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Gypsy
Gypsy
1. Let Me Entertain
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3. Baby June
4. Let me entertain you
5. Let me see you smile
6. I will do some kicks
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8. Louise
9. I will do some tricks
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11. Momma Rose
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Some People
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Momma Rose
Anybody that stays home is dead. If I die, it won't be from
sitting, it
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55. Some people can't get a thrill,
56. needing sweaters and sitting still
57. That's OK for some people who don't know they're alive
58. Some people can't thrive and bloom living life in a living tomb
59. That's perfect for some people of one hundred and five
60. But I at least gotta try
61. When I think of all the sights that I gotta see and
62. All the places I gotta play
63. All the things that I gotta be at
64. Come on Papa, what do you say?
65. Some people can't be content playing Bingo and paying rent
66. That's pretty for some people
67. For some humdrum people to be
68. But some people ain't me!
69. I had a dream, a wonderful dream, Papa
70. All about June in the Orpheum Circuit
71. Give me a chance and I know I can work it
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Momma Rose
Then I'll get some place else, but I'll get it and get my kids
out!
90. Goodbye to Blueberry Pie
91. Good greetings to all the socials I hat to go to
92. All the largess I had to play
93. All the swines that I said "hello" to
94. Hey L.A. I'm coming your way
95. Some people sit on their butts
96. Got the dream, yeah, but not the guts
97. That's living for some people
98. For some humdrum people, I suppose
99. Well, they can stay and rot...
100. But not Rose!
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104. Small World [ Top ]
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106. Rose
107. Funny...I'm a stranger who's come here
108. Come from another town
109. Funny...I'm a stranger myself here
110. Small world, isn't it?
111. Funny, you're a man who goes traveling
112. Rather than sitting down
113. Funny, 'cause I love to go traveling
114. Small world isn't it?
115. We have so much in common,
116. It's a phenomenon
117. we could pull our resources
118. By joining forces from now on
119. Funny, you're a man who likes children
120. That's na important sign
121. Lucky, I'm a woman with children
122. Small world, isn't it?
123. Funny, isn't it?
124. Small and funny and fine!
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126. Herbie
127. Yeah, I guess I am!
128. We have so much in common
129. It's a phenomenon
130. We could pull our resources,
131. By joining forces from now own...
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Little Lamb
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Louise
Little lamb, little lamb
My birthday is here at last
Little lamb, little lamb
My birthday goes by so fast
Little bear, little bear
You sit on my right
Right there
Little hen, little hen
What game should we play and when?
Little cat, little cat
Oh, why do you look so blue?
Did somebody paint you like that,
Or is your birthday too?
Little fish, little fish
Do you think I'll get my wish?
Little lamb, little lamb
I wonder how old I am
I wonder how old I am
Little lamb
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Rose
Herbie why don't you get angry on the outside
Instead of letting it settle in your stomach
Herbie
Because I'm afraid
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Rose
Of me?
Herbie
Of me!
Rose
What do you mean?
Herbie
If I ever let lucid
It'd end with me
Picking up walking
Rose
Ha, only around the block!
Herbie
No!
Rose
Don't say that... You'll never get away from me
You can find the tallest tree
I'll be there somehow
True you could say: "Hey, here's your hat!"
But a little thing like that couldn't stop me now
I couldn't get away from me
Even if you told me to
So go on and try
Just try and you're gonna see
Are you gonna not at all get away from me
Herbie
Rose, I love you, but don't count your chickens...
Rose
Come dance with me!
Herbie
I warn you that I'm no boy-scout
Rose
Relax a while, come dance with me!
Herbie
So don't
Rose
The music's so nice...
Herbie
Rose, 'cause I just may someday pick up and pack out!
Rose
Oh, no, you won't
No, not a chance
No argument, shut up and dance!
Herbie
You'll never get away from me
You can find the tallest tree
could
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434. June
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438. Married
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441. And never gets carried away
442. Oh, Momma...
443. Oh, Momma...
444. Oh, Momma...
445. Get married today!
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449. All I Need Is The Girl [ Top ]
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451. Tulsa
452. Well, you see, I'll pretend I'm at home getting ready for a
date.
