I frankly was never one for show-tunes, regrettably sneering [privately] at thespians in my youth. But clearly, how wrong I was!! For sometimes they express more poignantly in music and song that which cannot otherwise be recounted with mere words. Sure Bob Dylan can render archetypes as the bard with verse. But does it compare to the lovely and angelic Anna Leonowens in Rodgers & Hammerstein's "The King & I" ?!??
[ANNA]
Whenever I feel afraid
I hold my head erect
And whistle a happy tune
So no one will suspect
I'm afraid.
While shivering in my shoes
I strike a careless pose
And whistle a happy tune
And no one ever knows
I'm afraid.
The result of this deception
Is very strange to tell
For when I fool the people
I fear I fool myself as well!
I whistle a happy tune
And ev'ry single time
The happiness in the tune
Convinces me that I'm not afraid.
Make believe you're brave
And the trick will take you far.
You may be as brave
As you make believe you are
You may be as brave
As you make believe you are
[LOUIS]
While shivering in my shoes
I strike a careless pose
And whistle a happy tune
And no one ever knows,
I'm afraid.
[LOUIS AND ANNA]
The result of this deception
Is very strange to tell
For when I fool the people
I fear I fool myself as well!
I whistle a happy tune
And ev'ry single time
The happiness in the tune
Convinces me that I'm not afraid.
Make believe you're brave
And the trick will take you far.
You may be as brave
As you make believe you are....
I frankly was never one for show-tunes, regrettably sneering [privately] at thespians in my youth. But clearly, how wrong I was!! For sometimes they express more poignantly in music and song that which cannot otherwise be recounted with mere words. Sure Bob Dylan can render archetypes as the bard with verse. But does it compare to the lovely and angelic Anna Leonowens in Rodgers & Hammerstein's "The King & I" ?!?? 
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