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Gene Kelly
Miscellaneous
Pass That Peace Pipe
Pass That Peace Pipe
Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire
Written by Roger Edens, Hugh Martin & Ralph Blane
- as a duet for Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire in the MGM film
Ziegfeld Follies, but it never made it into the picture.
It resurfaced a few years later in 1947 in the movie Good
News
and was nominated for an Oscar as Best Song!
A MEDICINE MAN I MET
SAID DONâT GET YOURSELF IN A SWEAT.
WHEN THINGS LOOK GRAY,
JUST SHRUG AND SAY:
âIT MUSTA BEEN SOMETHIN?I ET!âHOCTAWS, CHICKASAWS,
CHATTAHOOCHEES, CHIPPEWAS DO.
IF YOUâRE FEELING MAD AS A WET HEN,
MAD AS YOU CAN POSSIBLY GET, THEN
PASS THAT PEACE PIPE, BURY THAT TOMAHAWK
LIKE THOSE CHICHAMECKS, CHEROKEES,
CHAPULTEPECS DO.
THAT COLD SHOULDER NEVER SOLVED A SINGLE COMPLAINT.
WHEN YOUâRE OLDER, YOUâLL WIPE OFF ALL OF THAT WAR
PAINT.
IF YOU FIND YOURSELF IN A FURY,
BE YOUR OWN JUDGE AND YOUR OWN JURY.
PASS THAT PEACE PIPE AND BURY THAT HATCHET
LIKE THE CHOCTAWS, CHICKASAWS,
CHATTAHOOCHEES, CHIPPEWAS DO.
IF YOU WANT TO HOVER OUT WEST, TOO,
YOU WILL SOON DISCOVER ITâS BEST TO
PASS THAT PEACE PIPE AND BURY THAT HATCHET
LIKE THE CHOKTOHS, CHANGOS,
CHATTANOOGAS, CHEEKAROHS DO.
EVEN IN COLONIAL DAYS, YOU
KNOW THE CEREMONIAL WAYS TO
PASS THAT PEACE PIPE AND BURY THAT TOMAHAWK
LIKE THOSE CHAKOOTAMEES, CHEPACHEPS
âN?CHICOPEES, TOO.
PULL YOUR EARS IN, TRY TO USE A LITTLE CONTROL.
WHEN âALL CLEARââS IN, YOUâLL BE TOP MAN ON THE TOTEM
SO, IF YOU WANNA BE AN ALL-RIGHT GUY --
NOT A LONG FACE, BLUES-IN-THE-NIGHT GUY --
WRITE THAT APOLOGY AND DISPATCH IT!
WHEN YOU QUARREL, ITâS GRAND TO PATCH IT!
PASS THAT PEACE PIPE AND BURY THAT HATCHET
LIKE THOSE CHOCTAWS, CHICKASAWS,
CHATTAHOOCHEES, CHIPPEWAS
AND THOSE CHICHAMECKS, CHEROKEES,
CHAPULTEPECS
AND THOSE CHAKOOTAMEES, CHEPACHEPS
âN?CHICOPEES, CHOKTOHS, CHANGOS,
CHATTANOOGAS, CHEEKAROHS DO-O-O-O!
From: Gary Moody
- Album:
- Miscellaneous
- Nostalgic Memories-The Very Best of Gene Kelly-Vol. 88
- 100 Greatest Movie Songs
- Singing In the Rain
- Singing in the rain (Digitally Remastered)
- Only the Best - Gene Kelly
- The Ultimate Musicals Collection: Singing In the Rain...
- Greatest Hits
- Dancing Through The Decades
- No.1
- The Pirate & Anchors Aweigh (Original Soundtrack Recordings)
- 100 Broadway Classics
- 50 Golden Era Songs
- Christmas Edition: 50 Golden Era Songs
- Be My Love: Stage and Screen Greats, 1950s
- New York, New York: Songs from Hit Musicals
- 50 Original Film Soundtracks: The Best Songs: No. 1
- 100 Songs for Romantic Dinner
- 101 Showtunes Classics
- Golden Oldies - Musical Superstars