453. I take a comb, comb my hair
454. Take a flower, smell it, put it in my lapel
455. And I spot the audience!
456. Once my clothes are shabby
457. Tailors call me cabby
458. So I take a vow
459. Said this bum would be Beau Brummel
460. Now I'm smooth and sappy
461. Now my tailor's happy
462. I'm the cats meow
463. My wardrobe is a wow!
464. Paris silk! Harry's tweed!
465. There's only one thing I need...
466. Got my tweed crest
467. Got my best vest
468. All I need now is the girl
469. Got my striped tie
470. Got my hopes high
471. Got the time and the place
472. And I got rhythm
473. Now all I need is the girl to go with them
474. If she just appear we'll take this big town for a world
475. And if she say my darling I'm yours
476. I'll throw away my striped tie
477. And my best crest tweed
478. All I really need is the girl
479. [speaking] I start off easy, you see?
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Now I'm more debonair...
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Ssssssssssssssh! Aaaaah! Break ... Now! Yeah!
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And I settle here... I start this step, see?
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And then I build it... Double it!
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She appears all in white and I take her hand,
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Kiss it and lead her on the floor...
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This step's good for the costume...Astaire's pat!
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Dah dah dah dah...Dah dah dah dah yah dah...
488. Now we waltz, springs come in
489. And I lift her...Again... Once more!
490. And now the tempo changes and all the lights come up
491. And I build for the finale
492. Louise, that's it!
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A duo!
Rose
Whatever the role I hole, you hole
Louise
A trio!
Rose
And any item do I owe, you owe
Herbie
Who me owe? No, you owe...
Louise
No we owe...
ALL
Together!
Rose & Louise
We all take a bow, including the cow
ALL
No business is lousy and slow
Rose
With Herbie's beam, Louise's verve
Now all we need is someone with nerve
Rose
Together
Herbie & Louise
Together
Rose
Wherever
Herbie & Louise
Wherever
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Together, wherever, we go!
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We go in a group, we tour in a troop
We land in a soup, but we go
The things we do, we do by three, it's a perfect team
Rose
No, this way, Louise! Together!
Herbie & Louise
Together!
Rose
Wherever!
Herbie & Louise
Wherever!
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Together, wherever, we go!
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Mazeppa
You can pull all the stops out
Till they call the cops out
Grind your behind
Till you're bent
But you gotta get a gimmick
If you wanna get ahead!
You can sacrifice your sacral
Working in the back row
Bump in a dump
Till you're dead
But you gotta have a gimmick
If you wanna get ahead
You can hum...You can hum...
You can hum...hum...hum...
That's how Burlesque was born
So I hum...and I hum...
And I hum...hum...hum...
But I do it with a horn...
Once I was a Schlepped
Now I'm Miss Mazzeppa
With my revolution in dance
You gotta have a gimmick
If you wanna have a chance!
Electra
She can hum... She can hum...
She can hum...hum...hum...
They'll never make 'er rich
See, I hum... and I hum...
And I hum...hum...hum...
But I do it with a switch!
I'm electrifying
And I ain't even trying
I never had to sweat to get paid
'Cause if you got a gimmick
Gypsy, you will get it made!
Tessie Tura
All them hum and then hum...
And that hum...hum...hum...
Ain't smell success
Me, I hum... and I hum...
And I hum...hum...hum...
But I do it with finesse...
Lady Tura is so much more then purer
Than all them other ladies because...
You gotta get a gimmick
If you wanna get applause!
ALL
Do something special
Anything special
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The Strip
[ Top ]
M.C.
The Wichita, one and only burlesque theater, presents
Miss Gypsy Rose Lee
Gypsy
Let me entertain you
Let me make you smile
Momma Rose
Sing out, Louise!
Gypsy
Let me do a few tricks
Some old and then some new tricks
I'm very versatile
And if you're real good
I'll make you feel good
I'd want your spirit to climb
So let me entertain you
We'll have a real good time,
Yes sir!
We'll have...
A real good time!
Theater Manager
Do something!
Momma Rose
Yeah!
Theater Manager
Take something off!
Gypsy
Momma!
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Momma Rose
A ... glove! But say something!
Gypsy
Hello! Hello...everybody!
My name is Gypsy Rose Lee... What's yours!
Mr. Conductor, if you please!
So, let me entertain you...
