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27 Dec 99 - 05:36 PM (#154623) Subject: Danny Kaye From: Ulli I'd like to have the lyrics of Danny Kaye's "Tongue Twister? Can anyone help me? |
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27 Dec 99 - 05:52 PM (#154628) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye From: dick greenhaus Which one? |
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27 Dec 99 - 06:15 PM (#154629) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye From: Ulli Which one? Uh, I didn't know there was more than one song with that title. The one I'm thinking of is one which contains some (more or less well known) tongue twisters. Is that of any help? |
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27 Dec 99 - 06:33 PM (#154634) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye From: MarkS Here is one I remember: The vessil with the pestle has the pellet with the poison The chalice from the palace has the brew that is true. Was this one you had in mind? |
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27 Dec 99 - 06:45 PM (#154639) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye From: Margo Sounds like "Tongue Twister" is the name of the song! I remember finding a Danny Kaye site from which I ordered some CD's. I'll check and get back. Margo |
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27 Dec 99 - 07:05 PM (#154652) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye From: Guy Wolff Sorry I dont know but I love ""Everything is tickty boo on such a lovly day"... Yay "Merry Andrew" |
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27 Dec 99 - 07:11 PM (#154653) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye From: catspaw49 His wife, the incredibly gifted Sylvia Fine, wrote most of his "verbage" pieces including the one you're referring to here. She knew what wonderful things he was capable of doing, making it an excellent collaboration. I can't locate the lyrics but if you look hard enough, there is a lot of info on both of them on the web. Spaw |
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27 Dec 99 - 09:38 PM (#154670) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye From: Joe Offer Click here for the poison pellet dialog from The Court Jester (1956). I sure enjoy watching his movies. -Joe Offer- |
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27 Dec 99 - 10:01 PM (#154682) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye From: Bob Baldwin This isn't it, I'm sure, but years ago I memorized a song sung by Danny who was playing an usher in a movie theater. He sang the screen credits that HE had memorized: "Art direction -- Finkelpuff Interiors -- Minerva Buff Photography -- Alonzo Tech Recorded Sound -- Osneedle Beck Upholstery by Zachary Knick-nackery by Tackery Terpsichore by Dickery And Dickery by Doc." |
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28 Dec 99 - 01:36 AM (#154728) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye From: Margo Went to that site, and someone else was also looking for those lyrics; asked if he'd found them. Catspaw is right, there is a lot of info about Danny Kaye and Sylvia Fine on the web.... Margo |
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28 Dec 99 - 09:45 PM (#155014) Subject: Lyr Add: TONGUE TWISTER (from Danny Kaye) From: Susan A-R Everybody's heard of Peter Piper And the Peck of Pickled peppers that he picked That's such a silly simple children's game That it hasn't even got a name But I'd like to bet that it'll trip ya Like to betcha that you'll have to say you're licked If Peter Piper you pronounce with ease Then twist your tongue around these.
Moses supposes his toeses are roses
Kistle will whistle at bustly Miss Russell
That's a tongue twister
Hetta is hoping to hop to Tahiti
Theata thought Thora was thumping her thimble
Tito and Tato were tattooed in toto
Sheila is selling her shop at the seashore Twistopher Twistle was twing to whistle but Twistopher twisted his tongue I think I've got them all, but will go back and listen. I actually got through this one a few years ago. Boy did I feel clever. Susan A-R |
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28 Dec 99 - 10:40 PM (#155027) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye From: catspaw49 Thanks SUSAR!!!! Great job!!! He WAS really great wasn't he? Karen and I watch his movies when they're on and both of us are completely in love with the man. His TV series was always watched at our house...my mom was a huge fan too. His benevolent works were so numerous and his obvious love of kids made him one of those special stars who "gave back" and that's always high on my list of good traits. I think one his greatest bits was the VERY verbal, but without words, song he did about the guy getting his draft notice and going into the army. A GREAT and probably a one off....only one Danny Kaye. Spaw |
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28 Dec 99 - 11:11 PM (#155037) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye From: Susan A-R I missed him first time round. The television reception up here in the north has always been rugged at best, and much of his stuff seems to have played on NBC, which just didn't make it in. I did just recently see The Secret Life of Walter Midy, WOW! The flexibility of his voice/face/body was amazing. What a guy. |
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29 Dec 99 - 12:17 AM (#155062) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye From: dpt seeking origin of lyrics he sang in Up in Arms (when it's cherry blossom time in orange, new jersey, we'll make a peach of a pear, even though we cantaloupe...) attributed in the credits to sylvia fine as the "Theater Lobby Number" but i think there is an earlier, possible vaudeville or burlesque connection. anyone know? |
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29 Dec 99 - 12:29 AM (#155066) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye From: catspaw49 Could be an earlier version I suppose...but I really think its one of hers. Sylvia Fine was a premier wordsmith with the perfect mouthpiece for her contrivances. Spaw |
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29 Dec 99 - 12:16 PM (#155192) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye From: Ulli Thanks a lot for all the information I got, especially to Susan A.R. This is exactly the song I was looking for. This is also the first time that I tried 'The Mudcat Cafe'and I must say I am really impressed by what is happening here. Thanks a lot again to everybody ulli |
