Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat
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"Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat" is a show-stopping gospel-style musical number from the 1950 Broadway musical *Guys and Dolls*, renowned for its lively rhythm and comic storytelling.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| There’s a Boat Dat’s Leavin’ Soon for New York | 1 |
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | song ⓘ |
| associatedWithGenre | Golden Age of Broadway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWork | Guys and Dolls (1955 film adaptation) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Frank Loesser NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| culturalStatus | standard of the musical theatre repertoire ⓘ |
| dramaticFunction |
brings the mission meeting to life
ⓘ
provides comic relief ⓘ showcases the character Nicely-Nicely Johnson ⓘ |
| ensembleNumber | yes ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceDate | 1950 ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceMedium | Broadway stage ⓘ |
| fromMusical | Guys and Dolls NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
Broadway musical song
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gospel-style show tune ⓘ |
| hasChoralSections | yes ⓘ |
| hasCoverVersions | yes ⓘ |
| hasRefrain | yes ⓘ |
| hasTitleText | Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lyricalTheme |
comic depiction of sin and redemption
ⓘ
vision of a boat to heaven ⓘ |
| lyricist | Frank Loesser NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicalForm | comic gospel number ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person testimony ⓘ |
| notableFor |
comic storytelling
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lively rhythm ⓘ show-stopping quality ⓘ |
| originalBroadwayProductionTheatre | 46th Street Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalProduction | 1950 Broadway production of Guys and Dolls ⓘ |
| partOf | Guys and Dolls NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performedByCharacter | Nicely-Nicely Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingInMusical | mission meeting ⓘ |
| style |
gospel-influenced
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up-tempo ensemble number ⓘ |
| tempo | fast ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 20th-century American musical theatre ⓘ |
| typicalPerformanceContext |
Broadway revivals
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cabaret performances ⓘ musical theatre concerts ⓘ |
| usesCallAndResponse | yes ⓘ |
| workBy | Frank Loesser NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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this entity surface form:
There’s a Boat Dat’s Leavin’ Soon for New York