Give It Back to the Indians

"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]

"Give It Back to the Indians"
Song
Published1939
Songwriter(s)Lorenz Hart
Composer(s)Richard Rodgers

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

References

  1. "Internet Broadway Database". ibdb.com. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
  2. Rodgers, Richard (1951). The Rodgers and Hart Song Book. New York: Simon and Schuster. p. 209.
  3. "allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved June 8, 2020.



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