Ringa Dem Baels
Ringa Dem Baels
Ringa Dem Baels#0
Posted: 1/13/05 at 4:59pm
Roses are red
Violets are blue
The dresses has got to be showed!
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/4/03
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/4/03
re: Ringa Dem Baels#3
Posted: 1/13/05 at 5:31pm
SHE LIVES AT FIVE RIVERSIDE,
HER NAME IS SHIRLEY DEVORE,
AND SHE TRAVELED `ROUND THE WORLD
TO MEET THE GUY NEXT DOOR.
WELL, THERE WAS TROUBLE INSIDE
APARTMENT TWENTY NINE E
`CAUSE SHIRLEY`S MOTHER AND DAD
WERE AS UPSET AS CAN BE.
THEY SAID, `WE HATE TO COMPLAIN DEAR,
AND WE DON`T LIKE TO GROUSE,
BUT YOU`RE NEARLY THIRTY TWO,
YOU SHOULD GET OUT OF THE HOUSE!`
[Chorus]:
YOU GOTTA RING THEM BELLS,
YOU GOTTA RING THEM BELLS,
YOU GOTTA MAKE THEM SING
AND REALLY RING THEM BELLS.
IT`S SUCH A HAPPY THING
TO HEAR THEM TINGALING,
YOU GOTTA RING THEM BELLS.
[verse 2]:
WELL, SHIRLEY WAS THIRTY ONE,
WHICH SHE WAS LOATHE TO ADMIT
AND SHE HAD NEVER BEEN LOVED,
WHICH DIDN`T THRILL HER A BIT.
AND SO SHE SAT AND SHE THOUGHT,
SHE THOUGHT FOR HOURS ON END
AND SAID, `I`LL GO TO CHASE MANHATTAN,
WHERE I GOT ME A FRIEND!`
AND SO SHE BORROWED A THOU
AND CALLED TWA
AND TOLD HER MOTHER AND DAD
THAT SHE WAS UP AND AWAY.
`I`M GONNA TRAVEL THE CONTINENT
A MONTH, MAYBE TWO,
AND HAUL ME HOME A `HUS`
IF IT`S THE LAST THING I DO!`
[Chorus]:
YOU GOTTA RING THEM BELLS,
YOU GOTTA RING THEM BELLS,
YOU GOTTA MAKE THEM SING
AND REALLY RING THEM BELLS.
IT`S SUCH A HAPPY THING
TO HEAR THEM TINGALING,
YOU GOTTA RING THEM BELLS.
[verse 3]:
SHE MET A LONDONER FIRST,
BUT THEY DIDN`T HIT IT OFF
`CAUSE EV`RY TIME SHE APPROACHED,
HE GOT A BRONCHIAL COUGH.
AND SO SHE WENT TO MADRID
AND MET A HANDSOME SENOR,
BUT HE LIKED TO THROW THE BULL
AND HE WAS NO MATADOR.
SHE ALSO BOMBED OUT IN BRUSSELS,
IN MALORCA AND ROME,
THEN SOMEONE SAID, `TRY DUBROVNICK, DEAR,
BEFORE YOU GO HOME.
`CAUSE IT`S THE KIND OF A TOWN
WHERE YOU`LL BE LIKELY TO FALL,
AND ALL THE TONY COGNOGENTI
FIND THE BALKANS A BALL.
[Chorus]:
`YOU GOTTA RING THEM BELLS,
YOU GOTTA RING THEM BELLS,
YOU GOTTA MAKE THEM SING
AND REALLY RING THEM BELLS.
IT`S SUCH A HAPPY THING
TO HEAR THEM TINGALING,
YOU GOTTA RING THEM BELLS.`
AND SO SHE WENT TO DUBROVNICK
AND THE VERY FIRST DAY
SHE MET A GUY ON THE BEACH
WHO TOOK HER REASON AWAY.
YES, IT WAS LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT,
AND QUITE A BEAUTIFUL SCENE,
SHE SAID, `MY NAME IS SHIRL DEVORE.`
(spoken):
HE SAID, `I`M NORM SAPERSTEIN.`
(sung):
SHE SAID, `ARE YOU FROM NEW YORK?`
HE SAID, `THAT CAN`T BE DENIED,
I GOT A SWELL JUNIOR THREE AT NUMBER FIVE RIVERSIDE.`
AS IF THAT WASN`T ENOUGH,
POOR SHIRLEY THOUGHT SHE`D GONE DEAF
WHEN HE TOLD HER HIS APARTMENT THERE
WAS TWENTY NINE F.
YES, SHE WAS E, HE WAS F,
AND THEY HAD NOT EVEN MET,
UNTIL SHE TRAVELED THE WORLD
TO YUGOSLAVIA YET.
