Phoebe found me in the midnight sand, Phoebe found me alone. Phoebe found me in the cross that lays on my heart, when the cabaret’s been done. Phoebe found the gun.
Watcha got? Guns, girls, weapons, the battle of love? This is another wide-open DUAN, full of opportunity! Or, you know, take your cue from our friend @farscythe and play whatever is feeding your musical soul, right now!
Kerala Dust – Phoebe
Ethel Waters – Miss Otis Regrets
A newer one
Valerie June – Shotgun
of course we have a Boingo for that too!
Buddy Guy – Lucy Mae Blues
My Saturday woman totes a Gatling gun. You better stand. She’ll shoot you if you run.
Radio Birdman – Non-Stop Girls
A twofer from “Annie Get Your Gun”:
A more modern audience might remember Howard Keel (the one who’s in the second video with Betty Hutton) from his work on “Dallas,” that seminal ’80s sensation. He played Clayton Farlow.
Perfect setup, because one of my first thoughts was Alyssa Edwards as Annie Oakley.
Alyssa Edwards (as Annie Oakley), in “HERstory of the World” from RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Season 2
Nancy Sinatra, “Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)”
Jessie J, Ariana Grande, Nicki Minaj, “Bang Bang”
Squeeze – Annie Get Your Gun