Song
"Sing for Your Supper " is an American popular song by composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist Lorenz Hart . The song debuted in their 1938 Broadway musical The Boys from Syracuse where it was done as a trio, with Muriel Angelus , Marcy Westcott , and Wynn Murray [1] performing an arrangement specially created for the production by Hugh Martin .
Background
The lyrics describe a singer performing to earn her meals: "Sing for your supper/And you'll get breakfast./Songbirds always eat/If their song is sweet to hear."
Recordings
The song has been recorded by:
Popular culture
Author Ethan Mordden used the title for his book Sing for Your Supper: the Broadway Musical in the 1930s .
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