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On this day, October 25, 1885, singer and lyricist Sam M. Lewis was born.
Sam M. Lewis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sam_Lewis,_the_Tatler_1919.png
Lewis in 1919
Background information
Birth name: Samuel M. Levine
Born: October 25, 1885
Origin: New York City, New York, U.S.
Died: November 22, 1959 (aged 74); New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation: Lyricist
Formerly of: Joe Young, many others
Sam M. Lewis (born Samuel M. Levine; October 25, 1885 – November 22, 1959) was an American singer and lyricist.
Career
Lewis was born in New York City, United States. He began his music career by singing in cafés throughout New York City, and began writing songs in 1912. He wrote numerous songs, and collaborated with other songwriters, most frequently with Joe Young, but also with Fred Ahlert, Walter Donaldson, Bert Grant, Harry Warren, Jean Schwartz, Ted Fio Rito, J. Fred Coots, Ray Henderson, Victor Young, Peter DeRose, Harry Akst, and Maurice Abrahams. He also contributed to the Broadway musical The Laugh Parade, and Hollywood musicals such as Squibs Wins the Calcutta Sweep, The Singing Fool, Wolf Song, and Spring is Here. His songs have been used in more modern movies, such as Big Fish and The Pelican Brief. Sam Lewis was a charter member of the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers in 1914, and was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. He died in New York City. He is interred in Woodlawn Cemetery, in The Bronx, New York City.
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Selected works
"Dinah"
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"How Ya Gonna Keep 'em Down on the Farm (After They've Seen Paree)?" - 1919. m: Walter Donaldson
"I'm Sitting on Top of the World"
"In a Little Spanish Town"
"Just Friends"
"Laugh, Clown, Laugh"
"Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody"
"Street of Dreams"
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sam_Lewis,_the_Tatler_1919.png
Lewis in 1919
Background information
Birth name: Samuel M. Levine
Born: October 25, 1885
Origin: New York City, New York, U.S.
Died: November 22, 1959 (aged 74); New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation: Lyricist
Formerly of: Joe Young, many others
Sam M. Lewis (born Samuel M. Levine; October 25, 1885 – November 22, 1959) was an American singer and lyricist.
Career
Lewis was born in New York City, United States. He began his music career by singing in cafés throughout New York City, and began writing songs in 1912. He wrote numerous songs, and collaborated with other songwriters, most frequently with Joe Young, but also with Fred Ahlert, Walter Donaldson, Bert Grant, Harry Warren, Jean Schwartz, Ted Fio Rito, J. Fred Coots, Ray Henderson, Victor Young, Peter DeRose, Harry Akst, and Maurice Abrahams. He also contributed to the Broadway musical The Laugh Parade, and Hollywood musicals such as Squibs Wins the Calcutta Sweep, The Singing Fool, Wolf Song, and Spring is Here. His songs have been used in more modern movies, such as Big Fish and The Pelican Brief. Sam Lewis was a charter member of the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers in 1914, and was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. He died in New York City. He is interred in Woodlawn Cemetery, in The Bronx, New York City.
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Selected works
"Dinah"
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"How Ya Gonna Keep 'em Down on the Farm (After They've Seen Paree)?" - 1919. m: Walter Donaldson
"I'm Sitting on Top of the World"
"In a Little Spanish Town"
"Just Friends"
"Laugh, Clown, Laugh"
"Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody"
"Street of Dreams"
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Al Jolson, safe for DU, but yanked by 2023. I'll see if I can find another clip of this.
Al JOLSON! "I'M SITTIN' ON TOP OF THE WORLD" from 'THE SINGING FOOL" 1928
136,096 views Nov 25, 2011
ClassicPerformances2
183K subscribers
Hear and see more "Jolie" on GREATPERFORMERS1 at:
https://www.youtube.com/user/GreatPerformers1
Al Jolson's second talking movie contained great music from Lewis, young and Henderson and was his most succesful movie. The Singing Fool was the largest grossing film from 1928 till 1939 when it was overtaken by Gone With The Wind.
136,096 views Nov 25, 2011
ClassicPerformances2
183K subscribers
Hear and see more "Jolie" on GREATPERFORMERS1 at:
https://www.youtube.com/user/GreatPerformers1
Al Jolson's second talking movie contained great music from Lewis, young and Henderson and was his most succesful movie. The Singing Fool was the largest grossing film from 1928 till 1939 when it was overtaken by Gone With The Wind.
