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=== Additional songs === [[File:Martin Middleton South Pacific.jpg|thumb|alt=A man about fifty and a younger woman (Martin), in formal dress, hold each other closely as they look upwards and to the right. They are seated on a divan or loveseat|right|[[Ray Middleton (actor)|Ray Middleton]] and [[Mary Martin]] as Emile and Nellie in the original production (1950)]] A number of songs were extensively modified or omitted in the weeks leading up to the initial Broadway opening. They are listed in the order of their one-time placement within the show: * "Bright Canary Yellow", a short song for Nellie and Emile, was placed just before "A Cockeyed Optimist", of which the opening line, "When the sky is a bright canary yellow" was intended to play off of the earlier song.<ref>Block, pp. 139β140</ref> * "Now Is the Time" (Emile) was placed in the beach scene (Act I, Scene 7) just after Emile tells Nellie why he killed the man in France. It was to be reprised after "[[You've Got to Be Carefully Taught]]", but it was felt that for Emile to remain on stage while singing of immediate action was self-contradictory. It was replaced in Act I by a reprise of "Some Enchanted Evening"; in Act II it was initially replaced by "Will You Marry Me?" (later repurposed for ''[[Pipe Dream (musical)|Pipe Dream]]'') on March 24, 1949, and then by "This Nearly Was Mine" on March 29, just over a week before the Broadway opening on April 7.<ref>Block, pp. 140β145</ref> * "Loneliness of Evening" (Emile) was cut before the Broadway opening. It was to occur in the first backstage scene (Act II, Scene 2) prior to "Happy Talk" and was sung to the same melody as "Bright Canary Yellow". Its melody can be heard in the 1958 film as Emile reads aloud the card with the flowers he has brought backstage for Nellie to the Thanksgiving show; the second stanza was repurposed and sung by the Prince in the 1965 TV production of ''[[Cinderella (Rodgers and Hammerstein musical)|Cinderella]]''.<ref>Block, pp. 139, 142β143</ref> * A reprise of "Younger Than Springtime" that follows Cable's rejection of Liat, was added after January 1949.<ref name = "B142" /> It followed two separate attempts at songs for Cable. One song, designated as "My Friend" was a duet for Cable and Liat, included such lyrics as "My friend, my friend, is coming around the bend" and was rejected by Logan as one of the worst he'd ever heard. Rodgers and Hammerstein's second attempt to place a song there, "Suddenly Lucky", was considered by Logan too lightweight and was later repurposed for ''[[The King and I]]'' as "[[Getting to Know You (song)|Getting to Know You]]".<ref>Block, pp. 142, 145β146</ref> The melody for "Younger than Springtime" was from a song, "My Wife", intended for ''Allegro'' but not used.<ref>Nolan, p. 190</ref> * "Honey Bun" was not included in the January 1949 libretto (a note marks that the lyrics will be supplied later).<ref name = "B142">Block, p. 142</ref> * "My Girl Back Home" (Cable) preceded "You've Got to be Carefully Taught" in the original score but was cut before the first Broadway production. It appears in the movie version as a duet for Nellie and Cable. It was reinstated for the 2002 London revival, for Cable.<ref name = "B142146" /> * "You've Got to be Carefully Taught" originally had several singing lines for Emile following the conclusion of the lyrics for Cable.<ref name ="B142146">Block, pp. 142, 146</ref>
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