Arms and the Girl (musical)

Arms and the Girl is a 1950 Broadway musical with a book by Herbert Fields, Dorothy Fields, and Rouben Mamoulian, music by Morton Gould, and lyrics by Dorothy Fields. The show is based on the play The Pursuit of Happiness by Lawrence Langner and Armina Marshall. It opened at the Richard Rodgers Theatre on February 2, 1950, and closed on May 27 after 134 performances.

Premise
During the American Revolution, an American revolutionary named Jo, who lives in Connecticut, falls in loves with a Hessian soldier. Connecticut, a runaway slave who uses the name of whatever colony she's living in, is also involved.

Act l

 * A Girl With a Flame
 * That's What I Told Him Last Night
 * I Like It Here
 * That's My Fella
 * A Cow and a Plough and a Frau
 * Nothin' for Nothing'
 * He Will Tonight
 * Plantation in Philadelphia
 * You Kissed Me

Act ll

 * Don't Talk (reprise)
 * I'll Never Learn
 * There Must Be Something Better Than Love
 * She's Exciting
 * Mister Washington! Uncle George
 * A Cow and a Plough and a Frau (reprise)