Purlie

Musical

Writers: Peter Udell Philip Rose Ossie Davis Gary Geld

Songs

  • Walk Him Up the Stairs
  • Newfangled Preacher Man
  • Skinnin' a Cat
  • Purlie
  • The Harder They Fall
  • Charlie's Songs: The Barrels of War; The Unborn Love
  • Big Fish, Little Fish
  • I Got Love
  • Great White Father
  • Skinnin' a Cat
  • Down Home
  • First Thing Monday Mornin'
  • He Can Do It
  • The Harder They Fall (Reprise)
  • The World Is Comin' to a Start
  • Walk Him Up the Stairs (Reprise)

A song with an asterisk (*) before the title indicates a dance number; a character listed in a song with an asterisk (*) by the character's name indicates that the character exclusively serves as a dancer in this song, which is sung by other characters.

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