THE HONEYMOONERS
Composer: George
M. Cohan
Lyricist: George M. Cohan
Opened: June 3, 1907, Aerial Gardens Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 72
I’m A Popular Man:
1. George M. Cohan
Tonight!, CD/Ghostlight 7915584410124 (Jon Peterson with music
direction by Sterling Price-McKinney)
(If) I’m Goin’ To Die (I’m) Goin’ To
Have Some Fun:
1. 78/Victor 16103 (Arthur
Collins with orchestra) [reissued on The Phonographic Yearbook
1907: Dear Old Golden Rule Days, CD/Archeophone 9008]
2. George M. Cohan Tonight!, CD/Ghostlight 7915584410124 (Jon
Peterson with music direction by Sterling Price-McKinney)
Let’s Take An Old-Fashioned Walk
(Opening Chorus):
1. 78/Oxford 899 (Ada
Jones and Billy Murray) [also 78/Zonophone 899; 78/Zonophone
5395-B; reissued on The Phonographic Yearbook 1907: Dear Old
Golden Rule Days, CD/Archeophone 9008]
Make A Lot Of Noise:
1. 78/Victor 16189 (Victor
Minstrels) (unverified)
The Musical Comedy Maid:
1. George M!, Columbia (S)
KOS 3200 (Joel Grey, Jerry Dodge, Betty Ann Grove, Bernadette
Peters, and company with orchestra conducted by Jay Blackton)
(as “Musical Comedy Man”) [reissued as CD/Columbia CK 3200]
2. Cohan – The Man Who Owns Broadway, Custom Fidelity (S)
CFS-3625 (Bill Mogan, Doc Disch, and the Southern Gateway
Chorus) (as “Musical Comedy Man”)
3. Vaude-Villities ’69: From Broadway To Berkeley Square, No
label (S) 90612 (unknown performer) (as “Musical Comedy Man”)
Unrecorded Material:
Finale
Honey Babe (Ensemble) (possibly the same song as “Ma Honey Babe”
in THE GOVERNOR’S SON)
I’ll Be There In The Public Square (also used in RUNNING FOR
OFFICE)
In A One-Night Stand (also used in RUNNING FOR OFFICE)
Kid Days (also used in RUNNING FOR OFFICE)
Mr. Bingham (ASCAP/Library of Congress)
Mysterious Maid (originally added to the 1903 revival of THE
GOVERNOR’S SON)
Nothing New Beneath The Sun (originally used in 1903 revival of
THE GOVERNOR’S SON; also used in THE YANKEE PRINCE and LITTLE
JOHNNY JONES)
Popular March
The Story Of The Wedding March (originally used in THE
GOVERNOR’S SON)