From “MISS LIBERTY,” 1947 [cut].
Words and Music by Irving Berlin.
Copyright ©17 Jun 1949.
Also intended for “EASTER PARADE,” 1948. Filmed Judy Garland but [cut].”
Also intended for “CALL ME MADAM,” 1949, but [cut].
Finally used on stage in “JEROME ROBBINS’ BROADWAY,” 1989.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
Playing on his slide trombone
In a certain monotone
He was known as Mister Monotony
Any pleasant interlude
That would mean a change of mood
Didn’t go with Mister Monotony
Sometimes he would change the key
But the same dull melody
Would emerge from Mister Monotony
Folks for miles would run away
Only one preferred to stay
She would come around and say
“Have you got any monotony, today?”
They got married as they should
And around the neighborhood
She was known as Missis Monotony
They were happy as could be
And they raised a family
Six or seven little Monotonies
From another village came a snappy clarineter
She heard him play and strange to say
She liked him better
‘Twas the end of Mister Monotony
She refused him when he tried
Bringing her back to his side
She just answered when he cried
“Have you got any monotony today?”
“Haven’t got any monotony today
Can’t play today
Haven’t got any monotony today”