"Baby, It's Cold Outside"
was written
in 1944 by Frank Loesser, and sung for the first time with
his wife Lynn
at the conclusion of a housewarming
party at the Navarro Hotel.
The song was intended as a romantic dialogue
between a Wolf and a Mouse.
The words "Wolf" and "Mouse"
are actually written on the score.
Unfortunately, we have neither wolf
nor mouse, but commissioned a duo that we do have...
...the yet-to-be-popular singing stars
Minnie the Monkey and Fred the Fox. |
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(.....AND.....)
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"Minnie The Monkey"
(her side)
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"Fred The Fox"
(his side)
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I really can't stay
I've got to go 'way
This evening has been
So very nice
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But, baby, it's cold outside!
But, baby, it's cold outside
Been hoping that you'd drop in
I'll hold your hands, they're just like
ice
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My mother will start to worry
My father will be pacing the floor
So really I'd better scurry
Well, maybe just half a drink more
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Beautiful what's your hurry
Listen to the fireplace roar
Beautiful, please don't hurry
Put some records on while I pour
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The neighbors might think
Say, what's in this drink!
I wish I knew how
To break the spell
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But, baby, it's bad out there
No cabs to be had out there
Your eyes are like blossoms now
I'll take you hat, your hair looks
swell
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I ought to say no, no, no sir
At least I'm gonna say that I tried
I really can't stay
Ah but it's cold outside
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Mind if I sniff a bit closer?
What's the sense of hurtin' my pride?
Oh, baby, don't hold out
Baby, it's cold outside
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I simply must go
The answer is no
This welcome has been
So nice and warm
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But, baby, it's cold outside
But, baby, it's
cold outside
How lucky that you dropped in
Look out that window at that storm
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My sister will be suspicious
My brother will be there at the door
My maiden aunt's mind is vicious
Well, maybe just a
little bit more
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Gosh, your lips look delicious
Lettuce leaves on a white sandy shore!
Gosh you lips are
delicious
Never seen such a blizzard before
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I've got to get home
Say, lend me your coat
You've really been grand
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But, baby, you'll freeze out there
It's up to you knees out there
I'm thrilled when you touch my
hand-le
How can you do this thing to me? |
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There's bound to be talk tomorrow
At least there will be plenty implied
I really can't stay
Ah, but it's cold outside |
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Think of my lifelong sorrow
If you caught pneumonia and died
Can't get over that hold out
Ah, but it's cold outside
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Baby, it's cold outside! |
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And Minnie and Fred were stuck by a
cupid's bow, turned into handsome human lovers -
in fancy
costumes with a huge castle and dolphin
fountain, married, had 6 children
(fortunately none had
Fred's ears),
and lived happily ever
after....
(courtesy of TD Ameritrade's
financial folks)
all because....
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"....Baby, it's cold outside!" |
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In 1948,
after performing informally for four years, Loesser sold
Baby It's
Cold Outside
rights to MGM,
who used the
song in the 1949 Esther Williams movie, Neptune's
Daughter.
It has been
recorded by artists too numerous to list,
including Dinah
Shore and Buddy Clark, Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Jordan,
Pearl Bailey and Hop Lips Page,
James
Taylor and Natalie Cole, Sammy Davis Jr. and Carmen McRae,
and of course
Dean Martin, with a chorus singing the part of the mouse.
Even in 2013 and
2014, there were 5 additional recordings,
Cheryl Crow and
Darius Rucker's version reaching No. 13 on Billboard's
weekly Adult Contemporary chart
(December 27,
2014).
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May it be very warm at heart!
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