Friday, April 02, 2021

LOST SONGS: Sobbin' Women, Howard Keel

"They never did return their plunder

The victor gets all the loot

They carried 'em home, by thunder

To rotundas small--but cute..."

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Johnny Mercer's take on Plutarch, and said to be his favorite lyric.

Written with Gene de Paul for the last of the classic MGM musicals, 1954's Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.

Probably too obscure to be cancelled.

But you never know...

That same summer, the studio released this version, hoping it might become a hit. WTF?

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