Recorded by: Stanley Black; Jerry Gray & His Orch.; John Kirby; Glenn Miller; Ray Noble; Smith & Amherst Glee Club; E.A. Smith; Ethel Smith; Eddie South & His Alabamians; Slim Whitman; Artis Wodehouse. Performed on the I Love Lucy episode, The Indian Show, as well as the Red Skelton/Esther Williams musical Bathing Beauty
By the Waters of Minnetonka lyrics
From the film Time Out for Rhythm (1941), sung and danced by Ann Miller
The Gentleman Prefers To Dance
(from the movie The Fuller Brush Girl starring Lucille Ball and Eddie Albert)
When Mrs. O’Leary’s cow kicked the lantern
In Chicago town
They say that started the fire
That burned Chicago down
That’s the story that went around
But here’s the real low-down
Put the blame on Mame, boys
Put the blame on Mame
Mame kissed a buyer from out of town
That kiss burned Chicago down
So you can put the blame on Mame, boys
Put the blame on Mame
(sung by Fred Astaire and Red Skelton in Three Little Words)
Ming Toy loved a boy,
Happy little Japanee;
Oo-long was his name,
Set her heart a flame.
One day he say, “Soon I gotta go away;”
When he leave Ming Toy grieve;
Everybody hear her say:
When the shades of night are falling
Tennessee, I hear you calling;
My thoughts just roam
Back to home, sweet home.
Every day my heart grows fonder,
Of the folks I left down yonder;
I wonder when I’ll be there again.
(sung in Three Little Words, starring Fred Astaire and Red Skelton)
Lonesome Johnnie Warner, sitting in a corner
of a swell cafe, eating his heart away
because he had no girl,
at another table, sat a girl named Mable
with a fellow who Johnnie knew and his brain began to whirl
The girl had caught his eye and John began to cry.
Famously performed on The Muppet Show Joel Grey as he tries to lift Gonzo’s spirits after another failed performance …
Razzle Dazzle
Spoken: Ah Turkey, land of my dreams. Oh the Turkish delights, the Turkish women, the coffee, the towels. In every way my heart belongs to Turkey. But lo, what lovely eastern maiden approacheth?
maiden: Pachalafaka [giggles]
Pachalafaka lyrics
M.C. (Joel Grey):
Willkommen! Bienvenue! Welcome!
Fremder, etranger, stranger
Glcklich zu sehen,
Je suis enchant,
Happy to see you,
Bleibe, reste, stay.
Willkommen! Bienvenue! Welcome!
Im Cabaret, Au Cabaret, To Cabaret!
Meine Damen und Herren-
Mes dames et Messieurs-
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Guten Abend! Bon Soir! Good Evening!
[PSEUDOLUS]
Something familiar,
Something peculiar,
Something for everyone:
A comedy tonight!
Something appealing,
Something appalling,
Something for everyone:
A comedy tonight!
