A WOMAN’S
TOUCH
DORIS DAY
SONGWRITERS:
SAMMY FAIN
& PAUL FRANCIS WEBSTER
COUNTRY:
U.S.A.
ALBUM:
CALAMITY JANE
LABEL: IDEAL
MUSIC
GENRE: SOUNDTRACK
YEAR:
1953
Calamity Jane is a Technicolor
western musical released in 1953. It is loosely based on the life of Wild West heroine
Calamity Jane and explores an alleged romance between Calamity Jane and Wild
Bill Hickok in the American Old West. The film starred Doris Day as the title
character and Howard Keel as Hickok. It was devised by Warner Brothers in
response to the success of Annie Get Your Gun.
It won the Academy Award
for Best Original Song ("Secret Love", Sammy Fain and Paul Francis
Webster) and was also nominated for Scoring of a Musical Picture and Best
Sound, Recording (William A. Mueller).
The songs and screenplay form
the basis of a stage musical of the same name that has had a number of
productions.
A woman's touch, a woman's touch
The magic of Aladdin couldn't do as much
She's a wizard, she's a champ
And she doesn't need a lamp
A woman's touch can weave a spell
The kind of hocus-pocus that she does so well
With the magic of a broom
She can mesmerise a room
With a whisk-whisk here and a whisk-whisk there
And a dustpan for the cinders
With a rub-rub here and a rub-rub there
She could polish up the winders
Then presto-chango, suddenly
The sun comes shining through
And what does Mr Sunshine say to you
How-do-ya-do
It makes you blink, to stop and think
A woman and a whisk broom
Can accomplish so darn much
So never underestimate a woman's touch
A woman's touch can quickly fill
The empty flower boxes on a winder sill
One smile from her and zoom
Little buds begin to bloom
A touch of paint, a magic nail
Can turn a kitchen chair into a Chippendale
Even make a lamp appear
Like a crystal chandelier
With a tack-tack here and a tack-tack there
And a hand around a hammer
With a mop-mop here and a mop-mop there
You can give a cabin glamour
Then gosh-o-mighty, all at once
The cabin that we knew
Becomes a shiny castle built for two
Me and you
The pies and cakes, a woman bakes
Can make a fella tell her
That he loves her very much
So never underestimate a woman's touch.
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