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Give It Back to the Indians

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Published
  
1939

Composer(s)
  
Richard Rodgers

Writer(s)
  
Lorenz Hart

"Give It Back to the Indians" is a show tune from the 1939 Rodgers and Hart musical Too Many Girls (1939), where it was introduced by Mary Jane Walsh.

The song is about the island of Manhattan, and the title alludes to its purchase from the Native Americans by Peter Minuit in 1626.

Notable recordings

  • Nancy Andrews - Too Many Girls (produced by Ben Bagley) (1988)
  • Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart Songbook (1956)

    • Rodgers, Richard; The Rodgers and Hart Song Book; Simon and Schuster, 1951

    References

    Give It Back to the Indians Wikipedia
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