Under the Bamboo Tree
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"Under the Bamboo Tree" is an American song composed by Robert Cole, J. Rosamond Johnson, and James Weldon Johnson. J. W. Stern & Co. published it in 1902. A ragtime hit, it sold over 400,000 copies.
Songsheet for "Under the Bamboo Tree"
Meet Me in St. Louis is a 1989 musical based on the 1944 film of the same name, which in turn is based on the 1942 novel of the same name by Sally Benson. The musical is about a wealthy lawyer's large
Under the Bamboo Tree
…1944 musical film Meet Me in St. Louis and it was included in the retrospective MGM film That's Entertainment!. It was later used in the stage musical Meet Me in St. Louis. T. S. Eliot parodied the song in Sweeney Agonistes…
Broadway windowcard Illustration by Hilary Knight
Dancers in a stage production of the musical