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29 Dec 99 - 12:55 PM (#155205) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye From: jeffp I see that for a newcomer, Ulli has wasted no time mastering the arcane art of the double post *BG*! I'm glad to see that I'm not the only Danny Kaye fan around. The Court Jester and Inspector General are two of my favorite movies. I bought a copy of The Court Jester and forced my family to watch it with me one night. The kids had never seen it before and were absolutely entranced. He was surely one of a kind. Thanks to all for dredging up some very happy memories. |
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29 Dec 99 - 05:19 PM (#155323) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye From: Helen Hi all, I have always loved Danny Kaye, for all of the reasons that Catspaw said. He was everything I admire: caring, willing to take risks for what he believed in, funny, talented, artistic & clever. Well, I just realised why I like the Mudcat and Mudcatters, too. Helen |
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29 Dec 99 - 09:23 PM (#155429) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye From: Susan A-R Just discovered (through careful digging in my mess of a study) that there are two tongue twisters which I left out!! Here you go. Now Charlie is charry when choosing his cheeses And cheeses are challanged when Charlie arrives. When Charlie is charming and chooses a cheddar Then chills it and chips it and chopps in some chives (I may have this wrong, but that's what it sounds like) And Snobby Miss Norah is sniffing her snuff But the snuff has no sniff and it makes Norah sneeze When snide Alice Nortan ears Norah a sneezing She snappily snorts Norah's sneezing a breeze. Now I have to go out and visit someone with a vcr and bring the Court Jester. I have never seen it. Susan A-R
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29 Dec 99 - 09:35 PM (#155433) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye From: catspaw49 You gonna' love it Susar.....and get "On the Double" too!! Spaw |
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30 Dec 99 - 01:45 AM (#155552) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye From: Margo Yay!! I love Danny Kaye too!! We love his movies. I heard a recording of him on the radio saying the pledge of allegiance to our flag, and it was wonderful. He was serious. Margo |
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30 Dec 99 - 11:29 PM (#155952) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye From: MAG (still off-line) His daughter put together some clips from the TV show which I got out of some catalog. It has "Ballin' the Jack" and some other gems. One of which is Harry Belafonte, who makes Danny look short. |
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12 Jan 00 - 09:51 AM (#161632) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye From: voyager Thanks to MudCatters for spinning this Danny Kaye thread. One thing leads to another on the Web.... I was able to locate on eBay an auction item I've searched for for years....Danny Kaye's 1962 classic D-O-D-G-E-R-S. When the 45 shows up in the mail I'll post the lyrics as another testimony to Mr. Kaye's wonderful talent. Of the many recordings, films, TV shows I've seen, \I would recommend DANNY KAYE at the LONDON PALLADIUM (circa 1949). Any Mudcat leads on this one? Cheers voyager (aka Tim Weil) in the FSGW Ghetto Silver Spring, Maryland |
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12 Jan 00 - 06:03 PM (#161839) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye From: George Seto - af221@chebucto.ns.ca I think the title was "Merry Andrew". That is my all time favourite Danny Kaye movie. It had Danny Kaye as a university professor or student, who in the course of some work got involved with a circus and eventually dropped the love he had, and went for the one in the circus. |
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12 Jan 00 - 10:21 PM (#161996) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye From: Susan A-R Just saw A Song is Born this weekend. I wish there had been more of a showing of what Danny does best, but the movie was fun, and there was lots of great jazz in it. We came home and put on our tape of tongue twisters and the Mad Hatter and When I Was a Lad, just because we got insppired. What a guy. |
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12 Jan 00 - 10:26 PM (#161999) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye From: catspaw49 Isn't it kind of neat we have this little Danny Kaye fan Club here? He may not be folk, but he represents what so many of us love.....a kind, talented, gentle, and humane human being. Glad to have this thread to stick back up now and again. Thanks. Spaw |
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13 Jan 00 - 12:27 PM (#162208) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye From: Guy Wolff Hey George, In Mary Andrew DK played a teacher at a boys pre prep and had to go look for a statue of Pan so that he could get a "head of house" position and so get to marry the girl,,Only problem was he fell for the trapeez artis{In real life James Daen's main sqeeze}...Bona Fortuna.... Guy<><><><><> |
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14 Jan 00 - 10:34 AM (#162742) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye From: Áine What was the name of the film where Danny played twin brothers, where the flamboyant brother gets killed and comes back to possess his twin so as to catch his murderer? That is one of my favorite Danny Kaye films -- I'm always amazed how he could portray the two separate personalities vying for the same body!! Just amazing!! -- Áine |
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19 Nov 02 - 08:17 AM (#829726) Subject: Mommy Gimme a Drinka Water From: GUEST,Lynne If anyone has a copy of the Mommy Gimme a Drinka Water album for sale, please email me at lbroza@monmouth.com. |
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19 Nov 02 - 12:16 PM (#829948) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye From: John MacKenzie Knock on Wood? |
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19 Nov 02 - 12:37 PM (#829967) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye From: Nigel Parsons Aine: Danny (David Daniel Kaminsky) comes back as his twin brother in "Wonderman" (1945) The write up in 'Halliwell's film guide' is: "A mild-mannered student is persuaded by the ghost of his dead twin to avenge his murder" Susan A-R: I remember the 'Roses' one as: "Moses supposes his toeses are roses, But Moses supposes erroneously. For Moses he knows that his toes aren't the roses That Moses supposes his toeses to be" Nigel |
