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MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS (Kerry Mills / Andrew B. Sterling) Judy Garland (with Georgie Stoll & his Orchestra) Also recorded by : Ray Kennedy. When Louis came home to the flat, He hung up his coat and his hat, He gazed all around, but no wifey he found, So he said "where can Flossie be at?" A note on the table he spied, He read it just once, then he cried. It ran, "Louis dear, it's too slow for me here, So I think I will go for a ride." "Meet me in St. Louis, Louis, Meet me at the fair, Don't tell me the lights are shining any place but there; We will dance the Hoochee Koochee, I will be your tootsie wootsie, If you will meet in St. Louis, Louis, Meet me at the fair." (Orchestral Interlude) "Meet me in St. Louis, Louis, Meet me at the fair, Don't tell me the lights are shining any place but there; We will dance the Hoochee Koochee, I will be your tootsie wootsie, If you will meet in St. Louis, Louis, Meet me at the fair." The dresses that hung in the hall, Were gone, she had taken them all; She took all his rings and the rest of his things; The picture he missed from the wall. "What! moving!" the janitor said, "Your rent is paid three months ahead." "What good is the flat?" said poor Louis, "Read that." And the janitor smiled as he read. (Contributed by Bill Huntley - January 2005) |
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Meet Me In St. Louis Lyrics
In 1944, during World War II, the film was created: a light, cheerful, able to distract people from the horrors of the war. H. Wheeler’s book served as the basis for this performance. The authors of the libretto & music are H. Martin & R. Blane.
The musical was
featured in the Gershwin Theatre on Broadway from autumn 1989 till summer 1990. The play was staged by L. Burke. Author of choreography – J. Brickhill. From 2006 to 2007, the show was held in the Irish Repertory Theater. From December 2013 to January 2014, it was in the Landor Theater in London. The play was nominated for best musical, best script, music & choreography.
Release date: 1989
Last Update:May, 16th 2016
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TITLE: Meet Me in St. Louis
AUTHOR: Words by Andrew B. Sterling and music by Kerry Mills
CATEGORY: author known, public domain
KEYWORDS: love, travel, separation, abandonment, world’s fair
EARLIEST DATE: 1904 (sheet music)
HISTORICAL REFERENCES: 1904 – St. Louis Louisiana Purchase Exposition (World’s Fair).
The song Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis was written in 1904 to celebrate the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, (also known as the St. Louis World’s Fair).
The St. Louis World’s Fair opened April 30, 1904, and closed December 1 the same year. The Fair’s 1,200 acre site was located at the present-day grounds of Forest Park and on the campus of Washington University. There were over 1,500 buildings, connected by some 75 miles of roads and walkways. Exhibits were staged by 62 foreign nations and 43 of the 45 U.S. states. The Fair also hosted the 1904 Summer Olympic Games, the first held in the United States.
The 1904 World’s Fair turned out to have a great deal of cultural influence. Joe Schwarcz, [easyazon-link asin=”1550225200″ locale=”us”]That’s the Way the Cookie Crumbles[/easyazon-link], notes that among the inventions popularized there were the ice cream cone (ice cream was well known, but until then it had been served mostly in dishes), the hot dog bun, peanut butter (originally designed as a protein source for those with poor or no teeth), cotton candy, and Dr. Pepper soda. Also a many great celebrities were there including John Phillip Sousa, Scott Joplin, Thomas Edison, President Theodore Roosevelt, Helen Keller, and Geronimo. On of the black marks on the fair was the “human zoo.”
On of the reason I consider this a folk song is because it is in the public domain and can be changed without repercussion from those seeking copyright claims. So it is open to the folk process.
