unknown

When i think of home, i think of a place
Where there's love overflowing
I wish i were home, i wish i was back there
With the things i've been knowin'
Wind that makes the tall trees bend into leaning
Suddenly the snowflakes that fall have a meaning
Sprinkling the sea
Makes it all clean

Maybe there's a way for me to go back
Now that i have some direction
It would sure be nice to back home
Where there's love and affection
And just maybe i can convince time to slow up
Giving me enough time in my life to grow up
Time be my friend
Let me start again

Suddenly my world's gone and changed its face
But i still know where i'm goin'
I have had my mind spun around in space
And yet i've watched it growin'
If you're listening god, please don't make it hard to go
If we should believe the things that we see
Tell us should we run away, should we try and stay?
Or is better just to let things be?

Living here in this brand new world might be a fantasy
But it's taught me to love so it's real to me
And i've learned that we must look inside our hearts to find
A world full of love like yours and mine
Like home

Fanny & chorus
When you're down and out
Lift up your head and shout
There's gonna be a great day
Angels in the sky
Promise that be by and by
There's gonna be a great day
Gabriel will warn you
Some early morn
You will hear his horn
It's not far away
Lift up your head and say
There's gonna be a great day
Great day

When you're down and out
Lift up your head en shout
There's gonna be a great day
Angels in the sky
Promise that by en by
We're gonna see a great day
Gabriel will warn you
Somebody born
You will hear his horn, his horn
It's not far away
Lift up your head and say
There's gonna be a great day
When the skies went darker, oh lord!
Came noah's ark, oh lord!
Amen and amen!
Amen and amen!

He came in january, february, march, april, may, june
July, and august, september october, november,
De de december
It was a great day
It was a great day
One of those great days
And on judgment day
If you believe he will receive you and me
Gabriel will warn you
Some early morn
You will his horn, his horn
It's not far away
Lift up your head and say
There's gonna be a great
We're gonna see a great
There's gonna be,
Be a great day.

You've been a fool and so have i
But come i'll be your wife
And let us try before we die
To make some sense of life
We're neither pure nor wise nor good
We'll do the best we know
We'll build our house and chop our wood
And make our garden grow
And make our garden grow

I thought the world was sugar cake
For so our master said
But now i'll teach my hands to bake
Our loaf of daily bread
We're neither pure nor wise nor good
We'll do the best we know
We'll build house and chop our wood
And make our garden grow
And make our garden grow

Let dreamers dream what worlds they please
Those edens can't be found
The sweetest flowers
The fairest trees
Are grown in solid ground
We're neither pure nor wise nor good
We'll do the best we know
We'll build our house and chop our wood
And make our garden grow
And make our garden grow

Extra! extra!
I'm in love
I gotta thank my luck stars above
Hurry, hurry don't be late
I can't wait
I gotta celebrate
It's a fact
We got a first rate act
It's evident when we make love
The main event
You're my every thought
Baby
You're my own attraction
You must be heaven's saint
You give me so much satisfaction
You're the one
You make life worth fighting for
You're the one-ah!
And there is nobody quite like you
Honey, you're the one...

You're my everything
And it's my conclusion
There is no sweeter scent
When you have found the right solution
Cause you're the one
You make life worth fighting for
You're the one
And there is nobody quite like you
You're my number one
You're my number one

Extra! extra!
I'm in love
I gotta thank my luck stars above
Hurry, hurry don't be late
I can't wait
I gotta celebrate
It's a fact
We got a first rate act
It's evident when we make love
The main event
We're the main event!

You don't have to shout
>from now on i'm out of the kitchen
What's more i can't stand your cigarette brand
And i switchin'
I'm unhappy with things the way they've occurred
It is time to face facts and not mince a word
Certain parties with bird brains are getting the bird!
Au revoir, fare thee well, and good-bye
And i'll tell you why

A funny thing happened on my way to love
I lost the young fellow i've been dreaming of
He changed while i waited and hoped for his call
Into someone who's no fun at all
So i'll start forgetting
What else can i do?
And much thanks for letting me practice on you
It's farewell my lovely
Excuse please my dust
Unravel and travel and lust

No tears
No hurt surprise
It's with a pleasant glow i realize
If i have that much love so deep true and strong
All ready to hand my dear mister wrong
To stew both the treasures, the joy and delight
I'll give to my own mister right.

So hasta lavista, factah, toodle-ooh
The world will keep turning but nut around you
There's someone else waiting who's more than a friend
Best wishes and dishes i'll send
So

So long, i'm on my way
And may i say
If i had this much love so deep true and strong
All ready to hand you my dear mister wrong
Just think of the treasures the joy and delight
I'll give
As long as i live
Day and night
To my own mister right!

