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02 Oct 04 - 06:19 PM (#1287039) Subject: Lyr Add: SAGA OF JENNY (Ira Gershwin, Kurt Weill) From: dick greenhaus Song: SAGA OF JENNY Lyrics Music: Kurt Weill Lyrics: Ira Gershwin Book: Moss Hart Premiere: Thursday, January 23, 1941 There once was a girl named Jenny Whose virtues were varied and many Excepting that she was inclined Always to make up her mind, And Jenny points a moral With which you cannot quarrel, As you will find: Jenny made her mind up when she was three She herself was going to trim the Christmas tree. Christmas Eve she lit the candles, tossed the tapers away. Little Jenny was an orphan on Christmas day. Poor Jenny, bright as a penny, Her equal would be hard to find. She lost one dad and mother, a sister and a brother, But she would make up her mind. Jenny made her mind up when she was twelve That into foreign languages she would delve. But at seventeen to Vassar, it was quite a blow, That in twenty-seven languages she couldn't say no. Poor Jenny, bright as a penny, Her equal would be hard to find. To Jenny I'm beholden; her heart was big and golden But she would make up her mind. Jenny made her mind up at twenty-two To get herself a husband was the thing to do. She got herself all dolled up in her satins and furs And she got herself a husband--but he wasn't hers. Poor Jenny, bright as a penny, Her equal would be hard to find. Deserved a bed of roses, but history discloses That she would make up her mind. Jenny made her mind up at fifty-one She would write her memoirs before she was done. The very day her book was published, history relates, There were wives who shot their husbands in some thirty-three states. Jenny made her mind up at seventy-five She would live to be the oldest woman alive. But gin and rum and destiny play funny tricks, And poor Jenny kicked the bucket at seventy-six. Jenny points a moral with which you cannot quarrel, Makes a lot of common sense-- Jenny and her saga prove that you're gaga If you don't keep sitting on the fence. Jenny and her story point the way to glory To all man and womankind. Anyone with vision comes to this decision-- Don't make up your mind. |
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02 Oct 04 - 11:08 PM (#1287200) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Re Flip flop (pro) From: katlaughing An odd little song, Dick. Is there a midi coming soon? Thanks, kat |
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03 Oct 04 - 11:10 AM (#1287418) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Re Flip flop (pro) From: dick greenhaus It's by Ira Gershwin and Kurt Weill--from the musical "Lady in the Dark" I'll transcribe the tune when I get a chance--you should get some partial sound clips at amazon.com or CDUniverse.com, though. |
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04 Oct 04 - 06:14 PM (#1288596) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Re Flip flop (pro) From: dick greenhaus refresh- I've added th intro section. E-mail me if you want the tune: I haven't quite figured out how to convert it to midi, but it plays with WINAMP and is a pretty compact file. |
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04 Oct 04 - 07:06 PM (#1288627) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Re Flip flop (pro) From: katlaughing Great tune, Dick, thanks!! |