Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Larry Kert
Vocals
New York Choral Artists
Choir
Michael Tilson Thomas
Conductor
Orchestra of St. Luke's
Performer
Michael Feldman
Conductor
Robert Fisher
Conductor
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Ira Gershwin
Lyrics
George Gershwin
Composer
Merwin Goldsmith
Writer
Raymond Thorne
Writer
Paige O'Hara
Writer
Frank Kopyc
Writer
Walter Hook
Writer
Mark Zimmerman
Writer
George Dvorsky
Writer
Jack Dabdoub
Writer
Maskell Gordon
Writer
David Garrison
Writer
Casper Roos
Writer
Louise Edeiken
Writer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Steven Epstein
Producer
Lyrics
Here's a kiss for Cinderella
And a parting kiss for May
Toodle-oo, goodbye
This is my wedding day
Here's a parting smile for Della
And the lady known as Lou
Toodle-oo, goodbye
With bachelor days I'm through
Though I really never knew them
It's a rule I must obey
So I'm saying goodbye to them
In the customary way
My regards to Arabella
And to Emmaline and Kay
Toodle-oo, dear girls, goodbye
This is my wedding day
Here's a kiss for Cinderella (He is toodle-ooing all his lady loves)
And a parting kiss for May (All the girls he didn't know so well)
Toodle-oo, goodbye (All the innocent and all the)
This is my wedding day (Shady loves, oh, ding-a-dong-a-dell)
Here's a parting glance (Bride and groom, their future)
For Della (Should be glorious)
And the lady known as Lou (What a happy story they will tell)
Toodle-oo, goodbye (Let the welkin now)
With bachelor days (Become uproarious)
I'm through (Oh, ding-a-dong-a-ding-a-dong-a-dell)
Clear the way
Hail the bride
Sweet and gay
Here comes the bride!
Is it true or am I dreaming?
Do I go to heaven to stay?
Never was a girl so happy on her wedding day
Do you, John P. Wintergreen, solemnly swear
To uphold the Constitution of the United States of America
And to love, honor, and cherish this woman
So long as you two shall live?
I do
Do you, Mary Turner, promise to love, honor, and cherish this man
So long as you two shall live?
I do
Therefore, by virtue of the power that is vested in me as Chief Justice
I hereby pronounce you President of the United States, man and wife
Mary
John
Is it true or am I dreaming?
Have I come to heaven to stay?
Never was a boy so happy (Never was a girl so happy)
On his wedding— (On her wedding—)
Stop! Halt! Pause! Wait!
Who is this intruder?
There's no one could be ruder
What's your silly notion
In causing this commotion?
I was the most beautiful blossom
In all the Southland
I was sent up North to enter the contest
With the understanding that the winner
Was to be the President's wife
The Committee examined me
My lily-white body fascinated them
I was chosen
It was the happiest moment of my life
Yes, yes, go on
Yes, yes, go on
Suddenly the sky fell
Suddenly, for no reason at all
No reason at all
This man rejected me
All my castles came tumbling down
And so I am serving him with a summons
For breach of promise
What! What!
The water's getting hot!
She says he made a promise
A promise he forgot
It's true! It's true!
The day he's getting married
You put him on the spot
It's dirty work of Russia
A communistic plot
Please understand
It wasn't that I would jilt or spurn her
It's just that there was someone else
Whom?
Who
Mary Turner
We're having fits
We're having fits
The man admits—
The man admits—
This little sinner—
This little sinner—
Was really winner
Was really winner
I couldn't see—
She couldn't see—
His jilting me
His jilting she
And so I'm doing—
And so she's doing—
A bit of suing
A bit of suing
And if it's true she has a claim
You should be called a dirty name
And if it's true she has a claim
Then you're a dirty, dirty name
John, no matter what they do to hurt you
The one you love won't desert you
I'm a queen who has lost her king
Why should she wear the wedding ring?
Some girls can bake a pie
Made up of prunes and quinces
Some make an oyster fry
Others are good at blintzes
Some lovely girls have done
Wonders with turkey stuffin's
But I have found the one
Who can really make corn muffins
Yes, he has found the one
Who can really make corn muffins
Who cares about corn muffins?
All I demand is justice
Which is more important?
Corn muffins or justice?
Which is more important?
Corn muffins or justice?
If you will wait a minute
You'll have our decision
The decision of the Supreme Court is—
Corn muffins!
Great! Great!
It's written on the slate
There's none but Mary Turner
Could ever be your mate
It's I, not Mary Turner
Who should have been his mate
I'm off to tell the story
In every single state
Be off with you, young woman
He's married to his mate
There's none but Mary Turner
Could ever be his mate
There's none but Mary Turner
Could ever be his mate
See you in court, y'all
Of thee I sing, baby—
Summer, autumn, winter, spring, baby
Shining star and inspiration
Worthy of a mighty nation
Of thee I sing!
Written by: Casper Roos, David Garrison, Frank Kopyc, George Dvorsky, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Jack Dabdoub, Louise Edeiken, Mark Zimmerman, Maskell Gordon, Merwin Goldsmith, Paige O'Hara, Raymond Thorne, Walter Hook
