GENTLEMEN UNAFRAID

(aka HAYFOOT, STRAWFOOT)

Composer: Jerome Kern
Lyricist: Oscar Hammerstein II and Otto Harbach

Opened: June 3, 1938 at St. Louis Municipal Opera; rewritten and retitled HAYFOOT, STRAWFOOT and released by the National Theatre Conference as a stock/amateur title in 1942.

Abe Lincoln Has Just One Country:

1. 78/Decca 4111 (Tony Martin with orchestra conducted by Harry Sosnik)
2. Jerome Kern Revisited Vol. III, CD/PSCD-134 (Bruce Hubbard and Male Chorus with music conducted by John McGlinn)


Gentlemen Unafraid:

1. Jerome Kern Revisited Vol. III, CD/PSCD-134 (Ron Raines with music conducted by John McGlinn)


How Would I Know? (I Wish Dat Dere Wasn' No War) (L: Oscar Hammerstein II):

1. Jerome Kern Revisited Vol. III, CD/PSCD-134 (Amelia McQueen and Entire Company with music conducted by John McGlinn)


Your Dream (Is The Same As My Dream) (reused in ONE NIGHT IN THE TROPICS):

1. 78/Decca 3492 (Mert Curtis with Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians)
2. 78/Bluebird B 10950 (Vaughan Monroe, vocal, with orchestra conducted by Vaughn Monroe)
3. Maestro Sophisticate, CD/Flare 244 (Leo Reisman and his Orchestra)
4. Jerome Kern: All The Things You Are, CD/Audiophile ACD-45 (Susan Watson and Reid Shelton with music direction by Ted Auletta)


Other Songs:

Army Blue (M/L: unknown) (authentic West Point song)
Backstage Music (Opening Scene) (inst.)
Bonnie Blue Flag (part of "I Wish Dat Dere Wasn' No War") (M: traditional Hibernian melody; L: Harry Macarthy) (ASCAP/Library of Congress only)
Boy With A Drum (L: Otto Harbach) (revised version of "Little Zouave" added to HAYFOOT, STRAWFOOT)
Cantabile (A Song Without Words) (inst.) (cut; used in revised form as "All The Things You Are" in VERY WARM FOR MAY)
De Land O' Good Times
Fantasie (dream ballet reprise of "What Kind Of Soldier Are You?"
Garden Scene (ASCAP/Library of Congress only)
Interlude In The Dark (We Are A Band Of Brothers) (ASCAP/Library of Congress only)
It's Gayer Whistling As You Go (Gaily I Whistle A Song) (L: Otto Harbach)
The Kissing Rock (added to HAYFOOT, STRAWFOOT)
Little Cadet (revised version of "Little Zouave") (unused)
The Little Wily Miss (aka "Little Wily Miss") (added to HAYFOOT, STRAWFOOT)
Little Zouave
Mister Man (aka "Many A Lofty Mountain)
Our Last Dance (aka "Last Dance")
Perfect Symphony (L: Otto Harbach)
Sweet As A Rose (cut)
Sweet Young Candidate (Act One Opening)
Virginia Hoe Down
What Kind Of Soldier Are You?
What's Become Of The Night (L: Otto Harbach) (added to HAYFOOT, STRAWFOOT)
When A New Star (L: Otto Harbach) (added to HAYFOOT, STRAWFOOT)
When You Hear That Humming (L: Otto Harbach)