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A Long Time Ago Lyrics by Robert Weede, Mona Paulee

The Most Happy Fella (Original Cast Recording)

1956

[MARIE, spoken]
What do you really know about her?
[TONY]
I don't know nothing about-a her
Where she's ever go, what she ever done
I don't know nothing about-a her
I don't gotta know
I don't wanna know
What I was-a see is kind of young lady
I want to get marry!
[MARIE, spoken]
Married?
[TONY, spoken]
Yeah!
[MARIE, spoken]
Tony!
(sung)
A long time ago in the old country
Mamma looked at me right before she died
And with her poor tired eyes she was sayin'
"Marie, take care of Tony
Marie, take care of your dumb, funny-lookin' big brother Tony"
And ever since then
[TONY, spoken]
Marie...
[MARIE]
I tried
[TONY]
What I was-a see is kind of young lady
I want to get marry!
[MARIE, spoken]
At your age? You gotta realize, you ain't young no more. 
[MAX, spoken]
Here you are, Tony. 
[MARIE, spoken]
And you ain't good-lookin'! And you ain't smart! You want to send her a picture of you? Mamma wouldn't want you to do nothin' foolish. I'll wait for you in the truck. 
[TONY, spoken]
Ah, Rosabella, what's-a use? If I was-a send you my pitch', it's a no make-a love, it's-a just make-a laugh. 
[HERMAN, spoken]
Hi, boss. 
[TONY, spoken]
Hallo, Herman. 
[HERMAN, spoken]
Congratulations!
[AL, spoken]
Yeah! I seen here picture. It's beautiful!
[CLEM, spoken]
Good luck, Tony. 
[JAKE, spoken]
Congratulations, Tony. 
[HERMAN, spoken]
I wish I could get a gal like the boss got. But he's a man of action. Me, I'm a dreamer. I never get one. I just keep lookin' at 'em.
Credits
Robert Weede

Robert Weede

Mona Paulee

Mona Paulee

About “A Long Time Ago” by Robert Weede

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"A Long Time Ago" appears on "The Most Happy Fella (Original Cast Recording)" in 1956.

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