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If I Only Had a Brain" (also "If I Only Had a Heart" and "If I Only Had the Nerve") is a song by Harold Arlen (music) and Yip Harburg (lyrics). The song is sung in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz by the character Scarecrow, played by Ray Bolger, when he meets Dorothy, played by Judy Garland. The characters pine about what each wants from the Wizard.
This stage adaptation omits the Wicked Witch's scene of threatening Dorothy, Scarecrow and Tin Man while being on top of the Tin Man's wooden cottage following this musical number. The line about suggesting to the Cowardly Lion to count sheep prior to the musical number "If I Only Had the Nerve" is spoken by Dorothy rather than the Tin Man.
The Cowardly Lion is the only character who sings two solo song numbers: "If I Only Had the Nerve" (performed after the initial meeting with Dorothy, the Scarecrow, and the Tin Man in the forest) and "If I Were King of the Forest" (performed while he and the others are awaiting their audience with the Wizard.)
Left to right: The Cowardly Lion, Dorothy, the Scarecrow, and the Tin Man. Judy Garland as Dorothy Gale; Frank Morgan as Professor Marvel and the Wizard of Oz, the Gatekeeper, the Carriage Driver, and the Guard at the Wizard's door; Ray Bolger as "Hunk", a farmhand, and the Scarecrow; Bert Lahr as "Zeke", a farmhand, and the Cowardly Lion
Well, Glinda doesn't have her full powers in the Wicked book, and the events with her,Dorothy Gale, the Scarecrow, the Tin Man and the Cowardly Lion following the Yellow Brick Road are all ...
"If I Only Had a Brain"/"We're Off to See the Wizard" – Scarecrow and Dorothy "If I Only Had a Heart"/"We're Off to See the Wizard" – Tin Man, Scarecrow and Dorothy "If I Only Had the Nerve"/"We're Off to See the Wizard" – Lion, Tin Man, Scarecrow and Dorothy "Optimistic Voices" – Dorothy, Lion, Scarecrow, Tin Man and Offstage Chorus
Fiyero / The Scarecrow: The Wizard of Oz: Ray Bolger. Originated the role in Wicked on Broadway: Norbert Leo Butz. Wicked the movie: Jonathan Bailey. Boq / The Tin Man: The Wizard of Oz: Jack ...
Dorothy meets the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman. The Scarecrow wants to get a brain, and the Tin Woodman needs a heart ("If I Only Had a Brain"/"If I Only Had a Heart"). Dorothy suggests that the Wizard can help them too ("We're Off to See the Wizard"). They then meet the Cowardly Lion ("If I Only Had the Nerve").