Partly to mark the centenary yesterday of the late, great producer David Merrick, the man who brought such classics as Gypsy and Hello Dolly into existence in the 1950s and 60s, and partly just because it is another Tacky Music Monday and we all need cheering up...
...here's darling Liza, hamming it up on The Muppet Show, culminating with a fab version of one of Gypsy's greatest numbers - Everything's Coming Up Roses!
Hope your week's a good one...
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Showing posts with label Everything's Coming Up Roses. Show all posts
Monday, 28 November 2011
Sunday, 16 January 2011
Clear the decks! Clear the tracks! You've got nothing to do but relax!
It's Sunday, I have been listening to Radio 2 all day; showtunes and oldies galore, and I love it...
It is also 103 years since our great earth mother Ethel Merman was born.
So to celebrate the genre we call "Sunday Music" why not feature one of the last performances of the greatest of all showbiz ladies?
Take it away, Ethel Merman!!
I had a dream, a dream about you, baby.
It's gonna come true, baby.
They think that we're through, but baby,
You'll be swell! You'll be great!
Gonna have the whole world on the plate!
Starting here, starting now,
honey, everything's coming up roses!
Clear the decks! Clear the tracks!
You've got nothing to do but relax.
Blow a kiss. Take a bow.
Honey, everything's coming up roses!
Now's your inning. Stand the world on it's ear!
Set it spinning! That'll be just the beginning!
Curtain up! Light the lights!
You got nothing to hit but the heights!
You'll be swell. You'll be great.
I can tell. Just you wait.
That lucky star I talk about is due!
Honey, everything's coming up roses for me and for you!
You can do it, all you need is a hand.
We can do it, Mama is gonna see to it!
Curtain up! Light the lights!
We got nothing to hit but the heights!
I can tell, wait and see.
There's the bell! Follow me!
And nothing's gonna stop us 'til we're through!
Honey, everything's coming up roses and daffodils!
Everything's coming up sunshine and Santa Claus!
Everything's gonna be bright lights and lollipops!
Everything's coming up roses for me and for you!
It is also 103 years since our great earth mother Ethel Merman was born.
So to celebrate the genre we call "Sunday Music" why not feature one of the last performances of the greatest of all showbiz ladies?
Take it away, Ethel Merman!!
I had a dream, a dream about you, baby.
It's gonna come true, baby.
They think that we're through, but baby,
You'll be swell! You'll be great!
Gonna have the whole world on the plate!
Starting here, starting now,
honey, everything's coming up roses!
Clear the decks! Clear the tracks!
You've got nothing to do but relax.
Blow a kiss. Take a bow.
Honey, everything's coming up roses!
Now's your inning. Stand the world on it's ear!
Set it spinning! That'll be just the beginning!
Curtain up! Light the lights!
You got nothing to hit but the heights!
You'll be swell. You'll be great.
I can tell. Just you wait.
That lucky star I talk about is due!
Honey, everything's coming up roses for me and for you!
You can do it, all you need is a hand.
We can do it, Mama is gonna see to it!
Curtain up! Light the lights!
We got nothing to hit but the heights!
I can tell, wait and see.
There's the bell! Follow me!
And nothing's gonna stop us 'til we're through!
Honey, everything's coming up roses and daffodils!
Everything's coming up sunshine and Santa Claus!
Everything's gonna be bright lights and lollipops!
Everything's coming up roses for me and for you!
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