MGM-Lion mentioned this on 15 Jun 2012:


JUST BLEW IN FROM THE WINDY CITY
Words by Paul Francis Webster, music by Sammy Fain.
As sung by Doris Day in the film "Calamity Jane" 1953.

I just blew in from the Windy City.
The Windy City is mighty pretty,
But they ain't got what we got, no sirree.
They've got shacks up to seven stories.
Never see any morning glories,
But a step from our doorway, we got 'em for free.

They've got those minstrel shows,
Pretty ladies in the big chapeaus,
Private lawns, public parks—
For the sake of civic virtue,
They've got fountains there that squirt you.

I just blew in from the Windy City.
The Windy City is mighty pretty,
But they ain't got what we got, I'm tellin' you, boys.
We got more life in Deadwood City than in all of Illinoise.

On the street was a dancin' feller
All dressed up in a suit of yeller,
And the dance that he did there went somethin' like this.

[dance]

You should 'a' seen me a-winder shoppin',
A-winder shoppin' with eyes a-poppin'
At the sights that you see there, yes sirree.
Press a bell and a moment later
Up you go in an elevator
Just as fast as a polecat a-climbin' a tree.

I heard claim hundreds came
To a thing they call a baseball game.
Cigar stores, revolving doors,
Men wear sideburns, and they oughter,
'Cause a haircut costs a quarter.

I just blew in from the Windy City.
The Windy City is mighty pretty,
But they ain't got what we got, I'm tellin' ya, boys.
I ain't a-swappin' half of Deadwood for the whole of Illinoise.