The Marx Brothers
Songs and other music

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Music in the vaudeville shows

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	The Man of Her Choice (1906 )	Performed by	Comments
view	Mary Moore  Music by: N. Harris Ware Lyrics by: Edward M. Simmonds	Julius Marx	This has be named the rarest Marx Brothers sheet music. Click here to read more.

	Gus Edwards' Postal Telegraph Boys (1906 )	Performed by	Comments
view	Farewell Killarney  Music by: Gus Edwards Lyrics by: Edward Madden	Julius Marx	note the advertising for another song performed by Julius on the inside cover
view	I'll Do Anything In The World For You  Music and lyrics by: Cobb & Edwards	Julius Marx	The sheet music for this song exists with pictures of different singers on the cover. The music part of the one shown here is from a different edition to the one with Groucho on the cover
view	If A Girl like You Loved A Boy Like Me  Music and lyrics by: Cobb & Edwards	Julius Marx	♬

	Fun in Hi Skule (1910 )	Performed by	Comments
	Peasie Weasie  Music and lyrics by: Charlie Van		Pease Weasie was the exclusive finale song of Fun In Hi Skule/ Mr Green's Reception. According to Groucho it was written by Charlie Van, half of the Charlie and Fannie Van vaudeville team. The Marxes bought it for $ 27 and it was sung at Marxian family gatherings well into the 1960s. Groucho revived the song for a 1959 TV appearance with Dinah Shore (also included in one of the TV documentaries). Another recording of Groucho performing a verse is also available in a TV documentary and two verses - whether they're accurate or not - are featured in Kyle Crichton's biography The Marx Brothers. Two more verses appear in Jo Adamson's book Groucho, Harpo, Chico and sometimes Zeppo and one of those is also in Simon Louvish' Monkey Business.

	Marx & Gordini (1911)	Performed by	Comments
view	Mandy (come out in the pale Moonlight)  Music and lyrics by: Leonard Marx	Aaron Gordon

	Home Again (1914)	Performed by	Comments
view	Do Not Say Good-Bye  Music and lyrics by: Leonard Marx
view	How Can I Marry One Little Girl When I'm In Love With Them All  Music and lyrics by: Leo Marks & Fred Fisher		The sheet music shows what seems to be a 1936 adaptation. According to Ira Doldnick, the chorus is similar in both tunes, but they're otherwise quite different.
view	The Little Grey Mother, Who Waits All Alone  Music by: Harry de Costa Lyrics by: Bernard Grossman		This song is mentioned on the sheet music of "Do not say goodbye", but it may not have been especially written for "Home Again". The composer Harry de Costa worked with Chico on other numbers of the show.
view	Under The Summer Moon  Music by: Leonard Marx & Lem Trombley Lyrics by: Leonard Marx
view	Sweet Kentucky Lady  Music by: Louis A. Hirsch Lyrics by: William Jerome		This song is mentioned on the sheet music of "Do not say goodbye", but it was a popular song at the time and not written for "Home Again"
view	Walking Thru Lover's Lane  Music by: Leonard Marx & Harry De Costa Lyrics by: Leonard Marx

	The Street Cinderella (1918)	Performed by	Comments
view	Sailin' Away on the Henry Clay  Music by: Egbert Van Alstyne Lyrics by: Gus Kahn

	I'll say she is (1923)	Performed by	Comments
view	Only You  Music by: Tom Johnstone Lyrics by: Will B. Johnstone	Miles
view	The Thrill of Love  Music by: Tom Johnstone Lyrics by: Will B. Johnstone
	Give Me A Thrill  Music by: Tom Johnstone Lyrics by: Will B. Johnstone		(same as above?)
view	The Wonderful Nile (or) The Wonderful River
view	I'm Saving You For A Rainy Day  Music by: Tom Johnstone Lyrics by: Will B. Johnstone
view	When The Shadows Fall  Music by: Tom Johnstone Lyrics by: Will B. Johnstone	Darby
	Break Into Your Heart  Music by: Tom Johnstone Lyrics by: Will B. Johnstone
	San Toy  Music by: Tom Johnstone Lyrics by: Will B. Johnstone
	Do It  Music by: Tom Johnstone Lyrics by: Will B. Johnstone	Edward Metcalfe and Girls
	Pretty Girl  Music by: Tom Johnstone Lyrics by: Will B. Johnstone	Marx Brothers, Metcalfe, Gardiner, Corbett, Darby
	Beauty's Dress  Music by: Tom Johnstone Lyrics by: Will B. Johnstone
	Wall Street Blues  Music by: Tom Johnstone Lyrics by: Will B. Johnstone
	Glimpses of the Moon  Music by: Tom Johnstone Lyrics by: Phil Cook

