ntis nonsense song was originally introduced by vaudevillian Ruth Roye in 1913. Although successfully recorded by, among others, Hoagy Carmichael and Cass Daley, it was Debbie Reynolds' dynamic performance in the 1950film 'Two

Weeks With Love" (also featured in the MGM screen anthology 'Ba t ' s Entertainment") which cabpulted this tune into the million seller league.

Words and Music by A R T I ~ FIELDS and WALTER DONOVAN

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