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Get Me to the Church on Time
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Wikipedia article
"'Get Me to the Church on Time'" is a song composed by Frederick Loewe, with lyrics written by Alan Jay Lerner for the 1956 musical 'My Fair Lady', where it was introduced by Stanley Holloway.
It is sung by the cockney character Alfred P. Doolittle, the father of the one of the show's two main characters, Eliza Doolittle. He has received a surprise bequest of four thousand pounds a year from an American millionaire, raising him to middle class respectability.[http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=15187 Get Me To The Church On Time]. SongFacts.com. Accessed June 3, 2012. Consequently, he feels he must marry Eliza's stepmother, the woman with whom he has been living for many years. Doolittle and his friends have one last spree before the wedding and the song is a plea to his friends not to let his drunken merriment forget his good intentions and make sure he gets to his wedding.Lerner Alan Jay: My Fair Lady - The libretto. Penguin Books
Covers and parodies
*On the childrens show 'Sesame Street', Oscar the Grouch and his girlfriend Grundgetta get engaged by accident, but they agree to get married anyway to have a huge trashy party. Amid the chaos of all the wedding preparations, Oscar sings "I'm Getting Married in the Trash Can", a spoof of "Get Me to the Church on Time"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSeT0G8_riM 'Sesame Street' Episode 3609 Street Story]
*On 'The Carol Burnett Show' the song is performed by Burnett with The Pointer Sisters.
*On Gavin and Stacy, Uncle Bryn is singing this song as he carries in the flowers for Gavin and Stacys wedding. Gwen, Nessa, and Stacy happily join in. The scene ends abruptly as Stacys brother, Jason, enters the room and whatever awkwardness exists between him and Uncle Bryn regarding the fishing trip evaporates the joy of the moment and everyone stops singing.
Notable recordings
*Andr Previn and Shelly Manne - 'My Fair Lady' (1956)
*Bing Crosby recorded the song in 1956 for use on his radio show and it was subsequently included in the box set 'The Bing Crosby CBS Radio Recordings (1954-56)' issued by Mosaic Records (catalog MD7-245) in 2009.
References
Category:1956 songs
Category:Andy Williams songs
Category:Songs with music by Frederick Loewe
Category:Songs with lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner
Category:Frank Sinatra songs
Category:Songs from My Fair Lady
Category:1950s jazz standards
Category:Songs about marriage
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