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GEORGE MURPHY - ADDENDA

Dance breaks in Tomfoolery: (stop-time, soft-shoe, not sung)

(dance)
They said that the role was out of his range
But you're never too old for a shuffle-ball-change
(dance)
On Capitol Hill as in vaudeville
His name wil be a the top of the bill
(dance)


Optional second chorus, after the above dance breaks:


In top hat and tails or even baggy pants
The moviegoers proved that he could count on them.
They loved him in November as they did at MGM.
Yes, like everyone in Washington he only wants the chance
To give the public a song and dance.


Recitation inserted in "The George Murphy Campaign Song"

(possibly used in the earlier TV version on "That Was the Week That Was")

Movie fans! Voters of California!
Remember "Broadway Melody of 1938"?
What greater hoofer could you find to represent your state?
I'll win each voter's heart --- now is that idea so crazy?
Remember how I won Ann Sothern's heart in "Up Goes Maisie"?
You'll just have to admit that I'm the best man for the job
If you ever saw me in "A Girl, A Guy, and A Gob".
But Washington is now more chic, and Hollywood is duller,
So, voters,
(sung) Will you love me in November as you did in Technicolor?