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Originally Posted by etype2
My wife guessed Judy Garland. I’m going to find that movie. Well done.
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"Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis" meshes with another interest of mine, world's fairs. As far as I know, it was the only song associated with a fair that attained any lasting popularity (and in my opinion, the only one that deserved any).
Most people have only heard the chorus, as sung in the movie, and do not know that it had seven humorous verses, and the chorus was modified to be a punchline for verses three through six.
Another factoid is that the verses and choruses are all in limerick form.
Here is an acoustic phonograph presentation of three verses and the following choruses:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYoGsVaT8vk
The lyrics of 6 verses can be found here:
http://www.perfessorbill.com/lyrics/lyloulou.htm