The MGM Studio Orchestra & The MGM Studio Chorus
Fred Astaire
Fred Astaire
Fred Astaire
The MGM Studio Orchestra
Judy Garland
The MGM Studio Chorus
The MGM Studio Orchestra
The MGM Studio Orchestra
The MGM Studio Orchestra
The MGM Studio Orchestra
The MGM Studio Orchestra
Judy Garland & Peter Lawford
Judy Garland
Judy Garland & Fred Astaire
Fred Astaire
Judy Garland & Fred Astaire
The MGM Studio Orchestra
The MGM Studio Orchestra
Ann Miller & The Mel-Tones &
Judy Garland
The MGM Studio Orchestra
Fred Astaire & The Mel-Tones &
Judy Garland & Fred Astaire
The MGM Studio Orchestra
Richard Beavers
The MGM Studio Orchestra
Judy Garland &
Judy Garland & Fred Astaire
The Mel-Tones
Judy Garland
This comic song was originally composed for Judy Garland in the 1948 film Easter Parade, but the number was cut from the movie. Irving Berlin then tried to repurpose the song for his Broadway musicals Miss Liberty and Call Me Madam, but both times the song was also dropped from the show. It was not...
[HANNAH]
Playing on his slide trombone
In a certain monotone
He was known as Mister Monotony
Any pleasant interlude
That would mean a change of mood
Didn't go with Mister Monotony
Sometimes he would change the key
But the same dull melody
Would emerge from Mister Monotony
Folks for miles would run away
Only one preferred to stay
She would come around and say
"Have you got monotony today?"
They got married as they should
And around the neighborhood
She was known as Mrs. Monotony
They were happy as could be
And they raised a family
Six or seven little Monotonies
From another village came a snappy clarineter
She heard his playing, strange to say, she liked it better
'Twas the end of Mister Monotony
Soon there came another bride
And she snuggled to his side
But he answered when she cried
"Have you got any monotony today?"
"Haven't got any monotony today
Can't play
Today
Haven't got any monotony today"
Mr. Monotony was written by Irving Berlin.