Some possible Harold Hills considered by the producers...
Danny Kaye, Dan Dailey, Gene Kelly, Ray Bolger, Jackie Gleason, Milton Berle, Jason Robards, Art Carney, Bert Parks
The Original Title of the Show was "The Silver Triangle" (???)
It took over six years and 40 different drafts before
"The Music Man" reached its finished form!
The origin of Winthrop...
For many years of the writing there was a character of a disabled/spastic child in a wheelchair. The producers, and Meredith Willson himself, were never completely happy with this character, and it was nearly abandoned entirely. Meredith had written one of the children to sing one line of "Wells Fargo" with a lisp, and one day, just a few months before the show opened, he suddenly got the idea to change the character of the child in the wheelchair to what became Winthrop the lisper.
Trouble reprise...
For a while there was a reprise of "Trouble" in the 2nd Act, but with Mayor Shinn
singing "Ya Got Trouble, Mr. Hill", and it was performed once in Philadelphia during a brief run there prior to the Broadway premiere.
(If anyone has the words to that, please forward them to me!)
Shirley Jones was pregnant during much of the production
of the 1962 film version.
Additional lyrics for "76 Trombones" with ancient instruments:
There was a Pandean and a Picco Pipe
There were little Musettes and big Chalumeaus
There was even a Basset horn
And a long Cromorne
And a Tabor blown beneath the nose
There was an Aulus flute and a flute-a-bee
And a glittering Krummhorn wonderf'ly played
Then I casu'ly stepped inside
Of the only Ophicleide
Just in time to save the Big Parade
There was an Arghool reed and a Dulcian
There were quite a few Zinkens made out of wood
There were possibly three Schalmaeys
And a Cor Anglaise
And a Shawm which sounded awf'ly good
There was a Posthorn group and a Galoubet
There were several Waights and one crystal Nay
Then I spotted a Bombardon
Which of course I seized upon
Just in time, dear friends, to save the day.
A song called "You Don't Have To Kiss Me Goodnight"
that never made it to the show.
TOMMY
You don't have to kiss me Goodnight, my dear
There's no obligation at all.
Those two cherry phosphates and the picture show,
Wiped out my allowance with a week to go,
Even so, you don't have to kiss me Goodnight, my dear.
My nerves are all on edge, but that's all right.
That place near the depot, for traveling men,
One shot of beer and I'll forget what might have been.
You may not even know me but we meet again!
Still and all, you don't have to kiss me goodnight.
I really mean it,
You don't have to kiss me goodnight.
ZANEETA
No, no, no, wait! Ye Gods!!
I'd like you to kiss me goodnight, my dear.
If that's how you want it to be.
Of course when it's over I'll run away
And try to forget that I have gone astray,
All I say is Yes! You may kiss me goodnight, my dear.
You're much to strong for little me to fight.
I'll live as an outcast, away out there.
A painted fallen girl for whom no man could care.
The kind of scarlet woman who would dye her hair!
Still and all, I'd like you to kiss me goodnight.
I really mean it, I'm waiting, so kiss me goodnight!
TOMMY
No, no, no, no, no, no!
You don't have to kiss me goodnight, my dear
And now I'll be leaving your side.
I'll just smoke a pipe full of morpheme
To help me when the nightmares and the horrors come
Oh save me Billy Sunday!
I'm a homeless bum!
Still and all, you don't have to kiss me.
ZANEETA
I want you to kiss me!
TOMMY
Goodnight, I really mean that!
But if you insist, All right.
(They kiss)
During the pre-Broadway run in Philadelphia, Meredith Willson wrote the following song called "Blessings", which he planned to use in place of "Iowa Stubborn". It was never used...
(TOMMY sniggers at Marian)
MARIAN
Did I hear laughing?
(TOMMY holds in as long as he can
and then bursts loose with wild guffaws)
I certainly did.
I heard laughing.
I heard laughing.
ALL
When there’s laughin at something that’s funny
When there’s smilin at pleasures you’ve had
When there’s goin to bed with a dream in your head
And a kiss from your mom and your dad
When there’s settin and rockin and thinkin’
When there’s wishin on stars in the sky
When there’s Now and there’s Then
And there’s Someday and When
Not to mention the Sweet By and By
Who can cry about
Worries
Throw the varmints outside
Troubles
98% pride
Blessings
You’ve got more than your share
When you
Walk in the moonlight
Run in the meadow
And think about someone you love
When there’s summer and winter and springtime
When there’s cranberry time in the fall
When there’s day after day of miraculous May
When there’s nothin to rile you at all
When there’s bonfire time in October
With the punkins just bustin with pie
When there’s Christmas good cheer
And a Happy New Year
Not to mention the fourth of July
Who can cry about
Worries
Throw the varmints outside
Troubles
98% pride
Blessings
You've got more than your share
When you
Listen to crickets
Drink from a dipper
Chuckle a baby
And think about someone you love
MRS. PAROO
When your nose starts to run in November
With the promise of drippin till May
When your grocery bill is as high as the hill
That your feet have to climb twice a day
When your temper is short and you holler
And your blood pressure only goes up
When you’re full of bad news and your new button shoes
Make your bunion as sore as a pup
What’s a couple more
Worries
Throw the varmints outside
Troubles
98% pride
Blessings
You’ve got more than your share when you
(The NEIGHBORS have now rallied round
and everyone comes up with a blessing)
Wash with soft water
Listen to church bells
Look at the sunset
Smell the white lilacs
Read Flip and Nemo
Pop Sunday popcorn
Make your own ice cream
Dibs on the dasher
Go on a picnic
Hear someone singing
Over the river
Wait for the twilight
Watch for the moonrise
And think about someone you love
Blessings upon you
All over and on you
With bushels and barrels of love.
