The Good-Time Girl

"The Good-Time Girl" aka "The V.D. Polka" is a song from the musical "Over Here!", which opened on Broadway at the Shubert Theatre (Broadway) on March 6, 1974. It was sung by Patty Andrews in a U.S.O. style parody similar to Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Honey Bun" from "South Pacific". In the song Andrews warns the GIs to beware of the "Good Time Girl" because: cquote
:Though she may look like Venus... :She might not be the cleanest!"

The song was written by Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman.

Trivia

Ten years prior to "Over Here!", in 1964, the Sherman Brothers wrote "The North Pole Polka" for Walt Disney's "Mary Poppins". "The North Pole Polka" was a much more gentle song than "The V.D. Polka". The former was about Polar Bears dancing in the snow. That song was eventually dropped from the "Mary Poppins" score, however.

External links

* [http://www.ibdb.com/production.asp?ID=3706 "Over Here!" at Internet Broadway Database]
* [http://www.shermanmusic.com/ The Sherman Brothers]

Literary Sources

* Sherman, Robert B. "". Santa Clarita: Camphor Tree Publishers, 1998.