	The Cocoanuts (1925)	Performed by	Comments
view	A Little Bungalow  Music and lyrics by: Irving Berlin		In the preview-length print of The Cocoanuts, Groucho sang this number while courting Margaret Dumont. In the play it had been "the inevitable duet" (according to Alexander Woollcott), sang by characters Polly Potter and Robert Adams but Woollcott also found it "clever, insidious, engaging". ♬
view	Florida By The Sea  Music and lyrics by: Irving Berlin		(also listed as "New summer edition") ♬
view	We Should Care  Music and lyrics by: Irving Berlin		the music is an excerpt taken from another piece of sheet music for this show
view	The Monkey Doodle-doo  Music and lyrics by: Irving Berlin		(also listed as "New summer edition") ♬
view	Lucky Boy  Music and lyrics by: Irving Berlin		(also listed as "New summer edition") ♬
view	Tango Melody  Music and lyrics by: Irving Berlin		(also listed as "New summer edition") ♬
view	Five O'Clock Tea  Music and lyrics by: Irving Berlin		(also listed as "New summer edition")
	Minstrel Days
	My Family Reputation
	A Hit With The Ladies
	When We're Runnning A Little Hotel Of Our Own
view	Why Do You Want To Know Why?  Music and lyrics by: Irving Berlin		(marked "New summer edition")
view	Ting-a-ling The Bells'll Ring  Music and lyrics by: Irving Berlin		(marked "New summer edition")
	Everyone In The Word Is Doing The Charleston  Music and lyrics by: Irving Berlin		(marked "New summer edition")
	Gentlemen Prefer Blonds  Music and lyrics by: Irving Berlin		(marked "New summer edition")
	The Tale Of A Shirt	Ruysdael, Company
	The Tale Of A Shirt "Piano Speciality"	Chico Marx
	The Tale Of A Shirt "Harp Speciality"	Harpo Marx

	Animal Crackers (1928)	Performed by	Comments
view	Watching the Clouds Roll By  Music and lyrics by: Bert Kalmar & Harry Ruby	Mary and John
view	Waiting  Music and lyrics by: Bert Kalmar & Harry Ruby	Mary, John
view	Who's Been List'ning To My Heart  Music and lyrics by: Bert Kalmar & Harry Ruby	Mary and John
view	Long Island Low Down  Music and lyrics by: Bert Kalmar & Harry Ruby
view	Hooray For Captain Spaulding  Music and lyrics by: Bert Kalmar & Harry Ruby
view	The Musketeers  Music and lyrics by: Bert Kalmar & Harry Ruby

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Music in the movies

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	The Cocoanuts (1929)	Performed by	Comments
	Main Title  Music and lyrics by: Irving Berlin
	Flo-Florida By The Sea  Music and lyrics by: Irving Berlin
view	When My Dreams Come True  Music and lyrics by: Irving Berlin	Mary Eaton and Oscar Shaw	note the extra verse in the Australian sheet music
	When My Dreams Come True  Music and lyrics by: Irving Berlin	Harpo
	Monkey Doodle Doo  Music and lyrics by: Irving Berlin	Mary Eaton
	Dance of the Cocoanuts and reprise of When my dreams...  Music and lyrics by: Irving Berlin	Mary Eaton
	I want my shirt  Music and lyrics by: Bizet		sung to the music of the Toreador Song from Carmen
	Gypsy Love Song or A cup of coffee, a sandwich and You  Music and lyrics by: Verdi		from Aida
	I-Eat-A (Piano solo)  Music and lyrics by: Irving Berlin	Chico

	Animal Crackers (1930)	Performed by	Comments
	Main Title  Music and lyrics by: Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby
	Butler's song  Music and lyrics by: Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby
view	Hooray For Captain Spaulding  Music and lyrics by: Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby	Groucho, Cast	This became Groucho's signature tune and was, for example, used in "You Bet Your Life"
	Somewhere My Love Live Sleepin'  Music and lyrics by: Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby
view	Why Am I So Romantic   Music by: Harry Ruby Lyrics by: Bert Kalmar
	End Title  Music and lyrics by: Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby

