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06 Jul 07 - 07:52 PM (#2096043) Subject: Lyr Add: I DON'T CARE (Eva Tanguay) From: Q (Frank Staplin) Lyr. Add: I DON'T CARE Words Jean Lenox, Music Harry O. Sutton, 1905 Verse 1. They say I'm crazy, got no sense, But I don't care. They may or may not mean offense, But I don't care; You see I'm sort of independent, Of a clever race descendant, My star is on the ascendant, That's why I don't care. Chorus 1 I don't care, I don't care, What they may think of me. I'm happy go lucky, Men say I am plucky, So jolly and care free. I don't care, I don't care, If I do get the mean and stony stare. If I'm never successful, It won't be distressful, 'Cos I don't care. Verse 2. Some people say I think I'm it, But I don't care, They say they don't like me a bit, But I don't care; 'Cos my good nature effervescing, Is one, there is no distressing, My spirit there is no oppressing, Just 'cos I don't care. Chorus 2 I don't care, I don't care, If people don't like me, I'll try to outlive it, I know I'll forgive it, And live contentedly. I don't care, I don't care, If people do not try to treat me fair. There is naught can amaze me, Dislike cannot daze me, 'Cos I don't care. Verse 3. If I call on a friend and she's "not in," Why, I don't care, I simply discover I need some pins, 'Cos I don't care; Her feeble slight does but amuse me, Nothing like it could induce me, Just 'cos I don't care. Chorus 3 I don't care, I don't care, If she did mean to snub. I'm feeling so jolly, T'would be simple folly To even feel the rub. I don't care, I don't care, If I do call on her And she's not there. If she can't say "Hello," She's not a good fellow, And I don't care. Verse 4. They say my hair's in silly style, But I don't care, They but amuse me all the while, 'Cos I don't care; You see my hair with me's a fixture, And it's color's not a mixture, When they call me living picture, Surely I don't care. Chorus 4 I don't care, I don't care, If my hair is not dressed swell; I've got no kick coming - It's vastly becoming, And suits my face so well; I don't care, I don't care, I know that style like mine Is mighty rare. So no one can "Phase" me, By calling me "Crazy," 'Cos I don't care. Sung with increasing volume and rowdiness. "This is the lyric as it appears in the original sheet music, published by Jerome H. Remick & Co. (NY) in 1905. The verses are in common time and are marked "Moderato," while the choruses* (written as verses) are in 2/4 time and are marked "Faster." You will notice some of the later choruses do not always fit the beat. Tanguay made up for that with her energetic delivery." Eva Tanguay was born in Québec in 1878; she moved with her parents to Massachusetts in 1883. She died in Hollywood in 1947. At one time (ca. 1910) she was the highest paid vaudeville star. http://www.musicals101.com/lyidontcare.htm I Don't Care It was a real surprise when I couldn't locate this lyric in Mudcat; it was much imitated. Two movies were made, one with Judy Garland. |
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06 Jul 07 - 08:20 PM (#2096057) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: I Don't Care (Eva Tanguay) From: Q (Frank Staplin) Some biographical data at the Henry Ford Museum site: http://www.thehenryford.org/exhibits/pic/2006/06_june.asp Eva Tanguay |
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06 Jul 07 - 08:47 PM (#2096060) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: I Don't Care (Eva Tanguay) From: Artful Codger Joan Morris and William Bolcom did a bang-up job with this song (and a number of others of the same era) on the LP Vaudeville (1976), the follow-up album to After the Ball. Although Elektra/Nonesuch never reissued Vaudeville on CD in its entirety, they did include selections from it on the reissue of After the Ball, including "I Don't Care". The song has several more verses, but they're topical and don't hold up as well. They were published in one of the Dover books of turn-of-the-century songs, but I seem to have misplaced mine {major frowny face}. |
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10 Jul 07 - 11:18 PM (#2099411) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: I Don't Care (Eva Tanguay) From: Jim Dixon Here are the "topical" verses that Artful Codger mentioned. I have inserted links to explain some of the topical references. VERSE 5: This is the time for politics, But I don't care. The winning man each party picks, But I don't care. O'er new recruits, each is effusive For that chair is Oh! so elusive, But one can win, that is conclusive. That's why I don't care. CHORUS 5: I don't care. I don't care Which of the two does win. There's Ted who's a wonder, and ne'er makes a blunder: I know he won't begin. I don't care. I don't care. There's no doubt that they're a mighty even pair. Either Parker or Teddy we'll welcome when ready, And I don't care. VERSE 6: Judge Parker's friends say he will win, But I don't care. But teddy's friends say he is "in," And I don't care. But if Teddy is elected, One good man is being rejected. Parker's sure to be respected. That's why I don't care. CHORUS 6: I don't care. I don't care Who gets majority. He'll be might lucky. I know he'll be plucky, And happy ought to be. I don't care. I don't care Who gets into the presidential chair. Each one will be loyal, and treat us "right royal," So I don't care. VERSE 7: The trusts they say are doomed to die, But I don't care. To crush them out young Hearst will try, And I don't care. He thinks the Journal rules the nation, That he has been our sole salvation. Has he bumps of imagination? Surely I don't care. CHORUS 7: I don't care. I don't care If folks say he has 'em bad. He went out for glory. It's quite a sad story. He came back "to the bad." I don't care. I don't care If what I'm saying makes the dear boy swear. His hopes were many. His chances, not any, But I don't care. VERSE 8: Kuroki is a wiry Jap, But I don't care. For Russians he don't give a snap, And I don't care. He's small, but he knows fighting science. In him, Japan does place reliance. In Russia's face, he flings defiance. That's why I don't care. CHORUS 8: I don't care. I don't care How much ammunition's used. The czar's hopes are fleeting, his army depleting, And Nick feels so abused. I don't care. I don't care How much he tells the little Jap "Beware!" Ever since the beginning, they've kept right on winning, So I don't care. |
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10 Jul 07 - 11:22 PM (#2099413) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: I Don't Care (Eva Tanguay) From: Jim Dixon Oops! Forgot to mention that I transcribed those lyrics from the sheet music at Indiana University Sheet Music Collections. |