And we'll have a real good time, yes, sir!
We'll have...
A real good time!
M.C.
And now, Minsky's well famous Burlesque
Presents the queen of the strip-tease, the incomparable,
Miss Gypsy Rose Lee and our salutes to the Garden of Eden!
Gypsy
Pick up your apples girls and back to the trees!
Bon soir, monsieur et monsieur!
Je m'appelle Gypsy Rose Lee
And that concludes my entire performance in French,
I've been too busy learning Greek
Where were you last night?
Some men accused me of being an enthusiast
Do you know what that means? Do you?
Do you? Oh, you do!
Aha! He's embarrassed!
Don't be embarrassed... I like man without hair!
An enthusiast is one who or that which
Sheds its skin in vulgar paroles: a stripper
But I'm not a stripper!
At these prices I'm an enthusiast!
And if you're real good
I'll make you feel good
I want you spirit to climb
Let me entertain you
And well have a real good time, yes, sir!
We'll have...
A real good time!
Rose's Turn
[ Top ]
Rose
You haven't any talent
I'd announced of it
Miss Gypsy Rose Lee, I made you
I could do better than any of you
But I gotta leave what I've been holding inside of me
Oh, if I ever let it out
There wouldn't be signs big enough
There wouldn't be lights bright enough
Here she is boys!
Here she is world!
Here's Rose!
Curtain up... Light the lights!
Play it boys!
You either got it or you ain't
And boys I got it, you like it?
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Chorus
Yeah!
Rose
Well, I got it
Some people got it and make it pay
Some people can't even give it away
This people's got it and this people's spreading it around
You either have it or you had it
Hello, everybody, my name's Rose, what's yours!
How do you like them egg rolls, Mr. Goldstone?
All you have is some hallelujah
Momma's gotta it show to you!
Ready or not, here comes Momma!
Momma's talking loud
Momma's doing fine
Momma's getting hot
Momma's going strong
Momma's moving on
Momma's all alone
Momma doesn't care
Momma's letting loose
Momma's got the stuff
Momma's letting go
Momma's...er...Momma's...
Momma's got the stuff
Momma's gotta move
Momma's gotta go
Momma's...Momma...
Momma's gotta let go...
Why did I do it?
Why did they get me?
Scrapbooks fold with me in the background
Give them love and what did they get you?
What did they get you?
One quick look and see to them leave you
All you life and what is it get you?
Thanks a lot and out with the garbage
Stage take bows and you're back in zero
I had a dream, I dreamed it for you June,
It wasn't for me, Herbie,
And if it wasn't for me
Where would you be?
Miss Gypsy Rose Lee!
Well, someone tells me
When is it my turn?
Don't I get a dream for myself?
Starting now it's gotta be my turn
Get away rug
And all from my runway
Starting now I bet a thousand
This time boys I'm taking the bows and
Everything's coming up Rose
Everything's coming up roses
Everything's coming up roses
This time for me
For me...For me...For me...
For me...For me...
For me!
[Rose takes the silent bows as Gypsy enters and applauds]
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919. Rose
920. I was...trying out for you...New ideas you might wanna use...
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922. Gypsy
923. You really would have been something, momma!
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925. Rose
926. Do you think so?
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928. Gypsy
929. If you had someone to push you like I had...
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931. Rose
932. If I could have been...I would have been...
933. And that's show business!
934. I guess I did it for me...
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936. Gypsy
937. Why, momma?
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939. Rose
940. Just wanted to be noticed...
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942. Gypsy
943. Like I wanted you to notice me!
944. I still do, momma!
945. [They embrace each other. Rose cries]
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947. Gypsy
948. It's OK, momma! OK, Rose!
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950. Rose
951. See... You look like you should speak French!
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953. Gypsy
954. You're coming to that party with me...
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956. Rose
957. No!
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959. Gypsy
960. Come on!
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962. Rose
963. Not like this.
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965. Gypsy
966. Wear my fur I have a stole in my cabinet.
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968. Rose
969. Well, maybe just for an hour or two...Hey, it looks better on
me than it
970. does on you. Funny how we can both wear the same size!
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972. Gypsy
973. Specially in mink.
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975. Rose
976. You know...I had a dream last night. There was a big poster of
a mother