	Monkey Business (1931)	Performed by	Comments
	Main Title
	Sweet Adeline
	Classical Excerpt
	Potpourri
	O Sole Mio
	Sugar In The Morning
	Harp Theme
	End Title
	What follows is a listing from the movie's script. I will try to work out how this matches to title names above
	Monkey Business Prelude #2  Music and lyrics by: John M. Leipold
	I'm Happy Over You  Music and lyrics by: Chico Marx, Violinsky
	Sweet Adeline  Music and lyrics by: Henry Gerard, Henry Armstrong
	Improvising
	Sailor's Hornpipe
view	I'm Daffy Over You  Music and lyrics by: Chico Marx, Sol Violinsky		The sheet music cover is from the time of "Flywheel, Shyster & Flywheel"
	Just One More Chance  Music and lyrics by: Coslow, Johnson
	Volga Boat Song  Music and lyrics by: Trad. Russian
	Dixie  Music and lyrics by: D. D. Emmett
	Argentina  Music and lyrics by: Rainger, Leipold
	Argentina  Music and lyrics by: Rainger, Leipold
	(Whistle)
	Just One More Chance  Music and lyrics by: Coslow, Johnson
	You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me  Music and lyrics by: Fain, Norman, Kahal

	Horse Feathers (1932)	Performed by	Comments
	Main Title  Music and lyrics by: Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby
view	I'm against it  Music and lyrics by: Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby
view	Ev'ryone Says "I Love You"  Music by: Harry Ruby Lyrics by: Bert Kalmar		this title is performed several times in the movie by different people
	End Title  Music and lyrics by: Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby

	Duck Soup (1933)	Performed by	Comments
	Main Title  Music and lyrics by: Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby
	His Excellency Is Due  Music and lyrics by: Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby
	Hymn to Freedonia  Music and lyrics by: Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby
	Freedonia Is Going To War  Music and lyrics by: Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby
	End Title  Music and lyrics by: Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby

	A Night at the Opera (1935)	Performed by	Comments
	Main Title  Music and lyrics by: Herbert Stothart
view	Alone  Music by: Nacio Herb Brown Lyrics by: Arthur Freed	Allan Jones / Kitty Carlisle
	Italian Potpurri  Music and lyrics by: Herbert Stothart
view	Cosi Cosa  Music by: Bronislau Kaper, Walter Jurmann Lyrics by: Ned Washington
	Piano Theme  Music and lyrics by: Herbert Stothart
	All I do is Dream of You  Music and lyrics by: Herbert Stothart
	Il Trovatore  Music and lyrics by: Verdi
	End Title  Music and lyrics by: Herbert Stothart

	A Day at the Races (1937)	Performed by	Comments
	Main Title  Music by: Bronislaw Kaper, Walter Jurmann Lyrics by: Gus Kahn
view	Blue Venetian Water  Music by: Bronislaw Kaper, Walter Jurmann Lyrics by: Gus Kahn	Allan Jones
	Who's that Man  Music by: Bronislaw Kaper, Walter Jurmann Lyrics by: Gus Kahn
	Prelude In Do Mi, Op 23  Music by: Bronislaw Kaper, Walter Jurmann Lyrics by: Gus Kahn
view	Tomorrow Is Another Day  Music by: Bronislaw Kaper, Walter Jurmann Lyrics by: Gus Kahn	Allan Jones
view	A Message From The Man In The Moon  Music by: Bronislaw Kaper, Walter Jurmann Lyrics by: Gus Kahn	Allan Jones
view	All God's Chillun Got Rhythm  Music by: Bronislaw Kaper, Walter Jurmann Lyrics by: Gus Kahn	Ivy Anderson
	End Title  Music by: Bronislaw Kaper, Walter Jurmann Lyrics by: Gus Kahn

	Room Service (1938)	Performed by	Comments
	R.K.O. signature
	Main Title
	My Friend Going Back Home
	Traditional
	End Title

	At the Circus (1939)	Performed by	Comments
	Main Title  Music by: Harold Arlen Lyrics by: E.Y. Harburg
	Step Up And Take A Bow  Music by: Harold Arlen Lyrics by: E.Y. Harburg
view	Two Blind Loves  Music by: Harold Arlen Lyrics by: E.Y. Harburg	Kenny Baker
	Train musique  Music by: Harold Arlen Lyrics by: E.Y. Harburg
	Beer Barrel Polka  Music by: Harold Arlen Lyrics by: E.Y. Harburg
	Frida Oum Papa  Music by: Harold Arlen Lyrics by: E.Y. Harburg
view	Lydia, The Tattooed Lady  Music by: Harold Arlen Lyrics by: E.Y. Harburg	Groucho
	Swingali  Music by: Harold Arlen Lyrics by: E.Y. Harburg
	Blue moon  Music by: Harold Arlen Lyrics by: E.Y. Harburg
	Circus  Music by: Harold Arlen Lyrics by: E.Y. Harburg
	End Title  Music by: Harold Arlen Lyrics by: E.Y. Harburg

