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Sing for Your Supper

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Wikipedia article




"'Sing for Your Supper'" is an American popular song by composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist Lorenz Hart. The song debuted in their 1938 Broadway musical 'The Boys from Syracuse' where it was done as a trio, with Muriel Angelus, Marcy Westcott, and Wynn Murray performing an arrangement specially created for the production by Hugh Martin.

Background



The lyrics describe a singer performing to earn her meals: "Sing for your supper, /And you'll get breakfast./Songbirds always eat/If their song is sweet to hear."

Recordings



The song has been recorded by:

*Benny Goodman & His Orchestra (vcl. by Martha Tilton 1938)

*Rudy Valle

*Count Basie

*Mel Torm

*Helen Humes

*the Mamas & the Papas included it on their 1967 LP, Deliver

*Also in 1967, Cher included it on With Love, Chr

Popular culture



Author Ethan Mordden used the title for his book 'Sing for Your Supper: the Broadway Musical in the 1930s'.

References



Category:1930s jazz standards

Category:1938 songs

Category:Songs with music by Richard Rodgers

Category:Songs with lyrics by Lorenz Hart

Category:Songs from Rodgers and Hart musicals

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