from the album Guys and Dolls (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
Released
1950
Recorded
1950
Genre
show tunes
Length
2:27
Label
Decca
Songwriter(s)
Frank Loesser
"More I Cannot Wish You" is a song written and composed by Frank Loesser and first performed by Pat Rooney in 1950.[1][2] The song was featured in the musical Guys and Dolls. The sentimental lyrics relate the feelings of the oldest character in the play, missionary Arvide Abernathy,[3] who sings it tenderly to his granddaughter, Sarah Brown.[4]
^Dietz, Dan (July 2, 2014). The Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 39. ISBN 978-1442235052. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
^"Pat Rooney". Playbill. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
^Brahms, Caryl; Sherrin, Ned (January 1, 1984). Song by Song: The Lives and Work of 14 Great Lyric Writers. Anderson. ISBN 978-0863600135. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
^Riis, Thomas L. (January 28, 2008). Frank Loesser. New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 102. ISBN 978-0300110517. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
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