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1. Never mind that one of the writers of the song was born in the 19 th century, or that Mitchell Parish, veteran lyricist (though born in the 20 th century, just) of "Sleigh Ride" and "Stardust," once described it to me as "a good, conventional Tin Pan Alley song"--there go the social proprieties of the centuries.
As to the bottoms winding up on top, as a self-contained composer/lyricist Porter knew enough to let a good strong lyric-thrust set itself.
Now, he happily collaborates with director/choreographer Mark Morris and lyricist/Nobel Prize-winning poet Derek Walcott.
The songs in Disney's Hunchback , by Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz, are a mishmash of the ersatz--sometimes imitating the old-fashioned Broadway cleverness of George Gershwin's brother Ira, the lyricist (as in Hunchback 's "A Guy Like You," sung by stone gargoyles, which you can listen to briefly by clicking , though I don't advise it), other times imitating the modern Broadway cleverness of Les Mis (as in Hunchback 's opening number, which you can also listen to with a click , though why?)
Poet Craig Raine argued that Lorenz Hart was a better lyricist than Dylan.