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19 Nov 02 - 12:43 PM (#829975) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye From: GUEST,Bill Kennedy found a vhs copy of 'Merry Andrew' recently and got one of my daughters to watch it. It still is great. And sent a PAL copy to the son of a friend in Amsterdam who also enjoyed it, especially the 'Salute' number, in fractured Italian. |
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19 Nov 02 - 02:19 PM (#830067) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye From: GUEST,Don On the general theme of "Gee, wasn't Danny Kaye great?": I doubt that anyone would rate this as one of his most important performances, but I just love his contribution to the Rankin-Bass animated special "Here Comes Peter Cottontail." He, in animation and in voice, portrayed the character Seymour S. Sassafras, and he also provided the voices for Colonel Bunny and Antoine the caterpillar. It's my favorite Rankin-Bass special, largely on the strength of Mr. Kaye's performance. |
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19 Nov 02 - 09:08 PM (#830306) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye From: George Seto - af221@chebucto.ns.ca I remember the part about "Moses and his toeses" from Singing In the Rain. It was part of a comic routine he did in the movie where learning proper diction was part of it. |
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20 Nov 02 - 01:42 PM (#830890) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye From: GUEST,The O'Meara Hans Christian Andersen. Wonderful acting, wonderful music. |
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20 Nov 02 - 05:31 PM (#831067) Subject: Lyr Add: LIFE COULD NOT BETTER BE (from Danny Kaye From: Thomas the Rhymer Life could not better be, better be, better be It could not possibly, no, serrah serrah sirree Songs could not gayer be, sound your Do, Re or Mi Do Re Mi sol la ti, fa la la la, fa-alo-ow me. Why be gloomy, cut thy nose off to spite thy face... Listen to me,...a nose is hard,... to replace Skies could not bluer be, hearts in love, truer be I say for you or me,... life couldn't possibly, not even probably Life couldn't possibly better be. Life could not better be, on a midy-evil spree Knights full of chivilry, villians full of villiany You'll see as you suspect, maidens fair, just beget Suthe, tried and true aspect, for the umpteenth time we resurect We did research, authenticity was a must Whew!... did we search, and what did we find? huh-chew! A lotta dust! After the dust had cleared, half the cast, had a beard And I'm the one as you can see, for whom the bell tolls mer-ril-ly We asked Shakespeare, and Francis Bacon would they declare Which one wrote this, and they both said... get outda dair! Which brings us, to the plot, and plot we've got, quite alot And as it unfolds you'll seeeeeeee What starts as a scary tale, ...ends like a fairy tale... And life couldn't possibly beh-ter beeeeeeee! I love this song, and I'm looking forward to performing it! ttr |
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15 Apr 07 - 12:34 AM (#2025691) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye From: GUEST,childofelohiym Does anyone know where I can get sheetmusic for "Life Could Not Better Be?" I love that song! |
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15 Apr 07 - 10:01 AM (#2025914) Subject: Lyr Add: A PAPER FULL OF FISH AND CHIPS (D Kaye) From: Duke A while back I asked if anyone knew of a Danny Kaye song called the Fish and Chip song. Someone out "there" ran into one of my inquiries and sent me the lyrics. It is a song I remember my grandmother playing for me on her old Victrola. Here it is! I got to go and buy a paper full of fish and chips, I got to go for don't you know I'm barely smacking me lips. Ow Ow Ow Ow it wet's me appetite, For I could go on eatin' fish and chips all night. The wife and kids are waitin' for we're goin' to 'ave a spree, They've got the salt and vinegar, the kettle's on for tea. Love a duck I musn't stop for I gotta go 'round the shop, And buy a paper full of fish and chips. CHORUS: 'Ave a banana, 'ave a banana, (pronounced "buh naaaaaah na" British style) You peel the skin off with your fingertips. 'Ave a banana, 'ave a banana, I'm gettin' a paper full of fish and chips. Freddie was a fireman, brave without a doubt. He was the bravest fireman when puttin' fires out. While workin' on a fire, and the flames was blazin' hot, He scratched 'is 'ead and the he said, "BLYME I Forgot !" (back to the top, repeat first verse once more) |
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15 Apr 07 - 11:18 AM (#2025947) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye From: Stringsinger Danny Kaminsky born in Brooklyn, came to prominence in Moss Hart's "Lady In the Dark" with Gertrude Lawrence, one of the first music "books" that were original. Danny's big song was "Tschaikovsky" which brought him fame. Sylvia Fine was a comic lyric "genius" like Tom Lehrer. (I always wondered if "Lobachevsky" (sp?) was patterned after "Tschaikovsky".) "I'll never forget the morning that grandpa ate the awning To impress a pretty lady, who went for men that were shady." Sylvia Fine, I don't think, got the recognition that she deserved. I met him one time briefly at the Gate of Horn in Chicago when he came in to the dressing room to see Shoshana Damari (a legend in Israel). I noticed that he wore two different colored socks. Another Kaminsky, Sid Caesar, nee: Kaminsky. "Tubby The Tuba" a classic children's recording. His "git-gat-gittle" was a new kind of scat singing. He was adored in England. Frank Hamilton |
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15 Apr 07 - 12:21 PM (#2025979) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye From: Linda Goodman Zebooker In 1959 or so my best friend Melanie and I started a two-person "Danny Kaye Club". We listened to all my parents' '78s of Danny Kaye. My favorite was "Anatole of Paris". I think there was also a "Minnie the Moocher". We read the short biography of him we had over and over. We went to the theater and watched "On the Double" so often we had it completely memorized. We saw on tv and loved "The Inspector General" and made cartoons of the stories, adding some new developments of our own. The first movie I ever saw, at age four, was Hans Christian Anderson. What a wonderful talent and person. Linda |
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15 Apr 07 - 08:16 PM (#2026334) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye Songs From: GUEST,Gerry I believe that Tom Lehrer has acknowledged the influence of "Tchiakovsky" on "Lobachevski." |
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15 Apr 07 - 08:39 PM (#2026349) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye Songs From: GUEST,Dani Can anyone tell me when and where he sang "Inchworm"? Dani |
