"Give It Back to the Indians" | |
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Song | |
Published | 1939 |
Songwriter(s) | Lorenz Hart |
Composer(s) | Richard Rodgers |
"Give It Back to the Indians" is a show tune from the Rodgers and Hart musical Too Many Girls (1939), where it was introduced by Mary Jane Walsh.[1]
The song is about the island of Manhattan, and the title alludes to its purchase from the Native AmericansbyPeter Minuit in 1626.[2]
The song was not used in the film version of Too Many Girls (1940).
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