Act ii opens with the newly wed fanny and nick arriving at their home in long island.
Fanny's friends have prepared a surprise party for them. ziegfeld is there, hoping
Fanny will be in his new show; he's even hired her friend eddie as dance director.
Fanny's ziegfeld friends ask her what it's like be married and she replies:

Fanny:
I'm sadie, sadie, married lady,
Bow when i go by.
I'm a corporation now,
Not me, myself and i.
Oh how that marriage license works
On chambermaids and hotel clerks.
The honeymoon was such delight
That we got married that same night.
I'm sadie, sadie, married lady,
Still in bed at noon,
Racking my brain deciding
Between orange juice and prune.
Nick says nothing is too good for me,
And who am i not to agree?
I'm sadie, sadie, married lady, that's me!
All:
She's sadie, sadie, married lady,
Fanny:
Meet a mortgagee,
All:
The owner of an icebox
Fanny:
With a ten-year guarantee.
Oh, sit me in the softest seat,
Quick, a cushion for my feet.
Do for me, buy for me, lift me, carry me,
Finally got a guy to marry me!
I do my nails,
Read up on sales,
All day the records play.
Then he comes home, i tell him
Oy--what a day i had today!
I swear i'll do my wifely job,
Just sit at home--become a slob!
I'm sadie, sadie, married lady, that's me!
All:
She's sadie, sadie, married lady,
Boys:
Sadie, you did the trick.
Fanny:
It's nothing!
Girls:
Not ev'ry girl can get herself
A guy who looks like nick.
Fanny:
Wait, to tell the truth, it hurt my pride--
The groom was prettier than the bride.
All:
Sadie, sadie, married lady,
Fanny:
Husband, house, a mortgage, a baby,
All:
Sadie, sadie, married lady,
Fanny:
That's who?
All:
That's you.
Fanny:
That's me--married lady.
All:
Say hello to ziegfeld's married lady--sadie!

Fanny
Say it's only a paper moon, sailing over a cardboard see
But it wouldn't be make belief if you belief in me

I like him i know he's phoney
But when they packages it nice and market it right
I buy beloney
Yes i like him though i can see that he's the type
I'd better get busy and do unto to first
Before i find he's done unto me
He's mostly made of chutzpah
A fake a con a lie
Could be i like him cause
So am i

If you don't want to get nervous
Do yourself a great big service
Stay away please far from seventh avenue
You can lose your sense and reason
Guessing what style for next season
Yes, the dress business will make a wreck of you
It's a battle of fierce and grim
That depends on the ladies' whim
What'll miss and misses america's answer be
Will she say with a tossing head
And that rare guy wouldn't drop dead
Or she'll say : yes, this dress is really me
On guessing what, a day will say
A sheer impossibility
This poor kid's brave, he worked away
And try to build that industry
How crazy, bold and reckless
Can human beings be...
Hip, hip, hooray! for the garment trade
Hear the cheer to push the music hits us everyone
Day after day...they go on this way
To the cockeyed way the job that must be done
Off to the fray on the brave crusade
Gallant ladies' garment trade
Though in health got speed
In a gesture breed, made all answers on parade
What a business what a sack game
Yet it's about as much your business is a crap game
Snapper, zipper, bowler, button
All we know is what the experts know from nothin'
So the last line you got pie with
Coming right up is another you could die with
If you're right the dough could flow in
If you're not you haven't got a pot to sew with
Off to the fray on the brave crusade
Gallant ladies' garment trade
Though in health got speed
In a gesture breed, made all answers on parade
Off to the fray on the brave crusade
Gallant ladies' garment trade
Though in health got speed
In a gesture breed, made all answers on parade...

Nick is not in the audience for fanny's opening night, and she's worried,
But when he makes a late appearance at the party, she's angry at him until
He tells her that a hurricane has destroyed their casino and he's lost all
Her money. fanny doesn't think it's that big a deal, and this makes nick
Angry. fanny doesn't understand why:

Who are you now,
Now that you're mine?
Are you something more
Than you were before?
Are you warmer in the rain,
Are you stronger for my touch,
Am i giving too little
By my lovin' you too much?
How is the view,
Sunny and green?
How do you compare it to
The views you've seen?
I know i am better, braver and surer too,
But you--are you now--
Who are you now?
Are you someone better for my love?

We've just been introduced
I do not know you well
But when the music started
Something drew me to your side

So many men and girls
Are in each other's arms
It made me think
We might be similarly occupied

Shall we dance?

(shall we dance?)
On a bright cloud of music
Shall we fly?
Shall we dance?
(shall we dance?)
Shall we then say good night and mean goodbye? (goodbye)
Or per chance, (per chance)
When the last little star has left the sky (sky---)
Shall we then be together
With our arms around each other?
And shall you be my new romance? (new romance)
Oh, on the clear understanding
That this kind of thing can happen
Shall we dance? (shall we dance?)
(shall we? shall we? shall we?)
Shall we dance?

Hello young lovers whoever you are
(shall we dance?)
Be brave young lovers and follow your star
(shall we dance?)

Shall we dance?
(come on and make me dance, come on and make me dance)
(come on come on come on come on come on come on come on come on)

Shall we dance? (shall we dance?)
On a bright cloud of music
Shall we fly?
Shall we still be together
With our arms around each other
And shall you be my new romance? (new romance)
Oh, on the clear understanding
That this kind of thing can happen
Shall we dance?
(shall we? shall we? shall we? shall we? shall we?)
Shall we dance? (shall we dance?)
Shall we dance? (shall we dance?)
(shall we? shall we? shall we?)
Shall we dance? (shall we dance?)

Fanny
It was a lucky april shower
It was a most convenient dorm
I found a million dollar baby in a five and ten cent store
The rain continued for an hour
I hang around for three our four
Around a million dollar baby in a five an ten cent store
She was selling china
And when she made those eyes
I kept buying china until the crop got wise
Incidentally
If you should run into a shower
Just step inside my cottage door
And meet the million dollar baby from the five and ten cent store
Incidentally
If you should run into a shower
Just step inside my cottage door
And meet the million dollar baby from the five and ten
Five and ten cents store

Cornelius & barnaby:
Yes, new york
It's really us
Barnaby and cornelius

Mrs. molloy & minnie:
All the guests of mr. hackl are
Feelin' great and look spectacular

All:
What a knack
There is to that
Acting like a born aristocrat
We got elegance
If you ain't got elegance
You can never ever carry it off

Cornelius:
All who are
Well-bred agree
Minnie fay
Has pedigree

Mrs. molloy:
Exercise your wildest whims tonight
We are out with diamond jims tonight

Minnie:
Could they be
Misleading us?