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15 Apr 07 - 09:43 PM (#2026387) Subject: Lyr Add: TONGUE TWISTERS (from Danny Kaye) From: GUEST,The Roaring Gril your request: Everybody's heard of Peter Piper And the peck of pickled peppers that he picked That's such a silly simple children's game It hasn't even got a name But I'd like to bet that it'll trip you And I bet you're gonna have to say you're licked If Peter Piper you pronounce with ease Then twist your tongue around these Moses supposes his toeses are roses But Moses supposes erroneously For Moses he knowses his toeses aren't roses As Moses supposes his toeses to be That's tongue twisters And it seems so easy till the word gets sprung If you insist you want to try a lisp Then step up mister and twist your tongue Now Kissle will whistle at busty Miss. Russell Who'll rustle and bustle till Kissle will roar So Russell asked Axle for Kissle's dismissal And this'll teach Kissle to whistle no more That's tongue twisters And it seems so easy till you twist your tongue Tito and Tato were tattooed in total But Toto was only tattooed on his toe So Tato told Tito where Toto was tattooed But Tito said Toto's tattoo wouldn't show Theda thought Thora was thumping her thimble But Thomas thought Thora was thumping her drum Said Theda if Thora's not thumping her thimble I think that she surely is thumping her thumb That's tongue twisters And it seems so easy till the word gets sprung If you insist you want to try a lisp Then step up mister and twist your tongue Now Charley is chary when choosing his cheeses And cheese is a challenge when Charley arrives When Charley is charming and chooses a cheddar Then chews it and chips it and chops in some chives Heda is hoping to hop to Tahiti To hack a hibiscus to hang on her hat Now Heda has hundreds of hats on her hatrack So how can a hop to Tahiti help that Snobby Miss. Nora is sniffing her snuffer The snuffer's no sniffing it makes Nora sneeze When Snyda lets Nort know his Nora is sneezing She snappily snorts Nora's sneezing a breeze Sheila is selling her shop at the seashore For shops at the seashore are so sure to lose And she's not so sure of what she should be selling Should Sheila sell seashells or should she sell shoes That's tongue twisters And it seems so easy till the word gets sprung If you insist you want to try a lisp Then step up mister and twist your tongue Twista felt Twister was trying to whistle But Twister had twisted his tongue |
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15 Apr 07 - 11:45 PM (#2026439) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye Songs From: GUEST,DonMeixner "Inch Worn, Inch Worm, measuring the Marigolds" Inch worm is from "Hans Christian Anderson". Not my favorite Danny Kaye film. The Inspector General and The Court Jester get that honor. Don |
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13 Jul 07 - 05:33 AM (#2101407) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye Songs From: GUEST,Paul Arnold. Mark King from level 42 has recorded a version of Danny Kayes Inchworm for a children's charity CD. The CD is called The School Building and is released week/c 16th July 2007. It is currently available to order from Amazon UK www.amazon.co.uk or direct from the record label which can be accessed from the school website www.lympshamfirstschool.org.uk The song can be listened to at www.myspace.com/preschoollympsham. |
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13 Jul 07 - 12:02 PM (#2101691) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye Songs From: GUEST,TJ in San Diego Mel Brooks, born Melvin Kaminsky, not Sid Caesar, was the other Kaminsky. Caesar was said to be Sid's authentic surname. What a group "Your Show of Shows" gave to the world. Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner, Nanette Fabray and Howard Morris. Writers included Mel Brooks and Larry Gelbart (father of TV's "M.A.S.H.") among many others. With Danny Kaye's rubber face and body, he would probably have been a great fit in that show. |
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13 Jul 07 - 03:06 PM (#2101844) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye Songs From: goatfell I liked Hans Christian Anderson |
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13 Jul 07 - 03:11 PM (#2101847) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye Songs From: MMario There once was an ugly duckling, it's feathers all scruffy and brown! And the other birds, in so many words, said: Quack, get out! Quack Quack, get out! Quack Quack, get out of town! So he left with a quack and a waddle and quack and a very unhappy frown. |
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15 Jul 07 - 08:36 AM (#2103180) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye Songs From: Charmion My favourite Danny Kaye song was an Americanized version of the Nightmare Song from "Iolanthe" -- the one that begins: I was lying awake with a dismal headache ... [stuff missing] I presume you may use any language you choose to indulge in without impropriety. It was a cherry-red 45 with "Inchworm" on the B side -- or maybe "Inchworm" was the A side but I was too Gilbert&Sullivan-fixated to notice. I was 11 -- what can I say? |
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15 Jul 07 - 08:39 AM (#2103182) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye Songs From: John MacKenzie And they had 45s that long ago? Giok ¦¬] |
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26 Jul 07 - 11:45 AM (#2111835) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye Songs From: GUEST,Mowch In the late '60s PBS had a program on Danny and they played a clip of him singing a song, which had lyrics similar to Mumbo Jumbo - razz-ma-tazz ... " Ihave be trying to find the complete lyrics for years. Could it have been something cut out of the Court Jester? I seem to remember him wearing that sort of clothing while singing |
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27 Jul 07 - 06:41 AM (#2112463) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye Songs From: The Fooles Troupe The movies "Court Jester" & "Inspector General" are now on low priced DVDs, even collections - unfortunately not all of Dannye's things in the one set... |
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27 Jul 07 - 11:53 PM (#2113103) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye Songs From: Fred Maslan Let's not forget his most serious role in "Me and the Colonel". I love his comedies but this is the film I think of first. |
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28 Jul 07 - 12:51 PM (#2113404) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye Songs From: robomatic My favorite definition of flamenco comes from the line in "Court Jester" Then they get verry mad at the floor and start to STAMP on it! |
