High Button Shoes - Definition and Overview

High Button Shoes is a musical theater production, first staged at the New Century Theatre on Broadway on October 9, 1947. It has music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Sammy Cahn and book by George Abbott and Phil Silvers. It was based on the novel The Sisters Liked Them Handsome by Stephen Longstreet. The show ran for 727 performances.

The Songs

• "Can't You Just See Yourself?"
• "I Still Get Jealous"
• "Nobody Ever Died For Dear Old Rutgers"
• "On A Sunday By The Sea"
• "Papa, Won't You Dance With Me?"
• "There's Nothing Like A Model T"
• "You're My Girl"

London production

The show opened at the Hippodrome on December 22, 1948 and ran for 291 performances.