- To Keep My Love Alive
"To Keep My Love Alive" is a 1943 popular
song composed byRichard Rodgers , with lyrics byLorenz Hart for the musical "A Connecticut Yankee " (1927), where it was introduced byVivienne Segal . It was written especially for Segal's appearance in the the 1943 revival of "A Connecticut Yankee." ( [http://www.rnh.com/links/ctyankee/ctbackground.html R&H Theatricals background] )The song outlines the many ways the singer "bumped off" her husbands in order to avoid being unfaithful to any of them. Some of her methods include arsenical poisoning, defenestration, stabbing, and appendectomy.
Notable recordings
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Ella Fitzgerald - "Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart Songbook " (1956)
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