Dana Andrews Sings Copland Tune in Film The North Star (1943)

Dana Andrews first arrived in Hollywood from Texas as a classically trained opera singer but kept that fact well hidden: He wasn't interested in getting typecast as a second Nelson Eddy. In the musical STATE FAIR, the studio dubbed Andrews' singing voice. Few film actors had a clearer or more beautiful speaking voice than Andrews.

Song: YOUNGER GENERATION
(Music: Aaron Copland, Lyrics: Ira Gershwin, 1943)

If I eat too much jam
Mother look how young I am;
Father dear, please recall
That at one time you were small.
If I'm hard on my clothes
And I do not wipe my nose,
Parents dear, please recall
That at one time you were small.

Tiddle-ee-um Tiddle-ee-um,
Tiddle-ee-um, tum, tum, tum, tum.
We're the younger generation
and the future of the nation.

If I look, as I pass,
Into every looking glass,
Parents mine, have no fears,
Just go back some twenty years.
If I play out of doors
And don't help with kitchen chores,
Parents mine, have no fears,
Just go back some twenty years.

Tiddle-ee-um Tiddle-ee-um...

If to school I am late,
Please don't scold and agitate;
Parents dear. isn't it true,
One time you were that way too?
If I make too much noise
And I hit back at the boys.
Parents dear, isn't it true,
One time you were that way too.

Tiddle-ee-um Tiddle-ee-um...

Parents dear, use your tact.
If you don't like how we act,
Do not fret, do not mourn -
Is it our fault we were born?
Please forgive all we do
For someday we'll suffer, too,
When in turn we shall groan
At some children of our own.

Tiddle-ee-um Tiddle-ee-um.....

Music adapted from a traditional Russian melody.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Dana Andrews
• The North Star
• 1943
• Aaron Copland
• Ira Gershwin
• HUAC
• World War II
• propaganda film
• workers' paradise

[brandonhenderson1960]

This was Farley Granger's film debut, made while still a student at North Hollywood High School. A talented actor and a very nice man.

[johndoe121213]

this is my favorite scene from the movie. A real classic.wonderful and

highly original film. Great post!!

[GetSmartEditing]

Couldn't agree more. A beautiful voice, a beautiful face, a beautiful actor. Thank you for posting this.