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- "I Whistle a Happy Tune" is a show tune from the 1951 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, The King and I. It is sung by the Governess Anna Leonowens (originally played on Broadway by Gertrude Lawrence) to her son Louis after the curtain rises on Act One of the musical, to persuade him not to be afraid as they arrive in Siam to serve the King.
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It is sung by the Governess Anna Leonowens (originally played on Broadway by Gertrude Lawrence) to her son Louis after the curtain rises on Act One of the musical, to persuade him not to be afraid as they arrive in Siam to serve the King.
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Outspoken and fiercely independent, Anna spreads her motherly love not only to her own child but the little royals of Siam- children of the titular king. It's not just his kids that she teaches, however. Anna uses her wit and tenacity to open his mind and enlighten him on ways to strengthen Siam's position in the modern world.
"Whenever I feel afraid I hold my head erect And whistle a happy tune So no one will suspect I'm afraid. While shivering in my shoes I strike a careless pose And whistle a happy tune And no one ever knows I'm afraid. Make believe you're brave And the trick will take you far. You may be as brave As you make believe you are." -I Whistle a Happy Tune
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- Gertrude Lawrence. Legendary British actress Gertrude Lawrence – friend, castmate, and mischievous muse to the eternally witty Noël Coward – won a Tony Award as Anna Leonowens in the original 1951 Broadway production of The King and I, starring Yul Brynner as the King.
- Angela Lansbury. Angela Lansbury lived-lived-LIVED in Mame, baked the worst pies in London in Sweeney Todd, and solved all crimes great and small in TV’s Murder She Wrote.
- Barbara Cook. Whether she was dreaming of a white knight in The Music Man or swooning over vanilla ice cream in She Loves Me, Broadway darling Barbara Cook knew how to enchant audiences.
- Donna Murphy. Broadway superstar Donna Murphy won her second Tony Award as Anna in the 1996 revival of The King and I, starring Lou Diamond Phillips.
In 1862, Welsh-born widow Anna Leonowens and her young son Louis arrive by ship in Bangkok, Siam (now known as Thailand), where she has been engaged by King Mongkut to be schoolmistress to the royal children.
"I Whistle a Happy Tune" is a song featured in the 1956 film The King and I sung by Deborah Kerr as Anna Leonowens with vocal by Marni Nixon and Rex Thompson as Louis Leonowens. Composed by Richard Rodgers with lyrics written by Oscar Hammerstein II, the song is sung by the...
Bewildered and more than a little afraid, Anna and Louis try to conceal their feelings by whistling – I Whistle A Happy Tune. Scene 2 takes us to the King’s library, his royal highness standing imperiously on a low dais.
