Gene Kelly
Gene Kelly
Debbie Reynolds & MGM Studio Chorus
Gene Kelly & Donald O’Connor
Gene Kelly & Donald O’Connor
Debbie Reynolds & The MGM Studio Chorus
Debbie Reynolds, Donald O’Connor & Gene Kelly
Debbie Reynolds, Gene Kelly & Lennie Hayton and His Orchestra
Aside from a brief sung prologue, this is the first musical number in the film, in which Don Lockwood (Gene Kelly) recounts his vaudeville past touring with Cosmo Brown (Donald O'Connor). Though Donald paints this as a highbrow theatrical tour, the reality that we see is much seedier, as Don and Cos...
[DON & COSMO]
Fit as a fiddle and ready for love
I can jump over the moon up above
Fit as a fiddle and ready for love
Haven't a worry, haven't a care
Feel like a feather that's floating on air
Fit as a fiddle and ready for love
Soon the church bells will be ringing
And I'll march with Ma and Pa
All the church bells will be ringing
With a hey naughty-knotty and a hot cha-cha
Hi diddle-diddle, my baby's okay
Ask me a riddle, and what did she say?
Fit as a fiddle and ready for love
Fit as a Fiddle (and Ready for Love) was written by Al Goodhart & Al Hoffman & Arthur Freed.
Fit as a Fiddle (and Ready for Love) was produced by Arthur Freed.