Cornelius & barnaby:
Silver spoons were used for feeding us

All:
We got elegance
If you ain't got elegance
You can never ever carry it off

[dance interlude]

All:
Middle class
Don't speak of it
Savoir faire
We reek of it
Some were born with rags and patches but
We use dollar bills for matches and

Minnie:
Vanderbilt
Kowtows to us

Cornelius:
J.p. morgan scrapes and bows to us

All:
We've got elegance
We were born with elegance

Barnaby:
I beheave like walter wally
When the streets are full of mud

Mrs. molloy:
And the bluest huckelberry isn't bluer than my blood

Minnie:
Have you noticed when i hold my cup
The saucer never moves

Cornelius:
And the way i keep my pinky up
Indubitably proves that

All:
We got elegance
We got built in elegance
And with elegance...elegance...
Elegance...elegance...elegance
We'll carry it off!


All:
We got elegance
If you ain't got elegance
You can never ever carry it off
We got elegance...

Look at how he looks at her
Will someone ever look at me that way-
Full of all the feelings and the soft unspoken words
That lovers say?
I thought that i knew ev'ry single look
And sweet expression on his face,
Yet this is one that i don't recognize.
Althought i've set and studied him for hours.
But now i see how love completely occupies
A pair of eyes.

See the way they gaze at her,
Like slaves they follow ev'ry where she goes.
Do my eyes forget themselves
And do i ever look at him
And smile in such a way
That what i'm feeling shows?
Sometimes i have the feeling
Ev'rybody knows.
And even though it's crazy,
Still i can't help wond'ring if i'll ever
Live to see the day
When by some miracle of miracles,
He'll turn around
And look at me that way!

I'm late, i'm late
For a very important date,
No time to say hello,
Goodbye, i'm late, i'm late
I'm late, i'm late,
I'm late, i'm late
Ah!

Between the very dead of night and day
Upon a steely sheet of light i'll lay
And in the moonfall
I'll give myself to you
I'll bathe in moonfall
And dress myself in dew

Before the cloak of night reveals the morn
Time holds its breathe while it conceals the dawn
And in the moonfall
All sound is frozen still
Yet warm against me
Your skin will warm the chill
Of moonfall
I feel its fingers lingers the veil of night shade
Light made from stars that all too soon fall
Moonfall
That falls from you

Betwixed our hearts let nothing intervene
Between our eyes the only sight i've seen
Is lustrous moonfall as it blinds my view
So that soon i only see but you

Frank:
I've got a crush on you, sweetie pie
All the day and night-time hear me sigh
I never had the least notion
That i could fall with so much emotion
Barbra:
I wonder...could you coo, now, could you care
For a cozy cottage we could share
The world will pardon my mush
'cause i have got a crush, my baby, on you
Barbra: i've got a crush on you,
Frank: i've got a crush on you,
Barbra: sweetie pie
Frank: sweetie pie
Barbra: all the day and night-time
Frank: all the day and night-time
Barbra: hear me sigh
Frank: hear me sigh
Both: i never had the least notion
Frank: that i could fall with...
Barbra: i'd fall with...
Frank: so much...
Barbra: so much emotion
Frank: so much emotion
Could you coo?
Barbra: i could coo!
Frank: could you possibly care?
Barbra: i could care!
Frank: for a lovely cottage...
Barbra: ooo that cottage
Both: that we could share!
The world will pardon my mush
Frank: yes, i have got a crush, my barbra, on you!
Barbra: you will make me blush, francis!
Frank: yes!
Both: i have got a crush, my baby, on you...

I'm late, late, late, late, late...
I run and then i hop, hop, hop,
I wish that i could fly.there's danger if i stop, stop, stop and here's the reason why.

You see, i'm overdue.
I'm in a kinda rabbit stew,
Can't even say goodbye, hello, i'm late.

i wanna gy
Who's hot as me
Who has ashley angel
In his family.
Who can move
And groove
To the hip-hop-bop
Hip-hop-bippity-bop
He has j-lo all over his walls
Takes an hour or two
Fixin his hair,doin the due
Who's fly for a guy?
My guy.
Speak your french
Dream guy.
I wanna guy
Who's hot as me
Who has ashley angel
In his family.
Who can move and groove
To the hip-hop-bop
My guy would dress
Real fine
Take me to his crib,
A quarter a line.
Dance to his music,
All night long,
Cause he's
"livin the vida loca'"
No boy bands playin'
On my guys radio.
Just p-diddy
On datin' a ho
A guy who can
Take jokes,
Make jokes,
A guy who can date lo
J-lo
Better chances with me than her.
What's his possibilty?
One in a million chance
Who cares?
If he cant get j-lo
He can get me
Chi-chi
I wanna gy whos hot as me
Who has ashley angel
In his family
Who can move and groove
To the hip-hop-bop
A guy who doesn't lie
Tells the truth
To me.
He has it goin,
Up-pimpin'
The guy's fly
This is ashley's
Dream guy!
I wanna guy who's hot
As me
Who has ashley angel
In his family!
Who can move and groove to the hip-hop-bop
Hip-hop-bippity-bop

Song written by- ashley sword
Luv ya anthony!!!

