The Yearling

• Original Broadway Production (1965)
  New York, NY

Click on the title for info on the song.

Original score

• Let Him Kick Up His Heels
• Boy Talk
  • aka Boy Thoughts [Pre-Broadway Title]
• Bear Hunt
• Some Day I'm Gonna Fly
• Lonely Clearing
  • aka In That Clearing [Pre-Broadway Title]
• Everything in the World I Love
  • aka You're Everything in the World I Love [longer title]
• I'm All Smiles
• The Kind of Man a Woman Needs
• What a Happy Day
• Ain't He a Joy?
• Why Did I Choose You?
  • aka Why Did You Choose Me? [no note]
• One Promise
  • aka One Promise Come True [no note]
• Nothing More
• Everything Beautiful

Cut prior to opening

• The Fluttermill Song
• I'll Buy You a Dress
• That's What Wants to Marry Me
• Spring Is a New Beginning
• Planting Fever
• Dance
• As a Man He'll Grow Strong and Wise
• Teach Me How to Dance
• Growing Up Is Learning to Say Goodbye
• I Love This Child
• My Pa
• Little Gal

Added to 1985 revival

• My Love
• Shoot the Pig
• I'd Kick Up My Heels
• I Need a Friend
• Slewfoot!
• My Prayers Have Come True
• Moonshine
  • aka Crane Dance [no note]
• Startin' Over
  • aka Starting Over [no note]
• I Love You (So Much)
• Slewfoot Ballet
• Here
• Anyone Can Dance
• Ain't I a Beautiful Sight

• CBS Radio Promotion (1965) [audio]
• Composer Demo [audio]

Based on the novel by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

In post–Civil War Florida, a farm boy discovers an orphaned fawn and raises it as his own, finding joy, purpose, and responsibility. As drought, hunger, and family pressures mount, the animal’s survival collides with the needs of the household. The boy and his parents face a wrenching decision that tests love, duty, and the hard lessons of growing up.