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Thread #144976   Message #3380284
Posted By: MorwenEdhelwen1
23-Jul-12 - 07:08 AM
Thread Name: Anyone want to discuss The Desert Song?
Subject: RE: Anyone want to discuss The Desert Song?
Although I love If One Flower Grows Alone In Your Garden* for some reason. (For some reason I'm only able to sing the male songs in this operetta, except for The Song of The Brass Key.

*Funny thing about that song- it uses flowery (ha ha ha) language to talk about why polygamy (portrayed as a "primitive" thing) is good yet the character who sings it isn't the one who's polygamous - that would be Ali Ben Ali, who sings "Let Love Go."

And also, before Kathryn Grayson in 1953, the song was sung by Carlotta King in a radio concert setting, and was what led to her casting as Margot in the 1929 movie.