"I'm Gonna File My Claim" - Marilyn Monroe (Words and Music by Ken Darby and Lionel Newman) I've looked around the country and I've seen it all And what I want, I'm ready to name It's big and strong and handsome and it's 6 feet tall I'm gonna file my claim I've struck a real bonanza and he's rough and rash But what he's got, I'm ready to tame He's worth a fancy fortune but it's not in cash I'm gonna file my claim I got the fever, ooh, the fever But not for gold in the ground I want the title to something vital That I can throw my fences around A gal should never hustle with a pick and pan To dig for gold, that isn't her game I'll find the man who's found it, then I'll get that man Who's gonna help me file my claim? I gotta file my claim Ooh, looking for nuggets? Ooh, mush! A, B, C, D, who's gonna file me under love? There ain't a man, not a single man There ain't a man alive who wouldn't trade his gold For what it takes to stay in the game So have your fun and spend it 'fore you get too old Who's gonna help me file my claim? Who's gonna help me, help, help me? Who's gonna help me file my claim tonight?
Video Description (Here below is my description of this video, in which the external links I provide actually work. For some reason, RUclips is stopping them from working in the video description box above.) Unofficial Music Video / Film Clip (River of No Return, 1954) • HD • 60 FPS • HQ Audio • Subtitle Lyrics Option • Standard Volume Level • Lyrics Transcript Provided Below This video contains optional subtitles for the lyrics, and these can be activated and deactivated by simply clicking on the "CC" button beneath the video. Here is a clip from the 1954 American Western musical film "River of No Return", directed by Otto Preminger and starring Robert Mitchum and Marilyn Monroe. The source video I used to create this one is here: ruclips.net/video/bfjKgZ1cUVo/видео.html That was the best-quality upload featuring this performance I could find online. That video also featured a repeat of the same clip but this time showing how the picture quality was enhanced by the uploader. I have simply removed that second half of the video, lowered the volume level so that it matches that of the majority of music videos, done a fade-in from black at the beginning, and added optional subtitles for the lyrics. This song was written by Ken Darby and Lionel Newman. I have not been able to find out who produced this track. Marilyn Monroe recorded another version of the song which got released as the B-side of the 1954 single "The River Of No Return", which was another song from the same film, but I have not been able to find out who produced that version either. I also have not been able to find out how that single performed in the charts. For more information on this song and film, see these pages: www.discogs.com/master/671062-Marilyn-Monroe-The-River-Of-No-Return-Im-Gonna-File-My-Claim en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_of_No_Return www.imdb.com/title/tt0047422/ An official presentation of the lyrics to this song is to be found printed on the back cover of the Japan release of the 1954 single "The River Of No Return", for which this song was the B-side, and a picture of this back cover can be seen here: www.discogs.com/release/16160930-Marilyn-Monroe-The-River-Of-No-Return-Im-Gonna-File-My-Claim/image/SW1hZ2U6NDk3MTI0NTE= Presented below and as optional subtitles in the video is my own transcript of the lyrics, for which I have used that official presentation as a guide. LYRICS "I'm Gonna File My Claim" - Marilyn Monroe (Words and Music by Ken Darby and Lionel Newman) I've looked around the country and I've seen it all And what I want, I'm ready to name It's big and strong and handsome and it's 6 feet tall I'm gonna file my claim I've struck a real bonanza and he's rough and rash But what he's got, I'm ready to tame He's worth a fancy fortune but it's not in cash I'm gonna file my claim I got the fever, ooh, the fever But not for gold in the ground I want the title to something vital That I can throw my fences around A gal should never hustle with a pick and pan To dig for gold, that isn't her game I'll find the man who's found it, then I'll get that man Who's gonna help me file my claim? I gotta file my claim Ooh, looking for nuggets? Ooh, mush! A, B, C, D, who's gonna file me under love? There ain't a man, not a single man There ain't a man alive who wouldn't trade his gold For what it takes to stay in the game So have your fun and spend it 'fore you get too old Who's gonna help me file my claim? Who's gonna help me, help, help me? Who's gonna help me file my claim tonight?