Dolly [speaking]:
Put your hand on her waist and stand
With her right in your left hand
And one and one two three, ah! one two three,
Oh, no, this one...and one two three
One two three

Cornelius [speaking]:
Look i'm dancing!
Well, i was.

Dolly [speaking]:
Of course you were, mr. hackl!
[singing]
Take the someone whose arms you're in
Hold onto her tight and spin
And one two three, one two three, one two three

Cornelius:
Look, i'm dancing!

Dolly:
Come here.
Turn around and turn around, try floating through the air
Can't you be a little more aesthetic?

Cornelius:
Don't you think my dancing has a polish and a flair?

Dolly:
The word i think i'd use is athletic!

Cornelius:
Well my heart is about to burst
My head is about to pop
And now that i'm dancing who cares if i ever stop!

Dolly:
That's wonderful, mr. hackl!

Cornelius:
...look, everybody! i, cornelius hackl...sport
...i'm dancing!

Dolly:
You're next, mr. tucker!
Glide and step and then step and glide

Barnaby:
And everyone stand aside!

Dolly:
Oh, not yet mr. tucker! one, two, three...
One, two, three, ah!

Cornelius
Look, he's dancing!
Dolly
I think he's phenomenal!
You could learn to polka if you worked a week or so
Or the tango filled with passion seething

Barnaby:
I might join the chorus of the castle garden show

Dolly:
Whatever you do, mr. tucker, kee-keep breathing

All three:
For my heart is about to burst
My head is about to pop
And now that we're dancing who cares if we ever stop!

All:
Make the music weave a spell
Whirl away your worry
Things look almost twice as well
When you're slightly blurry
As around and around you go
Your spirits will hit the top
And now that we're dancing
Who cares if we ever stop
One-two-three
One-two-three
One-two
And now that we're dancing
Who cares if we ever stop!

I'm late, i'm late
For a very important date,
No time to say hello,
Goodbye, i'm late, i'm late
I'm late, i'm late and...
And when i wave i lose all the time i save.
My fuzzy ears and whiskers took me too much time to shave.

I run and then i hop, hop, hop,
I wish that i could fly.
There's danger if i dare to stop and here's the reason why.

Beyond that road lies a shining world
Beyond that road lies despair
Beyond that road lies a world that's gleaming
People who are scheming...
Beauty, hunger, glory, sorrow, never a pain or care
But i'm liable to find a couple of surprises there...
There's a song i must sing, it's a well known song,
But the tune is bitter
And it doesn't take long to learn, i can learn!
Pretty little world that beams so bright
That pretty little world that seems delightful cambered
Let me learn...let me learn...
For i can see it, shining somewhere
Bright lights somewhere invite me to compare and learn
And i'm ready, i can hear it silent singing
Inside my ear, i hear them all singing of love!
Who knows maybe all the visions that i see
May be waiting just for me to say
Take me there and make me see it, make me feel it
I know it so, i know that it really may be...
Let me learn!

I met a boy called frank mills
On september twelfth right here
In front of waverly
But unfortunately
I lost his address

He was last seen with his friend
A drummer
He resembles george harrison of the beatles
But he wears his hair
Tied in a small bow at the back

I love him
But it embarrasses me
To walk down the street with him
He lives in brooklyn somewhere
And wears this white crash helmet

He has gold chains on his leather jacket
And on the back are written the names
Mary and mom and "hell's angels"

I would gratefully appreciate it
If you see him tell him
I'm in the park with my girlfriend
And please
Tell him angela and i don't want the two dollars back
Just him

Single only (1969)

Months later, fanny has had a telegram from florenz ziegfeld; eddie suspects
It's a job offer. eddie and mrs. brice fantasize as they help fanny get
Ready for this interview:

Mrs. brice:
Eddie, the ziegfeld follies!
Now she belongs to the ages!
My work is done,
My work is done,
Eddie:
Our work is done,
She doesn't need us,
She'll have cake,
We'll have crumbs.
Be careful of the stage door,
Here she comes, here she comes.
Hello,
Fanny, hello.
Mrs. brice:
Hello, fanny--it's me--mama.
What do you mean--mama who?
Eddie:
It's good to see her . . . from afar,
Mrs. brice:
I lost a daughter but i gained a star.
Eddie:
That's broadway!
And
Who taught her ev'rything she knows?
I taught her ev'rything she knows--
She sings like a bird--
(whistles)
Yes, indeed!
But who used to stand there
And feed her the seed?
Who taught her how to pick her clothes?
Mrs. brice:
Eddie, that i did.
Eddie:
Yeah, but who taught her her how to tap her toes?
But will she admit it?
Kid, you said it.
They all forget they know ya
When it comes to credit.
Tell me have you ever seen her take this pose?
I taught her ev'rything--
How to hoof,
And how to sing,
I taught her ev'rything she knows.
Mrs. brice:
Wait, eddie--she'll blame us yet.
Who taught her ev'rything she knows?
Eddie:
Let me hear it, rosie.
Mrs. brice:
I taught her ev'rything she knows.
Eddie:
Ain't it the truth!
Mrs. brice:
That mischievous smile,
The devil may care,
You don't pull
Such mannerisms
Out of the air.
The men who are older might prefer
The original manufactur-er.
Both:
It hurts me to say it,
But why not be fair--
When you see her on the stage
You're seein' me there.
Mrs. brice:
She still has trouble executin' one of those,
Eddie:
If they could have paid the price,
They'd have hired rosie brice,
Mrs. brice:
Who stands after every show
Sellin' matches in the snow.
Eddie:
But in the world of grease paint,
That's the way it goes.
Both:
We taught her everything--
How to hoof and how to sing,
We taught her how to wack
A joke from here to hackensack--ya, ha, ha, ha!
We taught her everything,
We taught her ev'rything she knows.