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20 Nov 07 - 02:11 PM (#2198519) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye Songs From: GUEST,Johnjulian Is there anyone still reading this thread, and if so, does anyone remember his original verse for "If you're anxious for to shine..." from Iolanthe? I remember "endeavor to be clever and commit yourself forever to a firm stand on the fence" but I've forgotten the rest. |
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20 Nov 07 - 05:47 PM (#2198711) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye Songs From: GUEST,TJ in San Diego Danny Kaye probably would have been GREAT on the old "Show of Shows," with that incredibly talented and uninhibited crowd. But such a towering multi-threat talent, sharing the stage with the great Caesar is hard to imagine. Also, a weekly grind, assembled week-to-week, such as those early TV shows were, did not lend themselves to finely honed, crafted and practiced bits - Danny Kaye's forte. |
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20 Nov 07 - 06:44 PM (#2198765) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye Songs From: Mysha Hi, On the net it says:: Any subject controversial, economic or commercial, you must treat with lifted brow, Let the hoi polloi get bilious, keep the manner supercilious of a slightly sacred cow. If with courage Carthaginian you just offer no opinion, you'll be hailed as a man of sense; Endeavor to be clever and commit yourself forever to a firm stand on defense. And everyone will say as you go your silent way, "Since this young man doesn't open his mouth, and nothing wrong says he, Why, what a most infallibly right young man this right young man must be!" Mysha |
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12 Jun 08 - 10:02 PM (#2364729) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye Songs From: GUEST,Jlag Does anyone have the lyrics to 'Tschaikowsky' from Lady in the Dark? |
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12 Jun 08 - 11:48 PM (#2364762) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye Songs From: rhythmn Get hold of the movie in which he played Hans Chritian Anderson. Lots of great songs For a true Danny Kaye fan. |
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12 Jun 08 - 11:57 PM (#2364763) Subject: Tchaikowsky [and Other Russians] (Ira Gershwin) From: Joe Offer Tchaikowsky and Other Russians (Lyrics by Ira Gershwin, music by Kurt Weill) (recorded by Danny Kaye) Without the least excuse Or the slightest provocation, May I fondly introduce, For your mental delectation, The names that always give me a concussion, The names of those composers known as Russian. REFRAIN There's Malichevsky, Rubinstein, Arensky, and Tschaikowsky, Sapelnikoff, Dimitrieff, Tscherepnin, Kryjanowsky, Godowsky, Arteiboucheff, Moniuszko, Akimenko, Solovieff, Prokofieff, Tiomkin, Korestchenko. There's Glinka, Winkler, Bortniansky, Rebikoff, Ilyinsky; There's Medtner, Balakireff, Zolotareff, and Kvoschinsky. And Sokoloff and Kopyloff, Dukelsky, and Klenowsky, And Shostakovitsch, Borodine, Glière, and Nowakofski. There's Liadoff and Karganoff, Markievitch, Pantschenko And Dargomyzski, Stcherbatcheff, Scriabine, Vassilenko, Stravinsky, Rimsky-Korsakoff, Mussorgsky, and Gretchaninoff And Glazounoff and Caeser Cui, Kalinikoff, Rachmaninoff, Stravinsky and Gretchnaninoff, Rumshinsky and Rachmaninoff, I really have to stop, the subject has been dwelt Upon enough! ENSEMBLE: Stravinsky! RINGMASTER: Gretchaninoff! ENSEMBLE: Rumshinsky! RINGMASTER: Rachmaninoff! ENSEMBLE: He'd better stop because we feel we all have under- Gone enough! Introductory verse and lyrics from http://tomattack.blogspot.com/2006_09_17_archive.html Lyrics verified in Reading Lyrics, by Gottlieb & Kimballl, page 305 [Reading Lyrics did not include the introductory verse] Danny Kaye Recording (YouTube) Another YouTube Recording |
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26 Jan 09 - 08:14 PM (#2549840) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye Songs From: GUEST,calista My Mum has been asking about a Danny Kaye song about Bubble gum ???? anyone have any ideas - I have searched with no luck |
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26 Jan 09 - 09:32 PM (#2549860) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye Songs From: quokka I absolutely adored Danny Kaye growing up. I videotaped 'The Court Jester' and 'Hans Christian Andersen' carefully editing out all of the ads. I must have watched them both hundreds of times, and used to delight in introducing friends to the wit and wisdom of this incredibly gifted entertainer. Even very young children used to love The Court Jester. There is so much in it. The scene where he is hiding in the bedroom after the witch puts the spell on him and every time fingers are clicked he switches personalities...the wagon ride with the Captain when he plays a deaf old man...the several languages spoken fluently by Giacomo...the hilarious scene where he is being knighted...I could go on and on! Now I'm going to go look for a copy on DVD - the videotape wore out a long time ago. Thanks for this thread, it's brought back a lot of happy memories! Cheers, Quokka |
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27 Jan 09 - 08:52 AM (#2550106) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye Songs From: Nigel Parsons "Giacomo, Giacomo, My fame before me rings! King of jesters, And jester of kings!" |
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29 Jan 09 - 10:52 AM (#2551991) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye Songs From: quokka Quoted from post above by Mark S - 'The vessil with the pestle has the pellet with the poison The chalice from the palace has the brew that is true. What about the flagon with the dragon? I was almost sure that one had the pellet with the poison! I'm sure you're right about the brew that is true, however, definitely the chalice from the palace ;-). Long live The Black Fox xxx |
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30 Jan 09 - 01:42 PM (#2553073) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye Songs From: Jim Dixon Let's not overlook Calista's request for a Danny Kaye song about bubble gum. She's the one who refreshed this old thread after all. I couldn't find one. |
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30 Jan 09 - 02:16 PM (#2553112) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye Songs From: Timo_Tuokkola The pellet with the poison was in the vessel with the pestle, but then they broke the chalice from the palace. After that the pellet with the poison was in the flagon with the dragon, and the vessel with the pestle had the brew that is ... blue? |
