BUTTONS AND BOWS
Dinah Shore
— from «The Paleface»
— words and music by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans
(Spoken:) A western ranch is just a branch of Nowhere Junction to me.
Give me the city where living’s pretty and the gals wear finery.
East is east and west is west
And the wrong one I have chose
Let’s go where I’ll keep on wearin'
Those frills and flowers and buttons and bows
Rings and things and buttons and bows
Don’t bury me in this prairie
Take me where the cement grows
Let’s move down to some big town
Where they love a gal by the cut o' her clothes
And I’ll stand out
In buttons and bows
I’ll love you in buckskin
Or skirts that I’ve homespun
But I’ll love ya' longer, stronger where
Yer friends don’t tote a gun
My bones denounce the buckboard bounce
And the cactus hurts my toes
Let’s vamoose where gals keep usin'
Those silks and satins and linen that shows
And I’m all yours in buttons and bows
Gimme eastern trimmin' where women are women
In high silk hose and peek-a-boo clothes
And French perfume that rocks the room
And I’m all yours in buttons and bows
My dad nicknamed me "button". when I asked why I was told that it was because he loved me as a wee child in "buttons and bows" but now I was growing up and had outgrown the bows.
My dad with dementia last heard this song when he was about 14 years old and he had one line of the song stuck in his head and when I found it here and played it to him he cried with happiness and memory!
The BEST ever VERSION from the Best female singer on 78 rpm, BRAVO for this historical incredible rendering! Sometimes we do need that kinda incredible SINGER! MERCI BEAUCOUP! Emmanuel from Paris France