May 18 - Meredith Willson (The Musical Birthday Series, 2nd Annual cycle)

Meredith Willson (18 May 1902 – 15 June 1984) had a varied and successful career as a musician, but is best remembered for his Broadway musicals.
[For last year's snippets on Perry Como click here .]

Songs from The Music Man (as Limericks)

Ya Got Trouble

Ya got trouble, my friends, ya got trouble!

The souls of youth are in rubble;

But I have the means

To rescue your teens,

You need a town band on the double!

Your kids are indulging in vice,

In liquor, and billiards, and dice

But help is at hand!

I’ll give you a band!

That you’ll find will be worth twice the price!

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Till There Was You

They say there were bells on the hill,

And perhaps they are ringing there still,

But they don’t make a sound

When you’re not around

To appear as the Jack to my Jill.

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Marian the Librarian

Admonition is not necessáry in

The case of a small town librarian.

Her prudence would stop her

From being improper,

And that was the case with our Marian.

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Seventy-Six Trombones

Trombones?  There’ll be seventy-six,

And drums and cornets in the mix,

And piccolos soaring

On top of the scoring,

And majorettes, too, just for kicks.


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