This is one of the numbers I wrote for Casablanca The Musical:
Casablanca The Musical by Magnolia Thunderpussy, Actor’s Workshop, 18 September 2001
It was intended to be the first number used in the show – not quite an opening number but for sure a scene-setting number.
GETTING DRUNK AT LOU FERRARI’S
(Song to the Tune of “Rum and Coca Cola”)
VERSE 1
If you’re in colonial Vichy France,
Meet your old flames just by happenstance,
Everybody else just comes to Wick’s,
But Ferrari’s an old dog with new tricks.
CHORUS 1
Getting drunk at Lou Ferrari’s,
On Coke and chilled Bacardis,
Papers, drugs and honeys,
Working for the funny money.
VERSE 2
Senior Ferrari is a git,
Full of invention, full of shit,
More Mister Nice Guy, no he ain’t,
Makes Jeffrey Archer seem a saint.
CHORUS 2
Getting stoned at Lou Ferrari’s,
On Coke and ganja brownies,
Papers, drugs and honeys,
Working for the funny money.
VERSE 3
Half way along the Greenstreet,
You’ll find his bar Pink Paraqueet,
Don’t ask for café or for latte,
Or you’ll end up as dead as poor Ugarte.
CHORUS 3
Getting bombed at Lou Ferrari’s,
Every night’s a party,
Papers, drugs and honeys,
Working for the funny money.
Here is the Andrew Sisters singing Rum & Coca Cola:
…or, if you prefer colour and movement, here are The Priester Sisters: