THE MOST HAPPY FELLA

Words & Music by Frank Loesser
© 1956, Frank Music Corp.

(Townspeople) – Oh! there's the postman.
(Postman) – Come arunnin'.

(T.P.) – The mail is in!
The mail is in, the mail is in, the mail is in.

(P.) – Farnsworth!
(Farnsworth) – Here I am!
(P.) – Your uncle's all right!

(P.) – Johnson!
(Johnson) – Yep!
(P.) – You better pay the gas and light!

(P.) – Sullivan!
(Sullivan) – That's me!
(P.) – You're here, thank the Lord!

Sullivan, you're breakin' my back
with Montgomery Ward.

Van Pelt!
Your sister had a baby girl.

Greene!
(Greene) – Herbie Greene?
(P.) – Say! who's Pearl?

Esposito!
(T.P.) – That's for Tony!
That's for Tony! That's for Tony!

(T.P. and P.) – Where's Tony Esposito?
(T.P.) – The mail order love affair,
the mail order love affair.

Ev'rybody's followin' the mail order
love affair of Tony Esposito!

(Tony) – Aspetta un momento!
'At'sa me!

Che Bellezza!
E bella come un colpo di cannone!
Che bella faccia!

(T.P.) – What did she write ya?
What did she write ya?
What did she write ya now?

(T.) – Omma the most happy fella
in the whole Napa Valley.

In the whole Napa Valley,
the most happy man, 'at's me.

Look a' my Rosabella.
– He's the most happy fella.

– Look a' my Rosabella.
– Look a' his Rosabella.

– She wasa senda me her photograph,
and she was aska me for mine.

– Ooh, fine, that'sa fine,
that'sa fine, that'sa fine.
Look at the most happy fella,

– You wait an' you see!
– in the whole Napa Valley.

– She gonna marry me!
– Good luck to you, Tony Esposito!

(Voices in the Crowd)
– Hey, Tony, how did it all get started?
– Yeah, tell us about it, Tony.

(T.) – Hey, can you wait,
an' I willa tell you.

In da wintertime from Frisco,
she wasa write to me one postcard.

Then I wasa write, then she wasa write.
Then I wasa write, then she wasa write,
then me, then she, then me, then she, and

Now she'sa make da springtime come so fast!
She'sa make da green come on the vine!

She wasa send me her photograph
and she was aska me for mine.

(T.P.) – That'sa fine,
that'sa fine, that'sa fine.
Look at the most happy fella,

(T.) – Grazie!
(T.P.) – in the whole Napa Valley.

– Madonna! Madonna! so much omma holler,
I bet you a dollar I busta my collar,
you takea one look a' my face, wha'd'ya see?

– The most happy fella, the most!…
– 'At'sa me!
– happy man!

03-04-94, 09:30, L.T.

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