Kansas City by Gene Nelson (Actor) (Ft. Charlotte Greenwood)
Kansas City by Gene Nelson (Actor) (Ft. Charlotte Greenwood)

Kansas City

Gene Nelson (Actor) & Charlotte Greenwood * Track #4 On Oklahoma! (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Kansas City Lyrics

[WILL]
I got to Kansas City on a Frid'y
By Sattidy I larned a thing or two
For up to then I didn't have an idy
Of what the modren world was comin' to
I counted twenty gas buggies goin' by theirsel's
Almost ev'ry time I tuk a walk
'Nen I put my ear to a Bell Telephone
And a strange womern started in to talk

[MAN 1]
To you?

[MAN 2]
What next

[MEN]
Yeah what

[WILL]
What next?
Gather 'round
Ev'rythin's up to date in Kansas City
They've gone about as fur as they c'n go
They went and built a skyscraper seven stories high
About as high as a buildin' orta grow

Ev'rythin's like a dream in Kansas City
It's better than a magic lantern show
Y' c'n turn the radiator on whenever you want some heat
With ev'ry kind o' comfort ev'ry house is all complete
You c'n walk to privies in the rain and never wet your feet
They've gone about as fur as they c'n go

[MEN]
Yes sir!
They've gone about as fur as they c'n go!

[WILL]
Ev'rythin's up to date in Kansas City
They've gone about as fur as they c'n go
They got a big theayter they call a burleycue
Fer fifty cents you c'n see a dandy show

One of the gals was fat and pink and pretty
As round above as she was round below
I could swear that she was padded
From her shoulder to her heel
But then she started dancin'
And her dancin' made me feel
Every single thing she had was absolutely real
She went about as fur as she could go

[MEN]
Yes sir!
She went about as fur as she could go

*Instrumental*

[AUNT ELLER]
Oh, that's about as fur as I can go

[MEN]
Yes sir!
And that's about as fur as she can go

Kansas City Q&A

Who wrote Kansas City's ?

Kansas City was written by Oscar Hammerstein II & Richard Rodgers & Rodgers & Hammerstein.

When did Gene Nelson (Actor) release Kansas City?

Gene Nelson (Actor) released Kansas City on Mon Aug 01 1955.

Where is the rest of the song?

The rest of the song is listed as a separate track, “Kansas City Ballet”, and was not included in the original soundtrack release. It is, however, in reissues of the soundtrack.

Were any lyrics changed for the movie from the original Broadway show?

Yes, some lyrics from the portion of the song where Will talks about the burlesque show were changed.

In the original song, he obviously states that the performer strips down:

But later in the second act when she began to peel
She proved that everything she had was absolutely real

In this version...

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