"I'm Gonna File My Claim"
- Marilyn Monroe
(Words and Music by Ken Darby and Lionel Newman)
I've looked around the country and I've seen it all
And what I want, I'm ready to name
It's big and strong and handsome and it's 6 feet tall
I'm gonna file my claim
I've struck a real bonanza and he's rough and rash
But what he's got, I'm ready to tame
He's worth a fancy fortune but it's not in cash
I'm gonna file my claim
I got the fever, ooh, the fever
But not for gold in the ground
I want the title to something vital
That I can throw my fences around
A gal should never hustle with a pick and pan
To dig for gold, that isn't her game
I'll find the man who's found it, then I'll get that man
Who's gonna help me file my claim?
I gotta file my claim
Ooh, looking for nuggets?
Ooh, mush!
A, B, C, D, who's gonna file me under love?
There ain't a man, not a single man
There ain't a man alive who wouldn't trade his gold
For what it takes to stay in the game
So have your fun and spend it 'fore you get too old
Who's gonna help me file my claim?
Who's gonna help me, help, help me?
Who's gonna help me file my claim tonight?
Video Description
(Here below is my description of this video, in which the external links I provide actually work. For some reason, RUclips is stopping them from working in the video description box above.)
Unofficial Music Video / Film Clip (River of No Return, 1954) • HD • 60 FPS • HQ Audio • Subtitle Lyrics Option • Standard Volume Level • Lyrics Transcript Provided Below
This video contains optional subtitles for the lyrics, and these can be activated and deactivated by simply clicking on the "CC" button beneath the video.
Here is a clip from the 1954 American Western musical film "River of No Return", directed by Otto Preminger and starring Robert Mitchum and Marilyn Monroe.
The source video I used to create this one is here: ruclips.net/video/bfjKgZ1cUVo/видео.html
That was the best-quality upload featuring this performance I could find online. That video also featured a repeat of the same clip but this time showing how the picture quality was enhanced by the uploader. I have simply removed that second half of the video, lowered the volume level so that it matches that of the majority of music videos, done a fade-in from black at the beginning, and added optional subtitles for the lyrics.
This song was written by Ken Darby and Lionel Newman. I have not been able to find out who produced this track. Marilyn Monroe recorded another version of the song which got released as the B-side of the 1954 single "The River Of No Return", which was another song from the same film, but I have not been able to find out who produced that version either. I also have not been able to find out how that single performed in the charts.
For more information on this song and film, see these pages:
www.discogs.com/master/671062-Marilyn-Monroe-The-River-Of-No-Return-Im-Gonna-File-My-Claim
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_of_No_Return
www.imdb.com/title/tt0047422/
An official presentation of the lyrics to this song is to be found printed on the back cover of the Japan release of the 1954 single "The River Of No Return", for which this song was the B-side, and a picture of this back cover can be seen here: www.discogs.com/release/16160930-Marilyn-Monroe-The-River-Of-No-Return-Im-Gonna-File-My-Claim/image/SW1hZ2U6NDk3MTI0NTE=
Presented below and as optional subtitles in the video is my own transcript of the lyrics, for which I have used that official presentation as a guide.
LYRICS
"I'm Gonna File My Claim"
- Marilyn Monroe
(Words and Music by Ken Darby and Lionel Newman)
I've looked around the country and I've seen it all
And what I want, I'm ready to name
It's big and strong and handsome and it's 6 feet tall
I'm gonna file my claim
I've struck a real bonanza and he's rough and rash
But what he's got, I'm ready to tame
He's worth a fancy fortune but it's not in cash
I'm gonna file my claim
I got the fever, ooh, the fever
But not for gold in the ground
I want the title to something vital
That I can throw my fences around
A gal should never hustle with a pick and pan
To dig for gold, that isn't her game
I'll find the man who's found it, then I'll get that man
Who's gonna help me file my claim?
I gotta file my claim
Ooh, looking for nuggets?
Ooh, mush!
A, B, C, D, who's gonna file me under love?
There ain't a man, not a single man
There ain't a man alive who wouldn't trade his gold
For what it takes to stay in the game
So have your fun and spend it 'fore you get too old
Who's gonna help me file my claim?
Who's gonna help me, help, help me?
Who's gonna help me file my claim tonight?