Oscar Hammerstein II Quotes

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The last time I saw Paris, her heart was warm and gay. I heard the laughter of her heart in every street café.

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June is bustin' out all over
The sheep aren't sleepin' any more!
All the rams that chase the ewe sheep
Are determined there'll be new sheep
And the ewe sheep aren't even keepin' score!

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When she's narrow, she's narrow as an arrow
And she's broad, where a broad, should be broad.

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When you walk through a storm Keep your head up high And don't be afraid of the dark. At the end of the storm Is a golden sky And the sweet, silver song of a lark.

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Tote dat barge!
Lif' dat bale!
Git a little drunk,
An' you land in jail.
Ah gits weary An' sick of tryin'
Ah'm tired of livin'
An' skeered of dyin',
But Ol' Man River,
He jes' keeps rollin' along.

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Ol' Man River He just keeps rollin' along.

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Some enchanted evening,
You may see a stranger,
You may see a stranger,
Across a crowded room.

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Fish got to swim and birds got to fly
I got to love one man till I die,
Can't help lovin' dat man of mine.

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Oh, what a beautiful mornin'
Oh, what a beautiful day.
I got a beautiful feelin'
Everything's going my way.

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Oklahoma,
Where the wind comes sweeping' down the plain,
And the wavin' wheat
Can sure smell sweet
When the wind comes right behind the rain.

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Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens,
Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens,
Brown paper packages tied up with strings—
These are a few of my favorite things.

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Happy talk,
Keep talkin' happy talk,
Talk about t'ings you like to do.
You gotta have a dream;
If you don't have a dream
How you gonna have a dream come true?

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Walk on, walk on, with hope in your heart,
And you'll never walk alone.

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You've got to be taught to be afraid
Of people whose eyes are oddly made,
Of people whose skin is a different shade.
You've got to be carefully taught.

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If you become a teacher, by your pupils you'll be taught.

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I'm gonna wash that man right out of my hair.

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The corn is as high as an elephant's eye,
An' it looks like it's climbin' clear up to the sky.

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Ol' man river, dat ol' man river,
He must know sumpin', but don't say nothin',
He jus' keeps rollin',
He jus' keeps rollin' along.

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Climb every mountain, ford every stream
Follow every rainbow, till you find your dream!

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Ev'rythin's up to date in Kansas City.
They've gone about as fur as they c'n go!

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The hills are alive with the sound of music,
With songs they have sung for a thousand years.
The hills fill my heart with the sound of music,
My heart wants to sing ev'ry song it hears.

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I'm as corny as Kansas in August
I'm as normal as blueberry pie…
…High as a flag on the fourth of July.

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You've got to be taught
Before it's too late
Before you are six, or seven, or eight
To hate all the people your relatives hate
You've got to be carefully taught.

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