Give_It_Back_to_the_Indians References

"Give It Back to the Indians"
"Give It Back to the Indians"
Song
Published	1939
Songwriter(s)	Lorenz Hart
Composer(s)	Richard Rodgers

"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]

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

Nancy Andrews - Too Many Girls (produced by Ben Bagley) (1988)^[3]
Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart Songbook (1956)

References

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

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[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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