	Go West (1940)	Performed by	Comments
	Main Title
	You can't argue with love  Music and lyrics by: Bronislau Kaper
	Rindin' the Range  Music and lyrics by: Roger Edens
	My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean
view	As If I Didn't Know  Music and lyrics by: Bronislau Kaper
	From the Land of the Sky Blue Water  Music and lyrics by: Charles Wakefield Cadman

	The Big Store (1941)	Performed by	Comments
	Main Title
view	If It's You  Music and lyrics by: Ben Oakland, Artie Shaw and Milton Drake	Tony Martin
	Sing While You Sell  Music by: Hal Borne Lyrics by: Sid Kuller, Hal Fimberg
	Harpo & Chico play Piano
	Mama Yo Quiero
	Piano Theme
	Harpo's bazar
	Classical Excerpt  Music by: Bach
view	Tenement Symphony  Music by: Hal Borne Lyrics by: Sid Kuller, Ray Golden	Tony Martin
	End Title

	A Night in Casablanca (1946)	Performed by	Comments
	Main Title  Music and lyrics by: Werner Janssen
view	Who's Sorry Now  Music by: Ted Snyder Lyrics by: Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby
	Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2  Music and lyrics by: Franz Liszt	Harpo	played when Harpo finds the room with all the treasure

	Copacabana (1947)	Performed by	Comments
view	Je Vous Aime  Music and lyrics by: Sam Coslow
	Go West, Young Man  Music and lyrics by: Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby	Groucho Marx	this song may have originally been written for "Go West", but wasn't used in that movie

	Love Happy (1949)	Performed by	Comments
view	Main Title  Music and lyrics by: Ann Ronell
	Mama Wants To Know Who Stole The Jam  Music and lyrics by: Ann Ronell
	Love 'N' Strip  Music and lyrics by: Ann Ronell

	Mr. Music (1950)	Performed by	Comments
view	Life Is So Peculiar  Music by: James van Heusen Lyrics by: Johnny Burke	Bing Crosby, Peggy Lee, The Merry Macs and Groucho Marx	As far as I know this is the only song in the movie where Groucho was amongst the performers

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Other music

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	(1907)	Performed by	Comments
view	And A Little Bit More  Music by: Fred Fisher Lyrics by: Alfred Bryan	Julius Marx

	(1922)	Performed by	Comments
view	Mister Gallagher and Mister Shean  Music and lyrics by: Ed Gallagher & Al Shean		The Marx Brothers' uncle Al Shean was well known for this song

	(1927)	Performed by	Comments
view	Thinking of You  Music by: Harry Ruby Lyrics by: Bert Kalmar	not a Marx Brothers piece but a nice link between the actors from "The Cocoanuts" and the authors of "Animal Crackers"

	(1940)	Performed by	Comments
view	By The Light Of The Silvery Moon  Music by: Gus Edwards Lyrics by: Ed Madden	Chico's Orchestra	This song was originally written in 1909

	(1942)	Performed by	Comments
view	Please Think Of Me  Music and lyrics by: Benny Davis, Russ Morgan, Ted Murry	Chico Marx and his Orchestra

	(1948)	Performed by	Comments
	How d'Ye Do And Shake Hands	Groucho recorded this in 1948
	Black Strap Molasses	Groucho recorded this in 1948

	(1949)	Performed by	Comments
	The Funniest Song in the World	Groucho recorded this in 1949

	(1950)	Performed by	Comments
view	Lullaby Doll  Music by: Harpo Marx Lyrics by: Gerda	Harpo
view	Lucky Little Penny  Music and lyrics by: Chico Marx, Benny Davis, Sol Violinsky	Chico	this may be a variation of "I'm Daffy Over You"

	(1951)	Performed by	Comments
view	Show Me a Rose  Music and lyrics by: Bert Kalmar & Harry Ruby	Groucho often sang this and recorded it in 1951
view	Dr Hackenbush  Music and lyrics by: Bert Kalmar & Harry Ruby	Groucho recorded this in 1951
	Father's Day  Music and lyrics by: Harry Ruby	Groucho recorded this in 1951 and performed it in his Carnegie Hall Concert
view	Guardian Angel  Music by: Harpo Marx Lyrics by: Gerda	Harpo	♬
	Omaha, Nebraska  Music by: Harry Ruby Lyrics by: Groucho Marx	Groucho recorded this in 1951

This site uses material originally created by Frank Bland for his website Why A Duck?. Frank did kindly give me permission to use this material.

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