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A song for single people: "Never Will I Marry" by Frank Loesser

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southendmd:
There was an odd musical in 1960 called "Greenwillow".  It had an odd plot that I won't go into, but there was one song that survived.  Written by Frank Loesser, "Never Will I Marry" became a standard.  Originally sung by Anthony Perkins (who remembers that pre-Psycho he was a teen heart-throb singer!), many singers covered it. 

Here is what he looked like in those days:

Here is the original:



Never, never will I marry
Never, never will I wed
Born to wander solitary
Wide my world, narrow my bed

Never never never will I marry
Born to wander 'til I'm dead
No burdens to bear no conscience, no care
No memories to mourn no turning, for I was
Born to wander solitary
Wide my world, narrow my bed

Never never never will I marry
Born to wander 'til I'm dead
No burdens to bear no conscience, no care
No memories to mourn no turning, for I was
Born to wander solitary
Wide my world, narrow my bed
Never never never will I marry
Born to wander 'til I'm dead

southendmd:
Anthony Perkins sang it again about 20 years hence, in a Broadway special. 

southendmd:
Barbra did it in 1964.   :P



And also, live at the Bon Soir, in 1962!

southendmd:
And a variation, with Linda Ronstadt and Dolly Parton:  "I Never Will Marry".

southendmd:
A very nice contemporary version:

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