Reuben and Rachel
Published: 1871
Composer(s): William Gooch
Lyricist(s): Harry Birch
Reuben and Rachel is a popular song with words written by Harry Birch and music by William Gooch, originally published in Boston in 1871 by White, Smith, & Perry. The song regained popularity in the 20th century as a children's song.
The first line of the song, "Reuben, Reuben, I've been thinking," was reused in a popular song at the close of World War I (1919), "How Ya Gonna Keep 'em Down on the Farm (After They've Seen Paree)?."
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Published: 1871
Composer(s): William Gooch
Lyricist(s): Harry Birch
Reuben and Rachel is a popular song with words written by Harry Birch and music by William Gooch, originally published in Boston in 1871 by White, Smith, & Perry. The song regained popularity in the 20th century as a children's song.
The first line of the song, "Reuben, Reuben, I've been thinking," was reused in a popular song at the close of World War I (1919), "How Ya Gonna Keep 'em Down on the Farm (After They've Seen Paree)?."
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The Brian Sisters "How You Gonna Keep 'Em Down On The Farm" 1936
24,783 views Nov 10, 2009
friendsfamilyaccount
1.63K subscribers
From OG Follies of 1936, the Brian Sisters. Noticed a bunch of other Brian Sisters video comments referencing this scene, so here it is.
24,783 views Nov 10, 2009
friendsfamilyaccount
1.63K subscribers
From OG Follies of 1936, the Brian Sisters. Noticed a bunch of other Brian Sisters video comments referencing this scene, so here it is.
A commenter supplied the lyrics.
Longhi 10 months ago
Reuben, Reuben, I've been thinking
Said his wifey dear
Now that all is peaceful and calm
The boys will soon be back on the farm
Mister Reuben started winking and slowly rubbed his chin
He pulled his chair up close to mother
And he asked her with a grin
How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm
After they've seen Paree'
How ya gonna keep 'em away from Broadway
Jazzin around and paintin' the town
How ya gonna keep 'em away from harm, that's a mystery
They'll never want to see a rake or plow
And who the deuce can parleyvous a cow?
How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm
After they've seen Paree'
Rueben, Rueben, you're mistaken
Said his wifey dear
Once a farmer, always a jay
And farmers always stick to the hay
Mother Reuben, I'm not fakin
Tho you may think it strange
But wine and women play the mischief
With a boy who's loose with change
How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm
After they've seen Paree'
How ya gonna keep 'em away from Broadway
Jazzin around and paintin' the town
How ya gonna keep 'em away from harm, that's a mystery
Imagine Reuben when he meets his Pa
He'll kiss his cheek and holler "OO-LA-LA!
How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm
After they've seen Paree'?
Reuben, Reuben, I've been thinking
Said his wifey dear
Now that all is peaceful and calm
The boys will soon be back on the farm
Mister Reuben started winking and slowly rubbed his chin
He pulled his chair up close to mother
And he asked her with a grin
How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm
After they've seen Paree'
How ya gonna keep 'em away from Broadway
Jazzin around and paintin' the town
How ya gonna keep 'em away from harm, that's a mystery
They'll never want to see a rake or plow
And who the deuce can parleyvous a cow?
How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm
After they've seen Paree'
Rueben, Rueben, you're mistaken
Said his wifey dear
Once a farmer, always a jay
And farmers always stick to the hay
Mother Reuben, I'm not fakin
Tho you may think it strange
But wine and women play the mischief
With a boy who's loose with change
How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm
After they've seen Paree'
How ya gonna keep 'em away from Broadway
Jazzin around and paintin' the town
How ya gonna keep 'em away from harm, that's a mystery
Imagine Reuben when he meets his Pa
He'll kiss his cheek and holler "OO-LA-LA!
How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm
After they've seen Paree'?
How You Gonna Keep 'Em Down on the Farm? - Judy Garland
7,662 views Aug 10, 2017
saddleshoeblues
13 subscribers
From the 1942 movie "For Me and My Gal"
7,662 views Aug 10, 2017
saddleshoeblues
13 subscribers
From the 1942 movie "For Me and My Gal"
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