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31 Jan 09 - 09:28 AM (#2553632) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye Songs From: quokka Are you sure they got all the poison out of the vessel with the pestle? Looking back on it, I'm pretty sure they were all high on something.......or maybe that's just my warped mind ;-) By the way, I'm trying to remember who played the Captain - she was also the mother (and militant feminist) in Mary Poppins, Jean something. Anybody know? Also, the secret whistle code in TCJ - how do you articulate that? Cheers, Quokka |
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31 Jan 09 - 10:30 AM (#2553671) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye Songs From: Snuffy Do you mean Glynis Johns, who was in Mary Poppins, or Angela Lansbury who was in Bedknobs and Broomsticks? Both were in The Court Jester |
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31 Jan 09 - 12:15 PM (#2553754) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye Songs From: Neil D Wish I could help with the bubble gum song. Just want say I've been a huge fan since stumbling on "The Court Jester" late at night when i was a teenager. I would add "To Be or Not To Be" to the others mentioned as being among my favorites. |
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31 Jan 09 - 09:48 PM (#2554131) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye Songs From: quokka Thank you, Snuffy, that's exactly who I mean, Glynis Johns. Maybe Jean was her character's name, although they nearly always called her 'The Captain'. BTW, Bednobs and Broomsticks is another of my favourites, again, taped from TV and watched ad nauseum. That has to be the best soccer match in history! Cheers, Quokka |
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25 Feb 10 - 04:30 PM (#2850170) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye Songs From: GUEST,ilovedanny hi all is this site still going ? if so I am yearning to join a Danny Kaye site and link up with fellow DK lovers - I noticed the last message is daated end Jan09 |
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09 Mar 10 - 02:43 PM (#2860319) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye Songs From: GUEST,bikeboy7 Anyone know the Foreign Lyrics in "Minnie the Moocher"? All I have is Ovure la fentre |
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10 Mar 10 - 05:28 PM (#2861375) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye Songs From: Jim Dixon Danny Kaye did indeed record MINNIE THE MOOCHER – in April 1941, on Columbia 36582 (b/w LET'S NOT TALK ABOUT LOVE). I haven't heard the whole song, but I listened to a few samples. I also read some reviews and reports which called it a "signature piece" and a "spoof." He frequently performed this in concert and used it as an audience-participation piece. Where Cab Calloway sang his "Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi" (etc.) in call-and-response fashion, with his band members supplying the responses, Kaye had the audience sing the responses. He then improvised more and more outlandish and complicated "scat" phrases, challenging his audience to repeat them. He even imitated other languages. I heard things that sounded vaguely like French, German, and Japanese, but I'm rather sure they were really gibberish. Even when he sang "Ouvrez la fenêtre" (French for "open the window") he didn't pronounce it correctly—he stretched "fenêtre" out to 4 syllables: "fe-ne-te-ra." I'm pretty sure he recorded it more than once. |
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07 Aug 10 - 11:46 AM (#2960080) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye Songs From: GUEST,farring Hi there I am being driven crazy by a tune that my grandparents used to sing to me when I was tiny (late 50's, early 60's maybe). There are no lyrics and they used to call it "the happy song" - a few years ago I sung it to a work colleague who thought it was a Danny Kaye song - has anyone any ideas? it was a sort of "doo be doo be doo" thing... they sung it to me at as weel as something called "any umberellas" which I think was probably a wartime song (and not danny kaye) |
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07 Aug 10 - 12:51 PM (#2960104) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye Songs From: GUEST,Sheila http://www.kiddierekordking.com/requested.html The Kiddie Rekord King has the DK song "Mommy Gimme a Drinka Water" someone requested back on 19Nov 02, as well as other wonderful pieces. Sheila |
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07 Aug 10 - 01:03 PM (#2960110) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye Songs From: GUEST,Sheila And here, on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXL-_s_ijZM&feature=related |
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07 Aug 10 - 01:15 PM (#2960115) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye Songs From: Mr Happy Ouvre la fenetre, here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eC-W0dMbxww |
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07 Aug 10 - 02:22 PM (#2960160) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye Songs From: Tannywheeler Don't know about kiddie songs. My mom was a Danny Kaye nut. Some of the songs he used in his live nightclub acts were later--umm--uh--cleaned up & included in some of his movies. Mom(Hally Wood) was living in NYC in the mid-late 1940s & she learned them at the nightclub. Much later, when my kids were little & we were living in So. Austin, Mom would come over from Houston to visit & sing some of these to the kids in their beds. Boy, did they pay attention. Of course, there are some other classics: the chalice from the palace holds the brew that is true (or maybe not); I learned very little highschool math, but I still understand that "The square of the hypotenuse of the right triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the 2 adjacent sides". & there was 1 in "The Inspector-General" about choral singing that can make me hold my breath when I find it on. & there was a national anthem in that same movie about Grozny(Brozny?), the capitol city--of Chechnya!!!!??? During the attempted revolution there in the last cuppla yrs. I kept hearing the same city name. I could be wrong, but...Tw |
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09 Aug 10 - 06:56 AM (#2961013) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye Songs From: quokka Does anyone have the lyrics to the song Danny sang in The Court Jester about how he became a jester? I remember a little bit: My mother she cried[...] you're a brute and you don't understand him So I went to a witch with a terrible twitch and I asked how my future impressed her She took one look at me - she said tee-hee-hee- he? What else could he be but a jester? A jester? A jester? A funny idea, a jester. But where could I learn any comical turn without any book on the shelf No teacher to shape me, to mold me and make me... Anyone have any more of this? Cheers, Quokka |
