If I Were a Bell
"If I Were a Bell" is a song composed by Frank Loesser for his 1950 musical Guys and Dolls.[1]
Guys and Dolls[edit]
In the show Guys and Dolls, it is sung by the character Sister Sarah, originally performed by Isabel Bigley on Broadway, and memorialized on the original cast album.[2] On a bet, Sky Masterson takes Sarah Brown to Havana to have dinner and gets her drunk. Sarah's stiff social barriers fall away and she realizes she is in love with Sky, and he with her. She sings this after they have an eventful dinner, but Sky refuses to take advantage of her drunkenness. It was also recorded by Lizbeth Webb who created the part in the original London production in 1953 at the London Coliseum.
A different song with the same title was recorded in 1990 by R&B singer Teena Marie.