Carmen Jones is a 1943 Broadway musical with music by Georges Bizet (orchestrated for Broadway by Robert Russell Bennett) and lyrics and book by Oscar Hammerstein II which was performed at The Broadway Theatre. Conceptually, it is Bizet's opera Carmen updated to a World War II-era, African-American setting. Bizet's opera was, in turn, based on the 1846 novella by Prosper Mérimée. The Broadway musical was produced by Billy Rose, using an all-black cast, and directed by Hassard Short. Robert Shaw prepared the choral portions of the show.
1943 Broadway Carmen Jones the Musical Songs with Lyrics
1. Prelude 2. Lift 'Em Up And Put 'Em Down 3. Dat's Love 4. You Talk Just Like My Maw 5. A Cafe On De Corner 6. Beat Out Dat Rhythm On A Drum 7. Stan' Up And Fight 8. Whizzin' Away Along De Track 9. Dis Flower 10. De Cards Don't Lie 11. Dat Ol' Boy (Card Song) 12. My Joe 13. Dat's Our Man 14. Finale
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