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06 Jan 03 - 04:33 AM (#859616) Subject: Lyr Req: Noel Coward lyrics From: GUEST,jane Hi I just got referred to this site as being the best place to get a couple of questions answered that I have about obscure Noel Coward song lyrics. The web has a complete dearth of them since I believe they are still in copyright! I'm trying to find both the context and the song title. Can anyone help please? Thanks in advance jane They are definitely Coward lyrics, so the first one is not from the brothers Sherman's Chitty Chitty Bang Bang! to be what is it absolutely scrumptious? where must the heat and smell be hell? |
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06 Jan 03 - 07:39 AM (#859680) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Noel Coward lyrics From: GUEST,MCP The first is probably: It's simply scrupmtious to be mad about the boy from Mad About The Boy (from Words and Music). The second is: The heat and smell Must be sheer hell On the road to Samarkand. from I Like America (from Ace of Clubs). Mick |
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06 Jan 03 - 09:54 AM (#859737) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Noel Coward lyrics From: GUEST,jane Mick - thankyou! You just made several people very happy... jane |
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06 Jan 03 - 11:59 AM (#859852) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Noel Coward lyrics From: Amos Once again the Mudcat solves in a few hours obscure puzzles that could easily haunt ordinary life for years!! Way to go! A |
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06 Jan 03 - 12:55 PM (#859899) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Noel Coward lyrics From: GUEST,GUEST Barbara Thanks for those answers. Guess we are all doing the King William Quiz! Here are another two: what did Cyril scream prior to debagging himself? to what extent could Indian army officers read? |
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06 Jan 03 - 01:17 PM (#859923) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Noel Coward lyrics From: GUEST Barbara - :-) Don't suppose you're any good on Archbishops are you? Specifically ones being clouted by Kings? oh, not sure that first lyric is right - I hunted the whole lyric of Mad about the Boy and scrumptious ain't there... :-( jane |
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06 Jan 03 - 03:12 PM (#860014) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Noel Coward lyrics From: GUEST,MCP jane - Refrain: Mad about the boy, It's simply scrumptious to be mad about the boy I know that quite sicerely Houseman really Wrote The Shropshire Lad about the boy. ... (follows the 2nd verse - Home work, home work,Every night there's home work...., sung by Schoolgirl). My probably referred to the fact the lyric gives simply scrumptious rather than your requested absolutely scrumptious (I'll see if it appears in that form anywhere else if you like). Mick |
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06 Jan 03 - 03:29 PM (#860027) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Noel Coward lyrics From: Dave Swan Indian Army officers could read.....a bit. Can't think of the song's title. "I Wonder What Happened to Him", I think. |
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06 Jan 03 - 03:43 PM (#860037) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Noel Coward lyrics From: GUEST,MCP Don't read further if you don't want to spoil your quiz: The Grand Duke was dancing a foxtrot with me When suddenly Cyril screamed Fiddledidee And ripped off his trousers and jumped in the sea, I couldn't have liked it more From I've Been To A Marvellous Party (from Set To Music). and Though Indian army officers can read A bit Their verbal wit - has rather run to seed. As Dave said from I Wonder What Happened To Him (from Sigh No More) Mick |
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06 Jan 03 - 05:58 PM (#860127) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Noel Coward lyrics From: GUEST,jane Mick - thanks. I guess like other much performed songs (a certain parrot springs to mind!) lyrics sometimes change I looked at http://www.lyricsfreak.com/f/faithfull-marianne/22157.htm originally, hence the source of my confusion. Perhaps she's not so faithful after all! jane ps what's the rest of your name so we can credit you properly on our answers page? |
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06 Jan 03 - 06:03 PM (#860131) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Noel Coward lyrics From: GUEST,Q At your libary, plea for them to get "Noel Coward, The Complete Lyrics," Barry Day, Editor, Overlook, 1998. It is a fairly expensive book. |
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06 Jan 03 - 06:27 PM (#860148) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Noel Coward lyrics From: GUEST,MCP That must be the more recent version of my book - "The Lyrics of Noel Coward" - Overlook, 1978 my edition. I have a copy of the Noel Coward Songbook, Michael Joseph, 1953, which also (like all the copies I looked at online after your comment above) has a more restricted set of words for Mad About The Boy (it must be said not nearly as restricted as the online copies I saw - The Marianne Faithful one included). As to the simply/absolutely scrupmtious I don't know; except that (in cabaret especially) Noel did rewrite things and may have sung/recorded it like that. I'm still certain it's Mad About The Boy. Mick (Pearce - MCP really are my initials. MCPearce0ATaolDOTcom) |
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29 Nov 18 - 05:31 PM (#3963932) Subject: Lyr Add: MRS WORTHINGTON (Noel Coward) From: Jim Dixon You can hear this recording at the The Internet Archive: (DON'T PUT YOUR DAUGHTER ON THE STAGE) MRS. WORTHINGTON Words and music by Noel Coward As recorded by Noel Coward (1935); also on “Vintage British Comedy, Vol. 2” (2011) Don’t put your daughter on the stage, Mrs. Worthington. Don’t put your daughter on the stage. The profession is overcrowded and the struggle’s pretty tough, And admitting the fact She’s burning to act, That isn’t quite enough. She has nice hands, to give the wretched girl her due, But don’t you think her bust is too Developed for her age? I repeat, Mrs. Worthington, Sweet Mrs. Worthington, Don’t put your daughter on the stage. Regarding yours, dear Mrs. Worthington, of Wednesday, the 23rd: Although your baby may be keen on a stage career, How can I make it clear This is not a good idea? For her to hope, dear Mrs. Worthington, is on the face of it absurd Her personality Is not in reality Exciting enough, Inviting enough, For this particular sphere. Don’t put your daughter on the stage, Mrs. Worthington. Don’t put your daughter on the stage. She’s a bit of an ugly duckling, you must honestly confess, And the width of her seat Would surely defeat Her chances of success. It’s a loud voice, and though it’s not exactly flat, She’ll need a little more than that To earn a living wage. On my knees, Mrs. Worthington, Please, Mrs. Worthington, Don’t put your daughter on the stage. Don’t put your daughter on the stage, Mrs. Worthington. Don’t put your daughter on the stage. Though they said at the school of acting she was lovely as Peer Gynt, I’m afraid, on the whole, An ingenue role Would emphasize her squint. She’s a big girl and though her teeth are fairly good, She’s not the type I ever would Be eager to engage. No more buts, Mrs. Worthington. Nuts, Mrs. Worthington! Don’t put your daughter on the stage. |
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02 Dec 18 - 03:07 PM (#3964342) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: songs by Noel Coward From: GUEST,keberoxu What about that extra verse with in addition to which the sonofabitch can neither sing nor dance !? |
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02 Dec 18 - 09:42 PM (#3964393) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: songs by Noel Coward From: Joe_F Could I write as witty As Noel Coward, By self-esteem I'd be devoward. -- Ogden Nash |