Hannibal, Mo(Zour-Ee)

"Hannibal, Mo(Zour-Ee)" is a song from the film "Tom Sawyer", written by Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman. The music was arranged by composer John Williams.

This song is a big musical number in the tradition of "Oklahoma!" which like that song is featured toward the end of the film at a big town gathering, in this case, the town picnic.

About the song

* Songwriter, Robert B. Sherman's two daughters are featured vocalists in the off screen chorus of this song. Their line is: "Standing guard on the jams and jellies..."

* The Sherman Brothers and John Williams share an Oscar nomination for "Best Music, Scoring Original Song Score and/or Adaptation and a Golden Globe nomination for Best Score for Motion Picture - Musical/Comedy. [ [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070814/awards Tom Sawyer (1973) - Awards ] ]

* In the follow up to "Tom Sawyer", 1974's "(Huckleberry Finn)", the Sherman Brothers also wrote a song, the title of which includes both the name of the city and the name of the state. That song was "Cairo, Illinois"

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