It was a lucky april shower;
It was the most convenient door,
I found a million dollar baby
In a five and ten cent store.

The rain continued for an hour,
I hung around for three or four,
Around a million dollar baby
In a five and ten cent store.

She was selling china
And when she made those eyes,
I kept buying china until
The crowd got wise.

Incident'ly if you should run into a shower,
Just step inside my cottage door,
And meet the million dollar baby
From the five and ten cent store.

mornings, evenings
Days that hurried past
Dreams that should have lasted
Moments, hours
Slipping by as we
Told each other secrets
Somehow i'll never let go of the memories
Something always seems to remind me
Of how it was of what it was
What it was
All there was
Laughter, love songs
Footsteps that i hear
Make me think you're near me
Poems, pictures
Letters never mailed
Boats that never sailed
Remember that even though we can't be together
We're more for having loved one another
We shared the sky
We learned to fly
Someday when someone else

Horace:
Hello, dolly!
Well, hello, dolly!
It's so nice to have you here
Where you belong
I never knew dolly
Without you, dolly
Life was awfully flat
And more than that
Was awfully wrong

Dolly:
Here's my hat, horace!
I'm staying where i'm at, horace!
Dolly will never go away...

Horace:
Wonderful woman!

Both:
Again. . .

Townspeople:
Put on you sunday clothes
When you feel dawn and out
Strut down the street and have your picture took
Dressed like a dream your spirits seem to turn about
That sunday shine is a certain sign
That you feel as fine as you look!

Take the someone whose arms you're in
Hold onto her tight and spin
And one two three, one two three, one two three
Look!

Cornelius:
I held her
For an instant
But my arms felt sure and strong

All:
It only takes a moment
To be loved a whole life long...

Men:
Yes, it takes a woman
A dainty woman
A sweetheart, a mistress, a wife
Oh yes, it takes a woman
A fragile woman
To bring you the sweet things
In life!

All:
Well, well, hello, dolly!
Well, hello, dolly!
It' so nice to have you back
Where you belong
You're looking swell, dolly!
We can tell, dolly!
You're still glowin'
You're still crowin'
You're still goin' strong
You'll see the crowd swayin'
For the band's playin'
One of your old favorite songs
From way back when

Dolly
Wow, wow, wow, fellas
Look at the old girl now, fellas!

Chorus
Dolly, you'll never go away
Dolly, you'll never go away
Dolly, you'll never go away
Again!


Hello dolly, 1969

Funny girl is the life of vaudeville comedienne fanny brice (1891-1951), starting in 1910.
Actually the show starts after she has become a success on stage and flashes back to her
Origins. it opens in fanny's dressing room. she is waiting for her husband, nick arnstein,
To return after being in prison. she looks back to when she was a 19-year old hopeful.
Her mother's poker buddies think she's wasting her life trying to break into show business.
Mrs. strakosh:
Fanny, when people pay good money in the the-ay-ter--
Especially the male element--they want something to look at!

If a girl isn't pretty
Like a miss atlantic city,
All she gets in life
Is pity and a pat.
Mrs. brice:
Is a nose with deviation
Such a crime against the nation?
Should i throw her into jail
Or drown the cat?
Mrs. strakosh, o' malley and
Meeker:
She must shine in ev'ry detail
Like a ring you're buying retail,
Be a standard size that
Fits a standard dress.
Mrs. strakosh:
When a girl's incidentals
Are no bigger than two lentils
Mrs. strakosh, o' malley and
Meeker:
Then to me that doesn't spell success.


Fanny auditions for keeney's music hall but keeney kicks her out of the chorus
Because she doesn't look like the others.
Eddie ryan, dance director for keeney, agrees:

Eddie:
If a girl isn't pretty
Like a miss atlantic city,
She should dump the stage
And try another route.
Any guy who pays a quarter
For a seat just feels he oughter
See a figger that his wife can't
Substitute.

Kid, my heart ain't made of marble
But your rhythm's really horr'ble
And that map of yours just ain't no
Valentine.
Everything you got's about right,
But the damn thing don't come out right
So forget it, kid,
And just resign.
Chorus:
If a girl isn't pretty,
If a girl isn't pretty,
If a girl isn't pretty,
If a girl isn't pretty,
If a girl isn't pretty,
She should get a job,
Go get a job--
Get any job
Get a weekly pay,
'cause if a girl isn't pretty
Like a miss atlantic city,
She's a real miss nobody, u.s.a.

