Give It Back to the Indians
Song
| "Give It Back to the Indians" | |
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| Song | |
| Published | 1939 |
| Songwriter(s) | Lorenz Hart |
| Composer(s) | Richard Rodgers |
"Give It Back to the Indians" is a show tune from the Rodgers and Hart musical Too Many Girls (1939), where it was introduced by Mary Jane Walsh.[1]
The song is about the island of Manhattan, and the title alludes to its purchase from the Native Americans by Peter Minuit in 1626.[2]
The song was not used in the film version of Too Many Girls (1940).
Notable recordings
- Nancy Andrews - Too Many Girls (produced by Ben Bagley) (1988)[3]
- Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart Songbook (1956)
References
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Rodgers and Hart
- Richard Rodgers
- Lorenz Hart
- Fly with Me
- Poor Little Ritz Girl
- The Garrick Gaieties
- Dearest Enemy
- The Girl Friend
- Peggy-Ann
- A Connecticut Yankee
- Present Arms
- Chee-Chee
- Ever Green
- Simple Simon
- America's Sweetheart
- Jumbo
- On Your Toes
- Babes in Arms
- I'd Rather Be Right
- The Boys from Syracuse
- I Married an Angel
- Too Many Girls
- Higher and Higher
- Pal Joey
- By Jupiter
- "Manhattan"
- "Mountain Greenery"
- "Here in My Arms"
- "Blue Room"
- "My Heart Stood Still"
- "Thou Swell"
- "To Keep My Love Alive"
- "You Took Advantage of Me"
- "With a Song in My Heart"
- "A Ship Without a Sail"
- "Dancing on the Ceiling"
- "Ten Cents a Dance"
- "He Was Too Good to Me"
- "I've Got Five Dollars"
- "Isn't It Romantic?"
- "Lover"
- "Mimi"
- "You Are Too Beautiful"
- "Blue Moon"
- "It's Easy to Remember (And So Hard to Forget)"
- "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World"
- "My Romance"
- "Little Girl Blue"
- "There's a Small Hotel"
- "Glad to Be Unhappy"
- "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue"
- "Where or When"
- "I Wish I Were in Love Again"
- "My Funny Valentine"
- "Johnny One Note"
- "The Lady Is a Tramp"
- "Have You Met Miss Jones?"
- "I'll Tell the Man in the Street"
- "Spring Is Here"
- "Falling in Love with Love"
- "This Can't Be Love"
- "Sing for Your Supper"
- "I Like to Recognize the Tune"
- "I Didn't Know What Time It Was"
- "Give It Back to the Indians"
- "You're Nearer"
- "It Never Entered My Mind"
- "I Could Write a Book"
- "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered"
- "Ev'rything I've Got"
- "Wait till You See Her"
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