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09 Aug 10 - 11:09 AM (#2961146) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye Songs From: sharyn If You're Anxious for to Shine If you're anxious for to shine in the high aesthetic line as a man of culture rare. You must gather up the germs of the transcendental terms and plant them everywhere. You must lie among the daisies and discourse in idle phrases of your elevated state of mind: The meaning doesn't matter as it's only idle chatter of the transcendental kind. And everyone will say, as you go your mystic way, "If this young man expresses himself in terms too deep for me, Why, what a very cultivated kind of youth this kind of youth must be." That's the first verse. On the recording I had, Danny Kaye sang the second verse as written by G&S and then the third verse as above, except I heard the line as "Endeavor to be clever and commit yourself forever to a person on the fence." |
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16 Aug 10 - 03:34 PM (#2966578) Subject: Lyr Add: LOBBY NUMBER (MANIC DEPRESSIVE PRESENTS) From: Jim Dixon In the sound-track listing for the film "Up in Arms" (1944) at IMDb.com there is this: * "Theater Lobby Number" Written by Sylvia Fine and Max Liebman Performed by Danny Kaye (Sylvia Fine was married to Danny Kaye.) On several albums, this is called LOBBY NUMBER (MANIC DEPRESSIVE PRESENTS). At ASCAP.com, it is called LOBBY NUMBER (FR UP IN ARMS). You can hear the whole song at YouTube, where it is called MANIC DEPRESSIVE FROM UP IN ARMS. Here is my transcription: Manic Depressive Pictures presents (lion roar) "Hello, Fresno, Goodbye" Produced by R. U. Manic And directed by Depressive Now you know the name of the picture and you'd like to see it— But no! Screenplay by Gluck, from a stage play by Musk, From a story by Blip, from a chapter by Ronk, From a sentence by Doaks, from a comma by Stokes, From an idea by Groaks, based on Joe Miller's Jokes. Now you know the name of the picture and who wrote it, And you'd still like to see it, hm? But no! Art direction, Finkelfluffen Theory, S Minerva Photography, Alonzo Teck Recorded sound by Needle... Upholstery by Zachary Knick-knackery by Thackeray Terpsichore by Dickery And Dickery by Doc. Now finally, finally at last comes the picture, And what do we see? The same old beautiful chorus girls! The opening scene is a ranch in Fresno, California. So what are they singing? "When it's cherry-blossom time in Orange, New Jersey, We'll make a peach of a pair. I know we cantaloupe, so honeydew be mine, And if—" Up from the gulch rides a hunk of man. He is our hero, cowboy Dan, A gallopin' yodelin' buckaroo. His horse, of course, is a baritone, too. "I've got them old wagon-wheels inside of me. Yeooh-hoo-hoo! I've got that old cactus in the hide of me. Yeooh-hoo-hoo! I've got that yeooh-hoo-hoo!" The girls are delighted to hear this, But where is our heroine? As the bell rings for lunch, We find our heroine in the corral, eating her heart out. She is Mary Schwann, Tap-dancing daughter of an American ... Who left her on the doorstep of an old English castle, Where she was found by Sir Basil Metabolism, who said: "By Jove, a girl baby! I shall raise her as me own daughter." Which he did. But she wants to tap-dance, And cowboy Dan, whom she met on the strip— And it was love at first sight— Wants to marry her so she can tap-dance, But she knows Sir Basil will never permit this, Never, never, never! (Crying sounds.) That's why she's eating her heart out, But through her tears, she is singing a happy little song, Because she is also a coloratura soprano. (Gibberish singing in the style of a coloratura soprano.) She is beside herself, her favorite position. "Oh, father, you must let me marry Cowboy Dan. He owns the biggest ranch in Texas: Bar None." "Bar none? That's the password of the FBI!" It can't be! No-no, yes-yes, no-no, yes-yes, No-no, yes-yes, No-no, yes-yes, It can't be, but it was! He rushes to Mary Schwann. "Mary Schwann, you must help me out. Can you tap out a message in code?" This is her big chance. Now she can tap-dance, which she does. But what has she done? She has betrayed her own father. But he isn't her father. He is Heinrich Von Schloopen Von—(German gibberish)— A dangerous German spy. "Stick up your hands, you dirty rat." The FBI finally catches the German spy. Dan and Mary are about to blend. You think the picture's about to end— But no! Who ever heard of a musical picture without Carmelita Pepita, The Bolivian bomb-a-shell? "I wish you would come with me to my little village in Bolivia. So peaceful there with the purple mountains, the lovely ... And the shining stars, And the little people who live so simple and quiet, And every night all they want to do is—" "Grab a partner, swing away ... Orange a day. Grab her by the teeth and swing her by the hair, And you will make a peach of a pair." ... So here we are back in Fresno, California, And this is where you came in, But do not fret, my friends. This is a picture that ends in the middle For the benefit of the people who came in, in the middle. This, this is the end! |
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16 Aug 10 - 10:43 PM (#2966838) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye Songs From: Susan A-R I think the song about umbrellas is actually sung by Dizzy Galespe?sp? turalamalama Turalamalama Turamalay Any umbarellas any umbarellas to fix today He'll fix your parasol, it may be small, it may be big He'll repair them all with what they call a thingamajig Not sure of the rest, but this may be what you are after. |
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17 Oct 10 - 08:33 PM (#3009504) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye Songs From: GUEST,Lori Since there are so many Danny Kaye fans still around how come we can't get a DVD out of Up in Arms? Anyway, I was searching for the lyrics to the Theater Lobby Song in that show. My mother in law believed the opening line to be "It's Apple Blossum Time in Orange New Jersey" but my kids and I thought it was "It's Cherry Blossum Time..." Is there an official lyric site with this song on it so we can confirm the words? Thanks. |
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18 Oct 10 - 01:39 PM (#3009944) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye Songs From: Jim Dixon Lori: You can hear the whole recording at YouTube. Isn't that official enough? See the link in my last message. |