Fanny
Am i blue
Am i blue
Ain't these tears in these eyes telling you
Am i blue
You'd be too if each plan with your man
Done fell through
There was a time, i was his only one
But now i'm the sad and lonely one
Lonely
Was i gay
Till today
Now he's gone and we're through
Am i blue
There was a time, i was his only one
But now i'm the sad and lonely one
Oh lonely
Was i gay
Till today
Now he's gone and we're through
Now he's gone and we're through
Oh god, did you hear that note
It was given to me by my friend grace moore on my birthday
Oy, was she glad to get rid of it
Through
I think i give it to her back, or her front
Am i blue
Oy, is this thing heavy

10. love is only love [top]
Dolly:
Horace vandergelder, mrs. horace vandergelder
Just leave ev'rything to me
Though it wont be like the first time
How can it be like the first time?
But why does it have to be?
Don't look for shooting stars
For love is only love
You touch and still you touch the ground
Don't listen for those bells
For love is only love
And if it's love you've found
Your heart won't hear a sound
And you hold his hand
You only hold his hand
The violins are all a bluff
But if you're really wise
The silence of his eyes
Will tell you
Love is only love
And it's wonderful enough
Without the shooting star
Without the sounds of bells
Without the violins
Love is wonderful enough!

You touched me in the sun
I somehow knew
I'd been the only one
How wonderful the moment
When the boy became a man
You warmed me in the night
And you taught me
How to feel
But it all would seem unreal to try
And go back there again
We walked away from time
I'd like to keep the moment
That was mine
I'd like to touch the man
I met just once
Before i go
Oh i've been to many places
And i've opened every door
I've done everything a girl could do and more
But i've never been a woman before
No, i've never been a woman before...

Fanny & chorus
Feeling awfully bad
What a time i had
Cause i didn't buttoned up my overcoat
Hatsjoe
All i do is sniff
Pass that handkerchief
What a funny feeling in my eyes and ears and throat
Oy, i can't sleep i can't eat
Get a pail and soak my feet
I got a code in my doze
O, i got a code in my doze
Please repeat what you said
Funny noises in my head
I got a code in my doze
Oh, i got a code in my doze
Went to see the doctor
Asked him what to do
Lordy help that doctor
He said i think i got one too
So we laid down side by side
I'm still here but the doctor died
I got a code in my doze
Oh, i got a code in my doze
Hatsjoe

Fanny is now part of the ziegfeld follies. she tells florenz ziegfeld
She doesn't want to be in the finale because she finds the lyrics
Inappropriate but ziegfeld insists.

Tenor:
For better or for worse, "oh promise me,"
Why does ev'ry bride glow ravishingly?
Within the secret heart of ev'ry bride
These are the words repeating, repeating,
Repeating inside: (bing, bong, bing, bong)

You are the beautiful reflection
Of his love's affection,
A walking illustration
Of his adoration

His love makes you beautiful,
So beautiful,
So beautiful,
You ask your looking glass,
What is it?
Makes you so exquisite?
The answer to your query
Comes back, dearie--
His love makes you beautiful,
So beautiful,
So beautiful,
And woman loved is woman glorified!
You'll make a beautiful,
Beautiful,
Beautiful,
Beautiful bride!
Chorus:
Here comes the bride,
Another beautiful bride.
Ziegfeld presents her
With justifiable pride.

Fanny enters with a pillow stuffed under her bridal gown so that she appears pregnant.

Fanny:
I am the beautiful reflection
Of my love's affection,
A walking illustration
Of his adoration.
His love makes me beautiful,
So beautiful,
So beautiful,
Tenor:
And woman loved is woman glorified--
Fanny:
I'll make a beautiful,
Beautiful,
Beautiful,
Beautiful--

I'm beautiful? oy!
Chorus:
You are so beautiful,
You are so beautiful,
You are so beautiful,
Tenor:
Such a beautiful bride.

No wonder she suits him,
She never disputes him.
The conversation's not too exciting
But oh, what a change it must be!
To spend an evening where there's no conversation
Must be a relief after me!
And thought there's nothing much to challenge your mind here,
Who cares when the food's so delicious?
Not to mention these beautiful dishes-
A matched set-

No wonder to me
With ribbons and laces
In all the right places,
I must admit it's all very pleasant
And this is a comf'table room.
And if he likes the smell of lilacs and roses
Then maybe he likes her perfume.
And thought her silky hair
And milky complexion are nice
Still they're not that distracting.
So what accounts for the way he's been acting?
Her softness?
Her sweetness?
How could he resist her
And why would he try?
No wonder he wants her.
He needs her-
He loves her-
No wonder-
So would i!

Fanny convinces eddie she has talent and he agrees to teach her the specialty
For the next audition. she gets the job.

Fanny:
Well--
I just put the kids to sleep
And swept the shack,
Took my sweet man's satchel down
And watched him pack,
I said, "darlin', while the stove still smolders,
Unpin your woman's hair and rub her shoulders."
I threw myself across the doorway
Beggin', "stay, sweet man, stay,"
But there's more in my man's life
Than this old hag.
It's jelly roll morton, and a shiny cornet,
And jazzin' the rag!
The lady ain't been born
Can take the place of a horn,
With a cornet man.
A-goin' where there's blowin',
Trav'lin' cornet man.
Just anytime they call him
He'll leave his wife and kiddies
Sittin' with their tongues out
To play for peanuts in a dive
And blow his lungs out.
He'll hop a choo-choo on a moment's notice
To play some dates with billy bates
Or rag-time otis!
The lady ain't see light
Can give a horn a fair fight
With a cornet man
A rootin', shootin', ever-tootin' dapper dan
Who carries in his satchel
A powder-blue norfolk suit,
A silver-plated wah-wah mute,
There is whiskey, gamblin'--each one is a curse,
But i'm up against a devil that's worse.
Yes, a horn is my thorn,
My trav'lin' cornet man!

Kill yourself! tell me about it! yeah! yeah!

