A Boy From Texas-A Girl From Tennessee

A Boy From Texas-A Girl From Tennessee

music by John Benson Brooks (above) & Jack Segal (top)

lyric by Joseph Allen McCarthy

A boy from Texas, a girl from Tennessee;
He was so lonely in New York and so was she.
The boy said, "Howdy." The girl said, "Hi, you all.
He could have kissed her when he heard that southern drawl.
They walked up Broadway as though they owned the town.
They'd never hear it if the buildings tumbled down.
Somewhere out yonder the home folks smile to see,
The boy from Texas with his bride from Tennessee...

Gerry Mulligan referred to Brooks as "our dreamer of impossible dreams."
Joseph Allen McCarthy was one of Cy Coleman's early collaborators.