The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #12351 Message #2605239
Posted By: Rowan
05-Apr-09 - 06:16 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Tammy (from Debbie Reynolds)
Subject: RE: Tammy's in Love
The film, when I saw it as a 14 yr old, convinced me that US movie morality was predictable and the pits; no matter what the rest of the plot might have as possibilities, if a person of one sex saw someone of the opposite sex starkers, they had to be married to each other by the last frame. Put me off MGM for decades.
But I have let out the leather ferret and trotted the tune out as a waltz in sessions where people are (or need a bit of) reminiscing. It's amazing how many people still know the words. In Oz!
And, while we're on folklore, I was once told that the tune was, at least partially, based on a Cajun tune. I don't have much experience in Cajun music, but I'm in the right place to ask.
Cheers, Rowan