Younger Than Springtime Younger Than Springtime "Younger Than Springtime" is a show tune from the 1949 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "South Pacific". It has been widely recorded as a jazz standard. The song is performed in the first act by Lieutenant Cable when he makes love to his adored Liat, to whom he was only recently introduced by her mother Bloody Mary. The song shows that love just happens and does not follow the rules of racial separation prevalent in the United States at that time. In the original Broadway show, the song was performed by William Tabbert whilst in the 1958 film,
Springtime for the World places as Pakistan and North Africa. The booklet, the first and only from the band not to feature the full lyrics to all songs (except, of course, for greatest hits albums and collections in general), only included this tune's Arabic text, as well as a poetically suggestive English translation. The CD and MC editions of Springtime for the World contained two bonus tracks: "The Other Side of You", which was the B-Side of the independent single for "La Passionara"; and "Checking Out", a high spirited remix of a 1987 song, originally featuring on "She Was Only a Grocer's Daughter", which