July 2, 2019. Paul Goldfinger© Ocean Grove, NJ.
DORETTA MORROW AND RICHARD KILEY From the original Broadway cast recording of Kismet: “Stranger in Paradise.”
When I was a kid, the lyrics to this song baffled me. I thought the lyric was “Out of the commonplace into the air” and “Somewhere in space I hang suspenders.” But now I know the truth. And not only that, but some years later I learned what the title “a stranger in paradise” was all about.
As for the music, it was based on the compositions of Alexander Borodin, a 19th century Russian composer.