Don't Shoot the Hooey to Me, Louie


"Don't Shoot the Hooey to Me, Louie" is a song from the musical Over Here!, which opened on Broadway at the Shubert Theatre on March 6, 1974. The song was written by Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman, and is sung by the train porter played by Samuel E. Wright. In the story, the Porter cannot seem to get a break; not by coincidence, the Porter is African-American. Years later, Samuel E. Wright sang the, now famous, Academy Award winning song, "Under the Sea" from Walt Disney's animation film The Little Mermaid.

Historical context with regard to racism in the 1940s