A powder-blue norfolk suit,
I said a silver-plated wah-wah mute,
Oh he's shy on height,
He's short on weight,
But he's the only man can make my coffee perculate,
A dapper dan,
My cornet-playin' man.

After the performance, nick arnstein comes backstage, elegant in formal dress,
To pay off a gambling debt to keeney. nick has seen the show and tells fanny
She's going to be a big star some day. fanny asks how much keeney is paying her,
And nick manages to jack up her salary by pretending to bid on behalf of a competitor.
He gives her his card and kisses her hand. eddie asks fanny out for a date,
But she only wants to be friends; already she has fallen for nick, but imagines she'll
Never see him again.

Fanny
Ain't she got fun,
She's the luckiest one

Satin on my shoulder and a smile on my lips
How lucky can you get
Money in my pocket right at my fingertips
How lucky can you get
Every night a party where the fun never ends
You can circle the globe with my circle of friends
Someone i am crazy for is crazy for me
I'm his personal pet
Wow how lucky can you get
See her diamonds are gleam her life is a dream
Wrap it up and charge it that's my is my favourite phrase
How lucky can you get
When i see the chauffeur think i'll give him a raise
How lucky can you get
Weekends in the country with the baron of course
And a wardrobe to shock mrs asters pet horse
Making merry music with the one that i love
We're a perfect duet
Gee how lucky can you
Wee how lucky can you
Wow how lucky can you get

Ain't she got fun
She's the luck the luck the luck the luck the luck
The luck the luck the luck the luck the luck
The luck

Satin on my shoulder how lucky can you get
Money in my pocket how lucky can you get
Every night's a party where the fun never ends
You can circle the globe with my circle of friends
Someone i am crazy for is crazy for me
I'm his personal pat
Wow how lucky can you get
He there gorgeous!
Big success!
What's your secret gorgeous!
Just lucky i guess

You wanna know what it's really like
Fantastic!
Satin on my shoulder and a smile on my lips
Money in my pocket right at my fingertips
Wrap it up and charge it that's my favourite phrase
How lucky
When i see the chauffeur think i'll give him a raise
How lucky
Life's a bed of roses whirling perfume on me
You can spare me the blues i don't sing in that key
And if there's a man who'd leave me i am happy to say
I haven't run into him yet

Gee wee wow
How lucky, how lucky can you get!

I am woman, you are man
I am smaller, so you can be taller than
I am softer to the touch
It's a feeling i like feeling very much

You are someone whom i've admired
Still our friendship leaves something to be desired
Does it take more explanation than this?
I am woman, you are man

I am woman
You are man
Let's kiss

I am woman, you are man
I am gentle, so you can be barbarian
I'm all pleats and pins and rogue
Mostly sham, but man i love the subterfuge

I am fiction, i hope you are fact
This contradiction is what makes it a perfect act
Oh does it take more explanation than this?
I am woman, you, you are man

I am woman
You are man
Let's, oh let's, oh let's
Let's kiss

Afterwards, ziegfeld is angry but agrees she was right to go for the comedy.
Nick arnstein comes backstage and wants to escort fanny out to celebrate her
Opening night. fanny would love to go out with nick but she's obligated to
Appear at a party at her mother's saloon; she invites nick and he accepts.

Nick:
I want to be seen, be seen with you,
With you on my arm,
To wear you like a charm,
Your glitter decorating my arm.
Now, natch'rally such proximity
Gives rumors a rise,
We'll let them analyze
What our amalgamation implies.
Oh yes,
The gossips will press,
So willing to stress
The seamy side--
Know what?
So what!
I want to be seen, be seen with you,
With you on my arm.
Let's give this town a light,
And hit it like a me-te-or-ite--tonight.
I want to be seen with you.
Fanny:
The moon over mother's saloon,
Have a nice macaroon
I'll buy you a light beer.
Nick:
Right, dear.
Both:
I want to be seen, be seen with you,
Nick:
With you on my arm.
Let's give this town a light
And hit it like a me-te-or-ite--
Both:
Tonight--i want to be seen with,
Nick:
Oh, please let me be seen with,
Fanny:
And i would like to be seen with
Both:
I want to be seen with you.

No wonder he loves her-
No wonder at all.
The moment she sees him,
Her thought is to please him.
Before he even knows that he's hungry
She's already there with his plate.
Before his glass is even empty
She's filling it up,
God forbid he should wait!
Before he as the chance to tell her
He's chilly,
She'll go to put a log on the fire-
Fulfilling his ev'ry desire-
No trouble.
No bother.
No wonder she's pretty,
What else shoud she be?
She hasn't a worry,
And why should she worry?
When she gets up her biggest decision
Is figuring out what to wear.
To pick a blouse, a skirt,
And then there's the problem of what
Should she do with her hair.
And later as she stands and studies a chicken,
The question's "to roast or to not roast?
Or better yet maybe a pot roast?
Tomatoes? no.
Potatoes?
No wonder he likes it-
It's perfect this way.
Who wouldn't want someone who fusses and flatters?
Who makes you feel that you're all that matters?
Whose only aim in life is to serve you
And make you think she doesn't deserve you?
No wonder he loves her-
What else could he do?
If i were a man-
I would to!

I was alone,
You were alone,
Parallel lines that touched one another.
Just feeling our way,
Lost in the dark,
Drawn to each other...

So much to say, and so much to do.
So much of you for me to discover.
Like what makes you laugh,
And what makes you cry,
How does a friend become a lover, too...