Timothy Rasinski (a professor of literacy education at Kent State University) and I participated in the folk process and added two verses for school children. (See Below)
OTHER TITLES AND VARIATIONS:
- Meet Me at the Fair
- Meet Me in St. Louie, Louie
- Meet Me in St. Louis, Lovey
RECORDINGS:
- Billy Murray (1904), Listen Here
- Judy Garland and Lucille Bremer, [easyazon-link asin=”B002WYSS2Y” locale=”us”]Meet Me In St. Louis, Louis[/easyazon-link]
- Judy Garland, [easyazon-link asin=”B003VCZ2MK” locale=”us”]Meet Me In St Louis, Louis[/easyazon-link]
YOUTUBE VIDEO: extended lyrics
YOUTUBE AUDIO: download
BONUS AUDIO: Stephen Griffith and Friends (Studio Session) download
LYRIC & CHORD PRO CHART: download
PPT LYRICS FOR THE CLASSROOM: download
BONUS YOUTUBE VIDEO Judy Garland from the movie
Meet Me in St. Louis
Meet me in St.
Louis, Louis,
Meet me at the fair.
When Louis came home to the flat,
He hung up his coat and hat.
He gazed all around but no wifey he found,
So he said “Where can Flossie be at?”
A note on the table he spied,
He read it just once, then he cried
It ran, “Louis dear, it’s too slow for me here,
So I think I will go for a ride.”
Meet me in St. Louis, Louis,
Meet me at the fair,
Don’t tell me the lights are shining
any place but there.
We
will dance the Hoochee Koochee,
I will be your tootsie wootsie,
If you meet me in St. Louis, Louis,
Meet me at the fair.
The dresses that hung in the hall,
Were gone, she had taken them all;
She took all his rings and the rest of his things;
The picture he missed from the wall.
“What! moving!” the janitor said,
“Your rent is paid three months a-head”
“What good is the flat?” said poor Louis “Read that.”
And the janitor smiled as he read.
Meet
me in St. Louis, Louis,
Meet me at the fair,
Don’t tell me the lights are shining
any place but there.
We will dance the Hoochee Koochee,
I will be your tootsie wootsie,
If you meet me in St. Louis, Louis,
Meet me at the fair.
The janitor continued to read,
“Oh Louis please come, won’t you please?
They’ve got ice cream cones here, & a ferris wheel dear,
And a palace of electricity.
Forty-three of the forty-five states
Exhibit here as of
this date.
And the countries have come, sixty-two the last sum!
Nothing else in this world is so great.
Meet me in St. Louis, Louis,
Meet me at the fair,
Don’t tell me the lights are shining
any place but there.
We will dance the Hoochee Koochee,
I will be your tootsie wootsie,
If you meet me in St. Louis, Louis,
Meet me at the fair.
So Louis decided to go
He missed his sweet beau Flo.
He took the next train, he was going insane
For the train it was moving too slow.
So he jumped off the train and he ran
He didn’t have much of a plan
But he loved Flossie dear, he just had to be near
at the greatest achievement of man.
Meet me in St. Louis, Louis,
Meet me at the fair,
Don’t tell me the lights are shining
any place but there.
We will dance the Hoochee Koochee,
I will be your tootsie wootsie,
If you meet me in St. Louis, Louis,
Meet me at the fair.
Meet me in St.
Louis, Louis,
Meet me at the fair.
SOURCES:
- Traditional Ballad Index
- Roud #7597
- Folk Song Index: A Comprehensive Guide to the Florence E. Brunnings Collection, Florence E. Brunnings, Garland Publishing, Inc., New York and London 1981—Amazon Books
- Country Music Sources: A Biblio-Discography of Commercially Recorded Traditional Music, Guthrie T. Meade, Jr. with Dick Spottswood and Douglas S. Meade, Southern Folklife Collection, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries, NC 2002—Amazon Books
- Folksinger’s Wordbook (Irwin and Fred Silber), Music Sales Corporation 1973.
NOTICE: I’m not the best guitar player or vocalist, but no one loves these songs more than I do. The tune and lyrics are in the public domain unless otherwise noted. The recording © copyright 2013 by Stephen Griffith and may be used by permission of the copyright holder. The variation of the song I’m posting is the version I perform and is not exactly replicating the sources cited, but is always in the same song family. If anyone has more details about this song, or believes I’ve stated something in error, please let me know. I’m also open to suggestions to improve the site. Thanks.sgg