September Song
September Song
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#0September Song
Posted: 7/15/05 at 12:55pm
When I was a young man courting the girls
I played me a waiting game
If a maid refused me with tossing curls
I'd let the old Earth make a couple of whirls
While I plied her with tears in lieu of pearls
And as time came around she came my way
As time came around, she came
Oh, it's a long, long while from May to December
But the days grow short when you reach September
When the autumn weather turns the leaves to flame
One hasn't got time for the waiting game
Oh, the days dwindle down to a precious few
September, November
And these few precious days I'll spend with you
These precious days I'll spend with you
When you meet with the young girls early in the Spring
You court them in song and rhyme
They answer with words and a clover ring
But if you could examine the goods they bring
They have little to offer but the songs they sing
And the plentiful waste of time of day
A plentiful waste of time
Oh, it's a long, long while from May to December
But the days grow short when you reach September
When the autumn weather turns the leaves to flame
One hasn't got time for the waiting game
Oh, the days dwindle down to a precious few
September, November
And these few precious days I'll spend with you
These precious days I'll spend with you
Music: Kurt Weill
Lyrics: Maxwell Anderson
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"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."
ConvinceMe2
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/7/05
#1re: September Song
Posted: 7/15/05 at 12:58pmKNICKERBOCKER HOLIDAY
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Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#3re: September Song
Posted: 7/15/05 at 1:02pmWalter Houston, who as CM2 already noted, sang the song in the original Broadway production of KNICKERBOCKER HOLIDAY, also sang it on the Soundtrack of the 1950 Joseph Cotten/Joan Fontaine film, SEPTEMBER AFFAIR...
"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."
ConvinceMe2
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/7/05
#4re: September Song
Posted: 7/15/05 at 1:12pmI always loved that song. I also a fan of another Maxwell Anderson song, WHEN YOU'RE IN LOVE. Only this time, the music is by Arthur Schwartz, for the television film, HIGH TOR.
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NCGuy
Broadway Star Joined: 4/8/04
#5re: September Song
Posted: 7/15/05 at 1:16pmI love Lotte Lenya's recording of "September Song" on her American Theatre Songs album.
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