SING FOR YOUR SUPPER
Composer: Lee Wainer; Ned
Lehac (Earl Robinson)
Lyricist: Robert Sour; Hector Troy (Harold
Rome)
Opened: April 24, 1939, Adelphi Theatre,
N.Y.C.
Performances: 60
Ballad Of Uncle Sam (later revised as "Ballad For Americans" for non-show use) (M: Earl Robinson; L: John Latouche):
1. 78/Varsity 8350 (Charles Welch
and The American Singers) (Parts 1 and 2)
2. 78/Varsity 8351 (Charles Welch
and The American Singers) (Parts 3 and 4)
3. 78/Decca 3297 (Bing Crosby and
the Ken Darby Singers with the Decca Concert Orchestra directed by Victor
Young) (Parts 1 and 2) [also 78/Decca DA 3554; 78/Decca 23580; 78/Decca 23581;
reissued on What So Proudly We 4. Hail, 78/Decca album 453; The Man Without A
Country And What So Proudly We Hail, Decca (M) DL 8020; The Chronological Bing
Crosby, Vol. 28: 1940, CD/Jonzo 28]
4. 78/Decca 3298 (Bing Crosby and the
Ken Darby Singers with the Decca Concert Orchestra directed by Victor Young)
(Parts 3 and 4) [also 78/Decca DA 3554; 78/Decca 23580; 78/Decca 23581;
reissued on What So Proudly We Hail, 78/Decca album 453; The Man Without A
Country And What So Proudly We Hail, Decca (M) DL 8020; The Chronological Bing
Crosby, Vol. 28: 1940, CD/Jonzo 28]
5. 78/Victor 26516 (Paul Robeson and the
American People's Chorus with the Victor Symphony Orchestra conducted by
Nathaniel Shilkret) (Parts 1 and 2) [also 78/HMV 9160; reissued on Ballad For
Americans, 78/Victor album P-20; Ballad For Americans/I Hear America Singing,
RCA (M) AVM1-1736; Ballad For Americans, CD/Vanguard 117]
6. 78/Victor 26517
(Paul Robeson and the American People's Chorus with the Victor Symphony
Orchestra conducted by Nathaniel Shilkret) (Parts 3 and 4) [also 78/HMV 9161;
reissued on Ballad For Americans, 78/Victor album P-20; Ballad For Americans/I
Hear America Singing, RCA (M) AVM1-1736; Ballad For Americans, CD/Vanguard 117]
7. Ballad For Americans, 78/Columbia album C-49 (John G. Baumgartner and
the Westminster Choir with orchestra conducted by John Finley Williamson)
8.
Alive And Well, Aspen APN 30101-1 E (Earl Robinson)
9. Ballad For Americans,
United Artists (S) UA-LA 604G (Brock Peters with orchestra conducted by Leonard
dePaur)
10. Odetta Sings Ballad For Americans And Other American Ballads,
Vanguard (S) VSD-2057 (Odetta with The DeCormier Chorale and the Symphony Of
The Air conducted by Robert DeCormier) [reissued as Odetta Sings Ballad For
Americans And Other American Ballads/Odetta At Carnegie Hall,
CD/Universe/Vanguard 39]
11. Workers Rise: Labor in the Spotlight,
CD/Orchard 801536 (New York City Labor Chorus directed by Geoffrey Fairweather)
12. America's Finest: Inspiring Patriotic Songs, CD/Image PUR1298 (unknown
singers)
A radio transcription performed by Ray Middleton with Philadelphia
Orchestra is also known to exist.
Papa's
Got A Job (M: Ned Lehac; L: Robert Sour; Hector Troy):
1. The Broadway Musicals of 1939,
CD/Bayview RNBW025 (Annie Golden with Amanda McBroom, Bryan Batt, Darius de
Haas, Marie Danvers, Rob Gallagher, Steve Ross, and the Ross Patterson Little
Big Band)
Young Man With A Horn (aka "The
Story Of A Horn") (M: Lee Wainer; L: Robert Sour):
1. The Broadway Musicals of 1939,
CD/Bayview RNBW025 (Amanda McBroom and Darius de Haas Amanda McBroom, Bryan
Batt, Darius de Haas, Annie Golden, Marie Danvers, Rob Gallagher, and Steve
Ross with the Ross Patterson Little Big Band)
Unrecorded
Material:
A Tisket A Tax It (M: Lee Wainer;
L: Robert Sour) including "Bonnie Banks"; "How Can We Swing It?"; "Oh, Boy Can
We Deduct"
At Long Last (M: Lee Wainer; L: Robert Sour)
Code For Action
(sketch by Jack Murray)
Dirge (M/L: Charlotte Kent)
Her Pop's A Cop (M:
Ned Lehac; L: Irving Crane and Phil Conwit)
Imagine My Finding You Here (M:
Ned Lehac; L: Robert Sour)
The Last Waltz (M: Alex North)
Leaning on A
Shovel (M: Lee Wainter; L: John Latouche)
Legitimate (M: Lee Wainer; L:
John Latouche)
Lucky (M: Lee Wainer; L: Robert Sour)
Opening
Opening Night (M: Lee Wainer; L: Robert Sour)
Peace At Any Price
(sketch by David Lesan and Turner Bullock)
Perspiration (M: Lee Wainer; L:
John Latouche)
Ping Pong On The Pacific (sketch by David Lesan)
Sing
For Your Supper (M: Ned Lehac; L: Robert Sour)
We Didn't Know It Was Loaded
(sketch by Charlotte Kent)
We Go To The Theatre To Be Amused (sketch by
Charlotte Kent)