WONDERFUL TOWN: Alternate lyrics for "Conga?"
WONDERFUL TOWN: Alternate lyrics for "Conga?"
#0WONDERFUL TOWN: Alternate lyrics for "Conga?"
Posted: 9/5/06 at 10:34pm
The Wikipedia.com entry for WONDERFUL TOWN mentions:
"In the libretto book for Ruth rented out by Tams-Whitmark for amateur productions, there is a complete set of alternate lyrics for "Conga," applying to more recent history."
Anybody ever heard these new lyrics?
#1re: WONDERFUL TOWN: Alternate lyrics for 'Conga?'
Posted: 9/5/06 at 10:43pmWhy would they rewrite the song with new lyrics? The show takes place in the 1930s, so they can't just include recent history. It wouldn't make any sense.
Vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra
Salve, Salve Regina
Ad te clamamus exsules filii Eva
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
O clemens O pia
#2re: WONDERFUL TOWN: Alternate lyrics for 'Conga?'
Posted: 9/5/06 at 10:46pmI sort of assume they mean "updated" in the sense that they may have referenced things from the 30s that people still remember today. It sounded odd to me too though there have been lots of stock revivals and perhaps one of them set the show in a different time period with the authors' blessing?
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