Danny Kaye, Dan Dailey, Gene Kelly, Ray Bolger, Jackie Gleason, Milton Berle, Jason Robards, Art Carney, Bert Parks
The Original Title of the Show was "The Silver Triangle" (???)
It took over six years and 40 different drafts before
"The Music Man" reached its finished form!
The origin of Winthrop...
For many years of the writing there was a character of a disabled/spastic child in a wheelchair. The producers, and Meredith Willson himself, were never completely happy with this character, and it was nearly abandoned entirely. Meredith had written one of the children to sing one line of "Wells Fargo" with a lisp, and one day, just a few months before the show opened, he suddenly got the idea to change the character of the child in the wheelchair to what became Winthrop the lisper.
Trouble reprise...
For a while there was a reprise of "Trouble" in the 2nd Act, but with Mayor Shinn
singing "Ya Got Trouble, Mr. Hill", and it was performed once in Philadelphia during a brief run there prior to the Broadway premiere.
(If anyone has the words to that, please forward them to me!)
Shirley Jones was pregnant during much of the production
of the 1962 film version.
Additional lyrics for "76 Trombones" with ancient instruments:
There was a Pandean and a Picco Pipe
There were little Musettes and big Chalumeaus
There was even a Basset horn
And a long Cromorne
And a Tabor blown beneath the nose
There was an Aulus flute and a flute-a-bee
And a glittering Krummhorn wonderf'ly played
Then I casu'ly stepped inside
Of the only Ophicleide
Just in time to save the Big Parade
There was an Arghool reed and a Dulcian
There were quite a few Zinkens made out of wood
There were possibly three Schalmaeys
And a Cor Anglaise
And a Shawm which sounded awf'ly good
There was a Posthorn group and a Galoubet
There were several Waights and one crystal Nay
Then I spotted a Bombardon
Which of course I seized upon
Just in time, dear friends, to save the day.
A song called "You Don't Have To Kiss Me Goodnight"
that never made it to the show.
TOMMY
You don't have to kiss me Goodnight, my dear
There's no obligation at all.
Those two cherry phosphates and the picture show,
Wiped out my allowance with a week to go,
Even so, you don't have to kiss me Goodnight, my dear.
My nerves are all on edge, but that's all right.
That place near the depot, for traveling men,
One shot of beer and I'll forget what might have been.
You may not even know me but we meet again!
Still and all, you don't have to kiss me goodnight.
I really mean it,
You don't have to kiss me goodnight.
ZANEETA
No, no, no, wait! Ye Gods!!
I'd like you to kiss me goodnight, my dear.
If that's how you want it to be.
Of course when it's over I'll run away
And try to forget that I have gone astray,
All I say is Yes! You may kiss me goodnight, my dear.
You're much to strong for little me to fight.
I'll live as an outcast, away out there.
A painted fallen girl for whom no man could care.
The kind of scarlet woman who would dye her hair!
Still and all, I'd like you to kiss me goodnight.
I really mean it, I'm waiting, so kiss me goodnight!
TOMMY
No, no, no, no, no, no!
You don't have to kiss me goodnight, my dear
And now I'll be leaving your side.
I'll just smoke a pipe full of morpheme
To help me when the nightmares and the horrors come
Oh save me Billy Sunday!
I'm a homeless bum!
Still and all, you don't have to kiss me.
ZANEETA
I want you to kiss me!
TOMMY
Goodnight, I really mean that!
But if you insist, All right.
(They kiss)
During the pre-Broadway run in Philadelphia, Meredith Willson wrote the following song called "Blessings", which he planned to use in place of "Iowa Stubborn". It was never used...
(TOMMY sniggers at Marian)
MARIAN
Did I hear laughing?
(TOMMY holds in as long as he can
and then bursts loose with wild guffaws)
I certainly did.
I heard laughing.
I heard laughing.
ALL
When there’s laughin at something that’s funny
When there’s smilin at pleasures you’ve had
When there’s goin to bed with a dream in your head
And a kiss from your mom and your dad
When there’s settin and rockin and thinkin’
When there’s wishin on stars in the sky
When there’s Now and there’s Then
And there’s Someday and When
Not to mention the Sweet By and By
Who can cry about
Worries
Throw the varmints outside
Troubles
98% pride
Blessings
You’ve got more than your share
When you
Walk in the moonlight
Run in the meadow
And think about someone you love
When there’s summer and winter and springtime
When there’s cranberry time in the fall
When there’s day after day of miraculous May
When there’s nothin to rile you at all
When there’s bonfire time in October
With the punkins just bustin with pie
When there’s Christmas good cheer
And a Happy New Year
Not to mention the fourth of July
Who can cry about
Worries
Throw the varmints outside
Troubles
98% pride
Blessings
You've got more than your share
When you
Listen to crickets
Drink from a dipper
Chuckle a baby
And think about someone you love
MRS. PAROO
When your nose starts to run in November
With the promise of drippin till May
When your grocery bill is as high as the hill
That your feet have to climb twice a day
When your temper is short and you holler
And your blood pressure only goes up
When you’re full of bad news and your new button shoes
Make your bunion as sore as a pup
What’s a couple more
Worries
Throw the varmints outside
Troubles
98% pride
Blessings
You’ve got more than your share when you
(The NEIGHBORS have now rallied round
and everyone comes up with a blessing)
Wash with soft water
Listen to church bells
Look at the sunset
Smell the white lilacs
Read Flip and Nemo
Pop Sunday popcorn
Make your own ice cream
Dibs on the dasher
Go on a picnic
Hear someone singing
Over the river
Wait for the twilight
Watch for the moonrise
And think about someone you love
Blessings upon you
All over and on you
With bushels and barrels of love.
