THE GOVERNOR'S SON
Composer: George
M. Cohan
Lyricist: George M. Cohan
Opened: February 25, 1901, Savoy Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 32
I Love Everybody in The Wide Wide World (added to the 1903 revival):
1. George M. Cohan
Tonight!, CD/Ghostlight 7915584410124 (Jon Peterson with music
direction by Sterling Price-McKinney)
Night Time (added to the 1903 revival):
1. George M. Cohan
Tonight!, CD/Ghostlight 7915584410124 (Jon Peterson with music
direction by Sterling Price-McKinney)
Oh! Mr. Moon (Serenade):
1. A Tribute To Lew Stone:
The Legendary Monseigneur Band, Claves 509507/9 (Al Bowlly
with Lew Stone and His Band) (unverified) [reissued as CD/Clave
Jazz 50-9507]
2. The Seven Little Foys, CD/Original Cast 5637975285 (Michael
Townsend Wright with musical direction by Richard Danley)
3. The Seven Little Foys, CD/Original Cast 5637975285 (Michael
Townsend Wright with musical direction by Richard Danley)
(reprise)
Push Me Along In My Pushcart (added
to the 1903 revival):
1. George M!, Columbia (S)
KOS 3200 (Jamie Donelly, Karin Baker, Kathie Savage, and company
with orchestra conducted by Jay Blackton) [reissued as
CD/Columbia CK 3200]
2. The Yankee Doodle Tunes: Mickie Finn Plays George M., RCA
Victor (S) DS-50041 (Mickie Finn)
3. Vaude-Villities ’69: From Broadway To Berkeley Square, No
label (S) 90612 (unknown performer)
Then I’d Be Satisfied With Life (added
for the subsequent tour; also used in RUNNING FOR OFFICE):
1. 78/Victor 2412 (S.H.
Dudley)
2. Tintypes, DRG S2L 5196 (cast with orchestra conducted by Mel
Marvin) [reissued as CD/DRG 5196]
3. God Bless Tiny Tim, CD/Rhino 8122799049 (Tiny Tim)
4. Live! At The Royal Albert Hall, CD/Rhino RHM 27710 (Tiny Tim)
5. Jewface, CD/Reboot Sterophonic 006 (Julian Rose)
6 . 73% Post-Consumer Novelty, CD/Whose That Records (Mad Tea
Party)
Unrecorded Material:
And The Manager Said ---
(dropped late in the subsequent tour)
Behold The Governor
Finale
The Governor Of The State (not in programs)
The Governor’s Son
I Want My Ragtime (added to the 1903 revival)
If Bill Gillette Could Only See Me Now (sheet music only)
Jolly Good Fellow (dropped for the subsequent tour)
Lucy (added for the subsequent tour)
Ma Honey Babe (dropped for the subsequent tour; possibly the
same song as “Honey Babe” in THE HONEYMOONERS)
Maudie (added for the subsequent tour)
The Mysterious Maid (added to the 1903 revival; subsequently
used in THE HONEYMOONERS)
Never Breathe A Word Of This (To Mother)
Nothing New Beneath The Sun (added to the 1903 revival; also
used in THE YANKEE PRINCE, LITTLE JOHNNY JONES, AND THE
HONEYMOONERS)
The Quakertown Cadets (dropped late in the subsequent tour)
The Real Girls
A Regular William Gillette (Regular Mr. Gillette)
Rosie (added for the subsequent tour)
The Soldiers Of The Stage (added for the subsequent tour)
The Story Of The Wedding March (subsequently used in THE
HONEYMOONERS)
Too Many Miles From Broadway (dropped late in the subsequent
tour)
We Live To Love (dropped for the subsequent tour)
The Weeping Widow (not in programs)
A Widow’s Wile
Wine Divine (added for the subsequent tour)
Yankee Doodle Doings (added for the subsequent tour)