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Drop That Name Lyrics
BUTLER: Don t be flustered, Miss. Just do like the
others do. Just drop a name.
MAN: Ed!
WOMAN: Murrow!
MAN: Noel!
WOMAN: Coward!
MAN: Humphrey!
WOMAN: Bogart!
MAN: Bennett!
WOMAN: Cerf!
MAN: Somerset!
WOMAN: Maugham!
MAN: Jennifer!
WOMAN: Jones!
ALL
La-la-la-la-la-la!
Jose Ferrer
And Janet Blair
And Fred Astaire
And Vincente Minnelli,
Daniel Mann
And Lynn Fontanne,
Elia Kazan,
The former Grace Kelly,
Louis Shurr
And Courtney Burr
And Irving Lazar,
Anthony Quinn --
ELLA
And Rin-Tin-Tin!
ALL
Doris Day
And Barry Gray
And Edna Best,
Arthur Loew
And Vaughan Monroe,
Rebecca West.
Irwin Shaw
And Evelyn Waugh
And Errol Flynn,
Rory Calhoun --
ELLA
And Rin-Tin-Toon!
ALL
Barney Baruch
And King Farouk,
Alistair Cooke
And Debbie and Eddie,
Lucille Ball
And Lauren Bacall,
Hedy Lamarr,
Roz Russell and Freddie.
Carol Reed
And Sammy Snead
And Deborah Kerr,
Anna May Wong --
ELLA
And Rong-Tong-Tong!
ALL
Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!
Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!
MAN
Luncheon was fun
At 21,
Then I had to run
For drinks at the Plaza.
WOMAN
Dined with John,
Le Pavillon,
Then flew right on
To St. Mark s Piazza.
SECOND MAN
Took a group
For onion soup
At dawn at Les Halles.
It never shuts --
ELLA
Like Chock-Full-of-Nuts.
SECOND WOMAN
My Christian Dior
I wore, then tore,
Got fitted for
A new Balenciaga.
Then to Jacques Fath
For just one hat --
Got something that
Will drive you ga-ga.
THIRD WOMAN
Valentina's where I've been,
I just adore Val --
Things with good lines.
ELLA
Like things from Klein's.
I do all my shopping there with Mary and Ethel.
THIRD WOMAN: Mary and Ethel who?
ELLA: Mary Schwartz and Ethel Hotchkiss.
ALL
Errol Flynn!
ELLA
Rin-Tin-Tin!
ALL
Edmund Gwenn!
ELLA
Ren-Ten-Ten!
ALL
Aly Kahn!
ELLA
Rahn-Tahn-Tahn!
ALL
Raymond Massey!
ELLA
Lassie!
ALL
That s the way you play the game!
Drop that name!
Last Update: June, 10th 2013