Judy Garland - Tom, Tom, The Piper's Son (Presenting Lily Mars, 1943)

Judy Garland performing the song Tom, Tom, The Piper's Son in the movie "Presenting Lily Mars" from 1943. :D

[@aliali-ce3yf]

she's so gorgeous . she's got very expressive eyes

[@anamariaytomas]

An amazing perfomane by Judy. Very cheerful and full of swing. Judy is beautiful here, her hairstyle, makeup... LOVE HER,

[@esmeephillips5888]

It was the first time her makeup and costume were both 'grown up' and modern. ('For Me and My Gal' was a period piece). Together with 'Girl Crazy' it was part of MGM's big push to get Garland on to marquees in her own right, not just as Mickey Rooney's sidekick.

[@juliamariaf.queiroz2682]

I love Judy Garland.

[@richardgornalle4536]

Love this lady!

[@richriverz8037]

for me this is the funniest movie of judy

[@cathyriker2505]

I love this movie too top to bottom!

[@sylvie3562]

Literally such a fucking banger dude

[@holdyourhats]

Hit it!!!!!!

[@kaylasanchez7997]

It was going pop And it couldn't stop Now it's number one, Thanks to Tom the piper's Son. Tom, Tom, the piper's Son Stole a tune and away he run And away run he With that melody Tom was hot, the tune was sweet But he revamped it with a new off-beat And the classic thing, Got a shot of swing Mr. Brahms cried och! So did Mozart and Bach And to hear them rave Paginini tumbled over in his grave And now that tune, that no one played Has stepped right up and hit the hit parade It was growing pop And it couldn't, STOP! Now it's number one thanks to Tom the piper's son. (Chorus with swing ;) Tom was hot, the tune was sweet But he vamped it with a boogie beat And the classic thing, Got a shot of swing Beethoven turned gray So did Debussy and Bose It was such a stew Tchaikovsky said "I'm gonna sue!" And now that tune, that no one played Has stepped right up and hit the hit parade It was growing pop and it couldn't, stop... Now it's number one thanks to Tom the piper's son.

[@esmeephillips5888]

Written by Burton Lane (m) and Yip Harburg (ly). The stream of joke namechecks for longhair composers is reminiscent of Judy's contemporaneous 'The Joint is Really Jumping Down at Carnegie Hall" by Roger Edens, who wrote 'Where There's Music' for this flick.

[@jaimehamm8999]

Why can't we post the song Every Movement Has a Meaning of Its own from the same film?

[@colesmith1256]

0:39

[@colesmith1256]

0:45

[@colesmith1256]

1:09

[@colesmith1256]

1:32

[@colesmith1256]

1:41

[@colesmith1256]

1:54

[@stellaneko7659]

Hard to believe Judy Garland screwed herself up later on in life it's unfortunate she was so talented

[@gwindematteo934]

Crystal Nonte she had a lot of help, from her mother to her employer (who started her on amphetamines and barbiturates) and countless physicians and unscrupulous “managers”.

[@itchyeyelids0_0]

It was all Hollywood and her mom

[@jakegladdy3984]

Hollywood is what did that to her. They didn't respect her talent enough. They were very jealous because they were talentless and she had the IT factor with everything especially those eyes, the legs, the gorgeous face and that amazing voice