But I'll love you longer, stronger Where yer friends don't tote a gun. My bones denounce the buckboard bounce And the cactus hurts my toes. Let's vamoose where gals keep usin' Those silks and satins and linen that shows, And I'm all yours in buttons and bows. Gimme eastern trimmin' where women are women In high silk hose and peek-a-boo clothes And French perfume that rocks the room And I'm all yours in buttons and bows. Buttons and bows, buttons and bows..... ***** *[Note: Interesting historical observation about how common it was in the US in the 1940s and early 1950s to have multiple artists recording, and even "charting" with, the same song.] |
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11 Jul 08 - 05:34 AM (#2386381) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Buttons and Bows From: semi-submersible Great song! The Royal Canadian Mounted Police used this lively tune among others for accompaniment to the Musical Ride. If my memory serves, it was the Cloverleaf and perhaps another manoeuver, with steady files of those beautiful horses and riders trotting(?) in figure-eight patterns at a swift pace, flawlessly threading between each other as they crossed in the centre. Unforgettable! |
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11 Jul 08 - 05:38 AM (#2386383) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Buttons and Bows From: Mr Happy http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=KKdJAqXZSzk |
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11 Jul 08 - 05:43 AM (#2386385) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Buttons and Bows From: Mr Happy The version in the 'Paleface' film isn't the same lyrics as Genie's one |
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13 Jul 08 - 03:17 PM (#2387918) Subject: Tune REQ: Buttons and Bows From: semi-submersible Does the tune vary too? |
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13 Jul 08 - 05:11 PM (#2387963) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Buttons and Bows From: Bat Goddess I've got the sheet music from 1948 -- but I'm not sure if I can lay my hands on it right now. The words seem to be very close to what I remember, though. Linn |