99outof144's comments

Trying to find a song my mom used to listen to in the early sixties. I expect the song itself was from the forties or fifties. Since I was a child at the time, I likely have an error in the lyrics -which don’t make sense to me.

The song had a beat similar to a match. The singer was male. Likely a show tune.

The lyrics as I best recall them:
“Ninety nine, out of a hundred forty four, I know you!” That would repeat at least twice. The words “I know you” each had at least a whole note duration. The numerical part of the lyrics were sung faster. The singer would belt it out like a show tune.

That’s all I’ve got. No luck at all on Google.

The 99 out of 144 part is probably not right -but if it isn’t, the correct words meter the same and sound similar. more »