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Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Getting To Know You - Song.

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Marni Nixon (Deborah Kerr original version)

https://youtu.be/4MNANgFCYpk


Getting to Know You (song)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Getting to Know You"
Song from The King and I
Published1951
WriterOscar Hammerstein II
ComposerRichard Rodgers
"Getting to Know You" is a show tune from the 1951 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The King and I. It was first sung by Gertrude Lawrence in the original Broadway production and later by Marni Nixon who dubbed for Deborah Kerr in the 1956 film adaptation. In this show, Anna sings the song as she strikes up a warm and affectionate relationship with the children and the wives of the King of Siam.
This song is one of the few cases during the Rodgers and Hammerstein partnership when Rodgers re-used a melody he had written for an earlier show and then discarded. In this case the melody was a tune he wrote for South Pacific, called "Suddenly Lucky", which he originally intended for the character of Nellie to sing but replaced it with the song "(I'm in Love with) a Wonderful Guy". Mary Martin, the star of South Pacific, who had proposed that Rodgers should cast Yul Brynner as the King, reminded Rodgers of this tune, and so Hammerstein wrote new lyrics to it. James Taylor covered the song off of the children's music compilation called For Our Children.
Popular versions on record include James TaylorDinah ShoreSharon, Lois & BramBing CrosbyAndy Williams, and Nancy WilsonLeon Redbone sang the song in ads for the Chevrolet Geo. A version by NRBQ is included on their album Brass Tacks.

Getting To Know You Lyrics

"Getting To Know You" was written by Hart, Lorenz / Rodgers, Richard.
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SUBMIT CORRECTIONS CANCEL
It's a very ancient saying
But a true and honest thought
That if you become a teacher
By your pupils you'll be taught
As a teacher I've been learning
You'll forgive me if I boast
And I've now become an expert
On the subject I like most

Getting to know you
Getting to know you
Getting to know all about you
Getting to like you
Getting to hope you like me
Getting to know you
Putting it my way
But nicely
You are precisely
My cup of tea
Getting to know you
Getting to know all about you
Getting to like you
Getting to hope you like me
Getting to know you
Putting it my way
But nicely
You are precisely
My cup of tea

Getting to know you
Getting to feel free and easy
When I am with you
Getting to know what to say
Haven't you noticed
Suddenly I'm bright and breezy?
Because of all the beautiful and new
Things I'm learning about you
Day by day
Getting to know you
Getting to feel free and easy
When I am with you
Getting to know what to say
Haven't you noticed
Suddenly I'm bright and breezy?
Because of all the beautiful and new
Things I'm learning about you
Day by day

Songwriters
HART, LORENZ / RODGERS, RICHARD
Published by
Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., IMAGEM U.S. LLC


Read more: The King And I - Getting To Know You Lyrics | MetroLyrics 

A song from 'The King and I' a popular film in the 1960s in Colombo.