From the musical “AWAY WE GO,” 1943.
Boston Tryout title for “OKLAHOMA!”
Words by Oscar Hammerstein II.
Music by Richard Rodgers.
Copyright ©12 Mar 1943.
This song was published and only sold at performances of the show’s tryout in Boston. It was cut and the show was renamed after the hit song “Oklahoma,” and the exclamation point retained for the show’s new title. Only five songs were published with this rare cover: “Boys and Girls Like You and Me,” “The Surrey with the Fringe on Top,” “Many a New Day,” “Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’,” and “People Will Say We’re in Love.”
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
We walk on every city street
We walk in lanes where branches meet
And stars send down their blessings from the blue
We go through storms of doubt and fear
And so we walk from year to year
Believing in each other, as we do
Bravely marching forward, two by two
Refrain:
Boys and girls like you and me
Walk beneath the skies
They love just as we love
With the same dream in their eyes
Songs and kings and many things
Have their day and are gone
But boys and girls like you and me
We go on and on