Here is a page that goes into far more detail about all the different versions of Leonard Bernstein's Candide than I knew possible: maps to all the different versions, song variations, two full libretti (the 1956 original and a draft version of the 1974 redo), even Voltaire's original novel.I've long noticed that Dorothy Parker was listed as one of the lyricists, and always wondered what bits were hers. Now I know! She wrote this bit:
Lady Frilly, Lady Silly,
Pretty Lady Willy-Nilly,
Lady Lightly, Lady Brightly,
Charming Lady Fly-by-Nightly.
My Lady Fortune found me.
What a joy to have around me
Lovely ladies, six or seven.
This is my idea of Heaven.
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