Doug Graham sings "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered"

Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered

Song
Published 1940
Writer Lorenz Hart
Composer Richard Rodgers
Bewitched, Bothered & Bewildered

Single by Rod Stewart & Cher
from the album As Time Goes By: the Great American Songbook 2
Released 2003
Genre Jazz standard
Writer(s) Richard Rodgers
Lorenz Hart
Cher North American singles chronology
"When the Money's Gone"/
"Love One Another"
(2003) "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered"
(2003) TBA
(2008)

Rod Stewart singles chronology
"Time After Time"
(2003) "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered"
(2003) "What a Wonderful World"
(2004)

"Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" (correct title is "Bewitched") is a show tune and popular song from the 1940 Rodgers and Hart musical Pal Joey. The song was introduced by Vivienne Segal in the 1940 Broadway production, and also sung by Miss Segal both on the 1950 hit record and in the 1952 Broadway revival. The song was performed by Carol Bruce in the 1954 London production.

The original lyrics present an unabashed celebration of feminine sexuality that has been bowdlerized in most covers to remove the song's blatant sexual allusions. One such line is "When love came and told me I shouldn't sleep," replacing the original "Until I could sleep where I shouldn't sleep"; another switch changed "And worship the trousers that cling to him" to "And long for the day I'll cling to him." The lyric "horizontally speaking, he's at his best" is often sung, "Harsh until he's speaking..." A reprise, including the line "Those ants that invaded my pants," is generally omitted entirely.[1] The authentic allusions are preserved in Frederica von Stade's 1990 recording with the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by John McGlinn.

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• doug
• graham
• singer
• cabaret
• broadway
• bewitched
• rogers
• hart
• pal
• joey
• ron
• snyder
• gardenia

[dougster2810]

Thanks Muzzy!

Yes...Ron Snyder, pianist ROCKS...will be my accompanist for the show I do there at Gardenia in April.

I should have incorporated those lyrics you mentioned...how funny! Maybe I will in my show!

[tatteredundies]

This dude's a whack-off

[MuzzyVanH]

Nice singing there,...and the accompanist is friggin' Great!

Many more lyrics to this number exist, at least 2 intros, and 3 full choruses, it's the telling of a love story from beginning to end. I'm surprised Harts'; "I'll sing to him, each Spring to him, and worship the trousers that cling to him..." was omitted, along w/ ; "Vexed again.Perplexed again. Thank God I can be over-sexed again,..&c." Lorenz Hart, so gifted, was not to be outdone by many,.. he wrote these lyrics in mid 1940's!