HE`D ALWAYS BEEN RIGHT NEXT DOOR
AND SHE WOULD NEVER HAVE KNOWN,
IF SHE HADN`T TRIED DUBROVNICK,
SHE MIGHT STILL BE ALONE.
WELL, THERE`S A MORAL TO LEARN
FROM LITTLE SHIRLEY DEVORE
WHO HAD TO BORROW A THOU
TO FIND A LOVER NEXT DOOR.
YOU GIRLS WHO LIVE IN APARTMENTS,
DON`T YOU STARE AT THE WALL,
OPEN UP THE DOOR
AND HURRY OUT IN THE HALL.
AND RING THEM BELLS,
COME ON, COME ON,
RING THEM BELLS,
YOU GOTTA MAKE THEM SING
AND REALLY RING THEM BELLS.
IT`S SUCH A HAPPY THING
TO HEAR THEM TINGALING,
YOU GOTTA SWING THEM,
RING THEM,
SWING THEM,
RING THEM BELLS.
re: Ringa Dem Baels#4
Posted: 1/13/05 at 7:40pmredhot, my sweet, have you finally lost it??
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/04
re: Ringa Dem Baels#5
Posted: 1/13/05 at 8:39pm
Of course not, it's Kay Thompson in "Funny Face" again!
I once followed her for BLOCKS as she strolled around Manhattan in her mink...she was quite ancient, but she still had bazazz!
I hope Ruth Williamson gets her one-woman show about her up and running. Did you know Kay was the original casting for Vera in the film of "Auntie Mame"?
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/9/04
re: Ringa Dem Baels#6
Posted: 1/13/05 at 10:16pmDon't forget Eloise. Kay Thompson was a genius.
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/24/03
re: Ringa Dem Baels#7
Posted: 1/14/05 at 7:02am
what a shame about Mark Arvin, REDHOT.
Love me some Kay Thompson..."Ster-reo-PHON-ick SOUND!" "Clap Yo Hands..."
re: Ringa Dem Baels#8
Posted: 1/14/05 at 8:40am
rath, we were watching TV, and suddenly started laughing about this, when redhot says, "i'm going to post that" ... forgive him, he's been high on a few drugs lately... 
re: Ringa Dem Baels#9
Posted: 1/14/05 at 8:51amit STILL makes me laugh every time I think about it - and YES -when is Ruthie Williamson gonna get that show up and running? She'll be genius in it!
re: Ringa Dem Baels#10
Posted: 1/14/05 at 9:08amWe love Ruthie! And redhot, you always put on such an innocent front - what drugs?!
re: Ringa Dem Baels#11
Posted: 1/14/05 at 9:11amI have an upper-respiratory infection - between the very strong antibiotics that are kicking my ass, and the codiene in the cough syrup - I am flying
re: Ringa Dem Baels#12
Posted: 1/14/05 at 9:12amWell I'm sorry your sick, darling, but as long as you're enjoying it!! Sending healing love. xoxoxoxox
re: Ringa Dem Baels#13
Posted: 1/14/05 at 9:34amthank you! I have to take this stuff for 7-10 days and I've heard that this particular infection can last for 3 weeks - oy...but at least it's warmer today! (though terribly wet and icky)
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/21/04
re: Ringa Dem Baels#16
Posted: 1/14/05 at 10:44am
RED HOT!!!
my impression of the posters on this board has just gone THROUGH THE ROOF with the discovery of your post!
clap-a yo hands, clap-a yo hands, gimme that beat boy, beat boy boy
gimme that, gimme that, gimme that, gimme that Dixieland beat!
if you wanna get to the promised land
you gotta clap yo' hand!!!!!!!
Everyone on this board needs to watch THAT number over and over all day long for at least a year...then I can go to my grave knowing there is hope for the future
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/21/04
re: Ringa Dem Baels#17
Posted: 1/14/05 at 10:47amthat bit of praise is a dose of good medicine... :)
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/4/04
re: Ringa Dem Baels#19
Posted: 1/14/05 at 12:31pm
Here is an AMAZING interview with Kay Thompson by none other than Rex Reed, go read it and the rainy day blues will vanish!
http://www.eloisewebsite.com/library/7211_harpersbazaar.htm
re: Ringa Dem Baels#20
Posted: 1/14/05 at 12:45pm
thanks EDDIE VARLEY, that WAS simply AMAZING!!!
gotta go watch Funny Face 14 times from start to finish now!
re: Ringa Dem Baels#21
Posted: 1/14/05 at 12:50pmOh Kay, dear Kay - come back - Liza needs you!!
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/4/04
re: Ringa Dem Baels#22
Posted: 1/14/05 at 12:55pm
"Fatigue is a stranger to me. It's caused by monotony and a lack of interest in things. It has no place in a creative mind."
Oh Kay, please DO comeback-somehow, in the meantime let's all grab some inspiration from her.
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