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Younger Than Springtime

Written: 1949

Music by: Richard Rodgers

Words by: Oscar Hammerstein II

Written for: South Pacific
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Mandy Patinkin

performing

"Younger Than Springtime"

from the cast recording session of the Toronto Production
with the London Symphony Orchestra
(1986)

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About the Show South Pacific / Origins of the Song

Other songs written for South Pacific currently included in the Cafe Songbook Catalog of The Great American Songbook:

1. Bali Ha'i

2. A Cockeyed Optimist

3. Happy Talk

4. Some Enchanted Evening

5. This Nearly Was Mine

6. A Wonderful Guy

 

For a complete listing of songs used in the original Broadway production of South Pacific, see IBDB song list.

 

(Read our discussion on criteria (currently unavailable)for inclusion of songs in The Cafe Songbook Catalog of The Great American Songbook).

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Selected Recordings of

"Younger Than Springtime"


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