| Recording History |
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The Bob Prince Quintet, Dancing With Oh Captain!, Columbia Harmony Records, #HL 7097
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Vic Damone, Hits from Oh Captain!, Columbia Records, CL 1167, CO 60387
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Jose Ferrer and Rosemary Clooney, The Ferrers, Rosemary Clooney and Jose Ferrer Sing Selections from The Broadway Musical Comedy Oh Captain!, MGM Records, #E3687
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The Leonard Feather and Dick Hyman Quartet with Marilyn Moore on vocals, The First Jazz Show-Tune Album With Vocals Oh Captain! Played by The Leonard Feather Dicky Hyman All Stars, MGM Records, #E3650
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Tony Randall and Jacquelyn McKeever, Oh Captain! The Original Cast Album, Columbia Masterworks, #OL 5280
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Tony Randall and Edward Platt and George Ritner and Bruce Mackay, Oh Captain! The Original Cast Album, Columbia Masterworks, #OL 5280 also with Louis Polacek and Nolan Van Way
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Tony Randall, Oh Captain! The Original Cast Album, Columbia Masterworks, #OL 5280
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Jeri Southern, Roulette, #R 4051
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Stan Freeman and his Quartet, Stan Freeman and his Quartet Play Oh Captain!, Columbia Records, #HL 7097
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Jon Weber, It's Never Quite the Same, Mood Records, MD-1111, 1998
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| Lyrics |
Boy:
Life does a man a favor
When it gives him simple joys.
A home of gentle charm
From which he hates to roam;
Someone to touch his arm
And say “I’m glad you’re home!”
This is a world that I want to stay with
And face each day with composure and poise;
And the greatest favor life can ever give
Is to let me live the life I want to live.
Girl:
Life does a girl a favor
When it gives her her kind of man.
A home of gentle charm
From which he hates to roam;
Someone to touch her arm
And say, “I’m glad we’re home!”
This is a world that I want to stay with
And face each day with new pleasures to plan;
And the greatest favor life can ever do
Is to let me live a life of love with you.
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| LIFE DOES A MAN A FAVOR From Jose Ferrer’s Production of Oh Captain! A musical comedy Livingston and Evans, Inc., 1958. Music and Lyrics by Jay Livignston and Ray Evans, Book by Al Morgan and Jose Ferrer, Musical Direction and Vocal Arrangements by Jay Blackton (Commercial Show Score)
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