1. Overture - Orchestra 4:02
2. What Makes A Limey Talk So Square - Nancy Walker & Zasu Pitts 2:26
3. Oh, To Be Bohemian! - Reginald Gardiner 2:25
4. It's De Oily Boid - Reginald Gardiner & Nancy Walker 5:40
5. Reprise: It's De Oily Boid - Reginald Gardiner & Nancy Walker 0:38
6. The Block Where You Rock - Nancy Walker 3:54
7. I Could Have Boozed All Night - Reginald Gardiner 1:52
8. I Gotta Hand It To You - Zasu Pitts & Nancy Walker 2:23
9. I'm Kinda Partial To His Puss - Nancy Walker 3:32Bonus Tracks Sung By Nancy Walker
10. Who Do You Think I Am? 2:53
11. Just A Little Joint With A Juke Box 2:54
12. Ev'ry Time 3:14
13. Shady Lady Bird 2:21
14. I Can Cook Too 2:22
15. Some Other Time 3:50
16. I'm Tired Of Texas 2:41
17. Get Married, Shirley 3:17
18. Down To The Sea 4:35
19. Irving 4:10
20. Milkman, Keep Those Bottles Quiet 1:47
21. Oh, So Nice 2:39
22. The Charade Of The Marionettes 3:06
23. A Funny Heart 2:41
24. My Cousin In Milwaukee 1:55
25. Long Ago And Far Away 2:11
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Title:
My
Square
Laddie
and
Other
Songs
Artist:
Nancy
Walker
Catalogue
No:
SEPIA
1090
Barcode:
5055122110903
Release
Date:
7
March
2007
Many
will
find
it
hard
to
believe
that
Nancy
Walker,
the
actress
who
is
best
remembered
for
her
recurring
roles
on
TV
as
Ada,
Rhoda's
Jewish
mother
on
"The
Mary
Tyler
Moore
Show";
Rock
Hudson's
house-keeper
on
"Macmillan
&
Wife";
Rosie,
the
waitress
who
demonstrated
Bounty
paper
towels
on
commercials
as
the
"quicker
picker
upper",
and
as
Angela,
Sophia's
estranged
sister
in
"The
Golden
Girls",
had
actually
made
records
and
was
a
pretty
good
singer
too.
Born
Ann
Myrtle
Swoyer
in
1921
in
Philadelphia,
Nancy
was
the
daughter
of
a
dancing
comedian
Dewey
Barto.
After
spending
her
youth
travelling
across
the
country
with
him,
Nancy
decided
that
she
would
make
it
on
her
own
singing
tragic
songs.
Her
debut
appearance
as
a
single
act
was
not
a
success.
Finally,
at
the
age
of
nineteen,
she
auditioned
for
George
Abbott
who
was
casting
his
new
Broadway
musical,
"Best
Foot
Forward".
Legend
has
it
that
Abbott
found
himself
laughing
hysterically
at
Walker's
audition
and
instructed
the
playwrights
to
write
a
part
just
for
the
pint-sized
comedienne.
Nancy
was
the
only
cast
member
to
cut
four
songs
from
the
score.
These
rare
early
recordings
-
"What
Do
You
Think
I
Am?";
"Ev'ry
Time"
and
"Shady
Lady
Bird";
and
the
poignant
"Just
A
Little
Joint
With
A
Juke
Box"
-
reveal
a
warm,
smooth
voice
that
we
do
not
usually
associate
with
the
comedienne.
Following
appearances
in
two
MGM
films,
"Girl
Crazy"
and
"Broadway
Rhythm"
in
which
she
sang
"Milk
Man,
Keep
Those
Bottles
Quiet",
Walker
returned
to
Broadway
for
a
succession
of
extremely
successful
musicals
including
"On
The
Town",
"Look
Ma,
I'm
Dancin'",
"Phoenix
'55"
for
which
she
was
nominated
a
Tony
award,
and
"Do
Re
Me".
She
also
released
a
few
solo
albums,
one
being
the
1955
"I
Can
Cook
Too",
featured
on
this
CD,
as
well
as
a
hilarious
poke
at
one
of
the
most
popular
musicals
appearing
on
Broadway
at
the
time,
"My
Fair
Lady".
The
good-natured
spoof
recording
was
titled
"My
Square
Laddie",
which
also
featured
the
talents
of
Reginald
Gardiner
and
ZaSu
Pitts,
had
the
roles
of
the
Cockney
flower
girl
being
"taught"
how
to
speak
properly
by
the
upper
class
gentleman
reversed
and
transported
to
New
York.
In
the
sixties
she
began
appearing
on
TV
on
a
regular
basis
and
even
had
her
own
show
for
one
season.
Although
her
TV
successes
have
obliterated
her
previous
stage
stardom
and
singing
talent,
this
CD
release
is
a
charming
reminder
of
Nancy
Walker,
an
extraordinary
performer.
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