Song lyriccs to Under the Bamboo Tree as performed by Margaret O’Brien (“Tootie”) and Judy Garland (“Esther”) in Meet Me in St. Louis
Skip to My Lou is a traditional song, dating back to America’s frontier period. Since musical instruments were frowned upon, the dancers had to create their own music by clapping and singing.
Couples would dance around a lone male who sang “lost my partner, what’ll I do.” At the appropriate point in the lyrics, he would ‘steal’ the partner of a dancing man as he sang “I’ll find another one prettier than you.” The displaced man would take his place in the circle.
“Lou” is apparently a corruption of “loo,” the Scottish word for love.
Song lyrics to Almost Like Being in Love – a duet with Gene Kelly and Cyd Charisse from the movie Brigadoon
Song lyrics to Make ’em Laugh, sung by Donald O’Connor in Singin’ in the Rain – technically an ‘original’ song, but in actuality it’s a copy of Cole Porter’s Be A Clown
song lyrics to You Are My Lucky Star, from Broadway Melody of 1936 — best known from MGM’s musical Singing in the Rain starring Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds
Lyrics to the song Singin’ in the Rain, made famous by Gene Kelly in the 1952 MGM musical of the same name. Interestingly enough, it was written with lyrics by Arthur Freed and music by Nacio Herb Brown, published in 1929, and first filmed in The Hollywood Revue of 1929
Doo-dloo-doo-doo-doo
Doo-dloo-doo-doo-doo-doo
Doo-dloo-doo-doo-doo-doo
Doo-dloo-doo-doo-doo-doo —
I’m singing in the rain
Just singing in the rain
What a glorious feelin’
I’m happy again
I’m laughing at clouds
So dark up above
The sun’s in my heart
And I’m ready for love
Let the stormy clouds chase
Everyone from the place
Come on with the rain
I’ve a smile on my face
I walk down the lane
With a happy refrain
Just singin’,
Singin’ in the rain
“I Dig Rock and Roll Music” is a 1967 song by the American folk group Peter, Paul and Mary, written by Paul Stookey, James Mason and Dave Dixon.
