Praefectus Praetorio
R.I.P. Brother of the Quill
So incredibly good!Blossom Dearie Someone to watch over me
From Wiki:
"Someone to Watch Over Me" a 1926 song composed by George Gershwin with lyrics by Ira Gershwin, assisted by Howard Dietz who penned the title. It was written for the musical Oh, Kay! (1926), with the part originally sung on Broadway by English actress Gertrude Lawrence while holding a rag doll in a sentimental solo scene. The successful musical ran for more than 200 performances in New York and then saw equivalent acclaim in London in 1927; all with the song as its centerpiece.
Lawrence's performances of the song in 1926 and 1927 were presented in a solo scene at the beginning of Act II, with Lawrence wearing a maid's uniform and singing to a rag doll that she held in her hand. George said he found the doll in F.A.O Schwarz's toy shop in Philadelphia where the play was in development, and he thrust the doll upon Lawrence to use as a prop in the scene, to increase the sense of her character's vulnerability. This late addition surprised the play's director. The doll was masculine, probably a Raggedy Andy (the male equivalent of the immensely popular Raggedy Ann - I had an Andy as a child).