Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here
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Hail! Hail! The gang's all here! is a song made famous by Fred Astaire. The lyrics were written by D.A. Estron to a tune originally written by Arthur Sullivan for the operetta, The Pirates of Penzance. The tune is part of "With Cat-Like Tread" from Act II of the operetta and was modified by Theodore Morse, who wrote the tune to the main verse.
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[edit] Pirates of Penzance Lyrics
Come, Friends who plough the sea!
Truce to navigation,
take another station!
Let's vary piracy,
With a little burglary!
[edit] Chorus Lyrics
Hail! Hail! the gang's all here,
What the deuce do we care,
What the deuce do we care,
Hail! Hail! we're full of cheer,
What the deuce do we care Bill!
[edit] Other well known versions include:
Hail, hail, the gang's all here,
Never mind the weather,
here we are together;
Hail, hail, the gang's all here,
Sure we're glad that you're here, too!
Hail, hail, the gang's all here,
We're a bunch of live ones,
not a single dead one;
Hail, hail, the gang's all here,
Sure I'm glad that I'm here, too!
[edit] Trivia
The tune to the chorus makes an appearance in an episode of The Backyardigans, "The Quest for the Flying Rock" with modified lyrics.