I've waited all of my life to find
Someone who'd need my heart and read my mind.
To light my days and warm my nights.
Someone i know i could call,
My someone for all my life.

Looking at you, looking at me,
Loving the look of love that i see there.
I find when i look deep in your eyes
Reflections of me there.

I've waited all of my life to find
Someone who'd need my heart and read my mind.
To light my days and warm my nights.
Now all at once in your arms.
Everything's new.
All that i feel, tells me it's true.
All that i ask
Is all of my life... with you.

Fanny
I often wonder why he came to me
Brought such a flame to me
Then let it die
And if another love should find my heart
It will remind my heart of your goodbye
With every new love
You'll come back to me
In other eyes it's you i see
If i love again
Though it's someone new
If i love again
It will still be you
In someone else's firm embrace
I close my eyes but see your face
If i love again
I'll find another charms
But i'll make believe

You are in my arms
And though my lips whisper "love me!"
My heart will not be true
I'll be loving you
Every time i love again...

Look at me- i must be absolutely crazy!
How did i ever let it get this far?
Look at me!
I'm getting deeper into trouble.
Am i a woman or a man?
Am i a devil or a demon?

Papa was right!
I ask too amny questions.
He said a soul can get perplexed-
I can't believe what happens next!
Papa was right!

It seems this little game i play
Becomes more risky ev'ry day.

Tomorrow night, tomorrow night.
Under the canopy
I'll stand with her
Tomorrow night.
And place a ring upon
Her hand with her
All dressed in white
Tomorrow night.
I don't know how this came about
But i'll be wed without a doubt.
Oh. my god, i've got to get out!

Look at this-
The way one lie begets another.
Sombody wake me up and say it's all a dream.

Look how easily i fool them.
They may have eyes but they don't see.
They never really look at me.
People are blind!
How else would ev'ryone believe me?
It might be int'resting to know
Just how much further i can go.

Tomorrow night, tomorrow night.
I can't believe
What i'll presume to be
Tomorrow night.
I'm not the bride but i'm the groom to be
Tomorrow night.
And that's a monumental trick,
I'd better think of something quick.
Oh, my god, i'm feeling sick!

I could run away.
I could leave without a trace,
Go anywhere or any place
Where no one knows my face.
As a woman or a man?
I don't know, just so i can
Run away- run away!
I'd be free- i'd be rid of all of this
But there's someone i would miss
And being near him is what this is all about.
So running away is out!

Papa dear- you dreamed of dancing at my wedding.
But something tells me that i'm right
You wouldn't want to dance tonight!
Isn't this a strangely logical solution?
Things may not be as thy appear
But the advantages are clear:
He loves her- she loves him
He likes me- i like her
And i've reason to think she likes me.
She keeps him- he keeps her
I keep things as they were
It's a perfect arrangements for three!
Who'd have ever predicted
The moment would come
When i'd find myself grateful
They've kept women dumb!
She's an innocent maiden
But then so am i!
That's possible i could get by.
Look, i've seen the impossible happen before,
So maybe, god willing, it'll happen once more.
For i feel like a train on a perilous track,
With no way to stop and no way to go back.
Like a snowball that's gathering speed down a hill,
Going faster and faster and faster until
Tomorrow night, tomorrow night.
Even if someone would pray for me
Tomorrow night,
There's not a prayer
That they could say for me
Tomorrow night!
Tomorrow night- tomorrow night,
Tomorrow night... is now tonight!

When a bee lies sleepin'
In the palm of your hand
You're bewitched and deep in love's
Long looked after love
Where you'll see a sun up sky
With the morning dew
And where the days go laughin' by
As love comes a-calling on you
Sleep on bee don't waken
Can't believe what just passed
He's mine for the takin'
I am happy at last...
Maybe i dreams, but he seems
Sweet golden as a crown
A sleepin' bee done told me
I will walk with my feet off the ground
When my one true love i has found
Sleep on bee don't waken
Can not believe what just passed
He's mine for the takin'
I am happy at last...
Maybe i dreams but he seems
Golden as a crown
A sleepin' bee just told me
I will walk with my feet off the ground
When my one true love
I has found...

Fanny & chorus
So long honey lamb i'll be seeing you time for us to part
I'll be twinkling
So long honey lamb i'll be keeping you right here in my heart
Watch me winckeling
Think of this as temporary
Just a toedeloe
Toeldeloe to you too
How much will i miss you
How much
Very
Let that see you through
But in the mean time
So long honey lamb we'll be close again
Baby don't cry
Someday we'll be nose to nose again
Someday bye and bye
In a world that has no winter were each month is june
So long honey lamb i'll be seeing you soon

I certainly know i'm gonna miss the old plantation
And the sound of banjo's thrumming on the summernights
I certainly know i hate my common situation
Because i'm on a cord and wings and i'm afraid from heights
I'm certainly gonna miss the taste of watermelon
And the fields i ran and the hills i hiked
All i'm gonna get to meet up here is angels
And to tell the truth i never met an angel my life
I certainly know i didn't trew a lucky seven
Though i'm hardly a complainer and a wooden carp
I wonder what the hell i'm gonna do in heaven
I could never plug a chicken and alone a harp
When you gotta go they tell you
Well you gotta go
When you gotta go they tell you
You gotta go
So faith my child has pluses and minuses
Golden dust is cleansing my sinuses
Rise above if that's what you gotta do
Look up i am ca ca i got news for you
So long honey lamb i'll be seeing you soon
Look for me in the moon
I'll be seeing you soon