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"Wouldn't It Be Loverly" is a popular song by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe, written for the 1956 Broadway play My Fair Lady. [ 1 ] The song is sung by Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle and her street friends.
A kiddley divey too, wouldn't you? [4] However, the lyrics of the bridge provide a clue: If the words sound queer and funny to your ear, a little bit jumbled and jivey, Sing "Mares eat oats and does eat oats and little lambs eat ivy." [4] This hint allows the ear to translate the final line as "a kid'll eat ivy, too; wouldn't you?" [5]
"Wouldn't It Be Loverly" (Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner) – 2.51 (Previously issued on the 1957, 45rpm EP, "Lena Horne at the Cocoanut Grove" only) "What's Right for You (Is Right for Me)" (Hubert Doris, Tommy Goodman, Bernie Gluckman) – 2.55 (Previously issued in 1956 as a 78rpm single release only)
Oh, What a Lovely War! is an epic musical developed by Joan Littlewood and her ensemble at the Theatre Workshop in 1963. [1] It is a satire on World War I , and by extension on war in general. The title is derived from the "somewhat satirical" [ 2 ] music hall song "Oh!
Edward Frederick Teschemacher (5 February 1876 [1] –15 May 1940 [2]), was a prolific writer of song lyrics (about 2300 songs, according to The World Almanac and Book of Facts [3]). He was born at Highbury, Middlesex, England and he was educated at Giggleswick School , Settle, North Yorkshire.
[7] It is notable that the lyrics of this Salvation Army version differ slightly both from the established "angels" version and the "devils" version in Oh, What a Lovely War!: [citation needed] The bells of hell go ding-aling-ling For you, but not for me; The sweet-voiced angels sing-a-ling-ling Through all eternity.
"She Wouldn't Be Gone" is a mid-tempo in which the male narrator reflects on his relationship and a lover who has just left him. He expresses regrets over having not attempted to keep her from leaving, saying that if he had tried to keep her (by bringing her flowers, watching sunsets with her, and paying attention to her needs), thinking "maybe she wouldn't be gone".
The band released several singles [1] and one studio album (Oh What a Lovely War) in 1971, which included their best-known song, "Six Day War", later remixed in 2002 by DJ Shadow and titled "Six Days" and by Mahmut Orhan in 2018 retitled "6 Days".