Thou Swell

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"Thou Swell" is a popular jazz standard and show tune composed by Richard Rodgers with lyrics by Lorenz Hart, first introduced in the 1927 musical "A Connecticut Yankee."

All labels observed (2)

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Thou Swell canonical 4
Thou swell, thou witty 1

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Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf jazz standard
show tune
song
associatedWithMovement Great American Songbook
composer Richard Rodgers
countryOfOrigin United States
firstPerformanceIn A Connecticut Yankee
genre jazz
show tune
hasComposerLyricistTeam Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart
linked to: Rodgers and Hart
hasForm popular song
hasLyricalRegister colloquial American English
hasLyricalTheme romantic love
hasMusicalStyle Broadway
Tin Pan Alley
linked to: Tin Pan Alley era
hasNotableSongwriterDuo Rodgers and Hart
hasTitlePhrase Thou swell, thou witty
linked to: Thou Swell
introducedInWork A Connecticut Yankee
introducedInYear 1927
isStandardInRepertoire Broadway performers
jazz musicians
vocal jazz singers
language English
lyricist Lorenz Hart
lyricsBy Lorenz Hart
musicBy Richard Rodgers
originalMedium stage musical
originalProductionType Broadway musical
partOfMusical A Connecticut Yankee
publicationYear 1927

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Richard Rodgers notableWork Thou Swell
Thou Swell hasTitlePhrase Thou swell, thou witty
linked to: Thou Swell
Lorenz Hart notableWork Thou Swell
Rodgers and Hart notableWork Thou Swell