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02 Nov 10 - 08:53 AM (#3021518) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye Songs From: GUEST,Spiros Please please Can anyone help with the Lyrics from the Brodny National anthem from the movie Inspector General Thanks Spiros |
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28 Dec 10 - 07:17 PM (#3062931) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye Songs From: GUEST,guest,farring thanx susan A-R still havent managed to find out about the the "no words" doo be doo ?happy song.....anyone else know? many thx |
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21 Feb 11 - 05:17 AM (#3099593) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye Songs From: GUEST,rocket So glad to see there are other people who enjoy the great talents of Danny Kaye... he was totally unique, I have loved watching him since I first saw his TV show when I was 10 years old... he was a different kind of star, and I still love him so many years later... We miss you, Danny. |
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11 Sep 12 - 09:00 AM (#3402741) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye Songs From: GUEST trying to find words and music danny kayes rich maharaja of magador. sulle1@bigpond.com |
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11 Sep 12 - 09:58 AM (#3402766) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye Songs From: MGM·Lion "Sir Basil Metabolism" in Manic Depressive Pictures Present is dependent on the US pronunciation of the name Basil, the same as 'basal', which that sort of metabolism is. Over here the joke falls flat, because the name is always pronounced with a short a, as is the herb 'basil', pronounced 'bazzle'. I believe that, even over there, the name of the British actor, the villainous/Holmesian Rathbone, is pronounced our way? ~M~ |
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11 Sep 12 - 01:45 PM (#3402889) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye Songs From: Stringsinger Tschaikowsky' from Lady in the Dark from Lady in the Dark was his career changer with Gertrude Lawrence in one of the few musicals that was not adapted from a book but had an original story. Danny Kaye (nee: Danny Kaminsky from Brooklyn) was a major talent but it must be emphasized that Danny did not write his songs. Sylvia Fine, his wife, was the author of those marvelous ditties. She was one of the best lyricists and unsung heroines of the musical state. Oddly enough, Sid Caeser, TV personality was born a Kaminsky too. |
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11 Sep 12 - 09:48 PM (#3403127) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye Songs From: Jim Dixon To the guest who posted at 9:00 am: Lyrics to THE MAHARAJAH OF MAGADOR have been posted here |
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13 Nov 12 - 01:14 PM (#3435962) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye Songs From: GUEST,David Koenig "Brodny, Brodny!" lyrics and music by Sylvia Fine; piano part by Johnny Green Long may our fair village stand, Brodny, Brodny, the fairest in the land! O'er the hills our voices ring! Brodny, Brodny, to thee we sing, with hearts and heads held high, praise of Brodny—to the sky! Brodny—to the sky! Brodny—to the sky! Brodny—to the sky! Praise to Brodny! (Repeat by children's choir) (Repeat by children and adult choirs) Let me know if you have any other requests about Danny Kaye songs. I spent decades interviewing his colleagues and researching all facets of his work, from original source material, for my brand, spanking new book "Danny Kaye: King of Jesters." Please give it a look! |
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14 Nov 12 - 08:39 AM (#3436403) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye Songs From: clueless don You are correct, MtheGM, that over here in the good ol' US of A we pronounce Mr. Rathbone's name "bazzle" (as well as Mr. Fawlty's name), but we pronounce the name of the herb "bay-zul". Don |
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27 Sep 19 - 03:48 PM (#4010840) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye Songs From: GUEST,Stuck on a happy song OK so I know this is a really long shot. But does any one know a song by Danny Kaye that I heard on a tape when I was little. I just remenber something about a swing sunshine and happiness and that it was a duet with a little girl. |
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27 Sep 19 - 04:42 PM (#4010845) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye Songs From: Helen Hi Guest, I don't know the song you are looking for but someone here might have the answer. Meanwhile, here is a site with a list of his songs with lyrics: Danny Kaye Song Lyrics You might recognise the song you are looking for. Also, if you want a bit of a laugh, look at the genre the site has shown for Danny Kaye - "electronic". Or this site: Danny Kaye complete song list BTW, I always loved Danny Kaye's performances in movies and the songs he sang. |
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27 Sep 19 - 06:03 PM (#4010856) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye Songs From: JennieG Could it be a song from the movie "The five pennies"? Danny Kaye plays cornet player Red Nichols, and his daughter is portrayed in the film......might be the little girl. |
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28 Sep 19 - 03:46 PM (#4010961) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye Songs From: Helen Jennie, I looked up that song but it doesn't mention sunshine or happiness. The video clip shows him singing to a little girl, but she's not on a swing. It might be another song from that movie. I searched Danny Kaye Five Pennies and it showed a list of videos from the movie. |
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28 Sep 19 - 05:20 PM (#4010968) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye Songs From: JennieG Helen, it's been many long years since I saw that movie and, while I remember one or two scenes where Danny Kaye's character sings to his screen daughter, I couldn't remember details such as a swing or where the song took place. |
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30 Sep 19 - 03:38 PM (#4011258) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye Songs From: Helen Well, I thought someone might know the answer to the question posted on 27 Sept, but no luck so far. Anyone have any ideas? |
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02 Oct 19 - 12:32 AM (#4011515) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Danny Kaye Songs From: Helen Or maybe it doesn't matter so much because our Guest has not returned to the thread, as far as we know. |