The Windy City from Calamity Jane (1953)

Calamity Jane (Doris Day) sings The Windy City to her comrades upon her return from Chicago, where she had gone to entice the actress Adelaide Adams to perform at the local theatre. It s a beautiful number that reveals both her pride for Deadwood City and its people, as well as how sheltered she has been in the comfort of her little town. Coming down from a realization of how her masculine behaviour is perceived by other people, and how other women act and behave in other places, she may also be trying make a defensive claim about who and what she is. Lyrics: I just blew in from the Windy City The Windy City is mighty purty But they ain t got what we got, no sirree They ve got shacks up to seven stories Never see any Morning Glory s But a step from our We got em for free They ve got those minstrel shows, Purty ladies in the big chapeaux Private lawns, public For the sake of civic v br, br,