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Hello Dolly
Music and Lyrics by JERRY HERMAN
1.Prologue - Call On Dolly
2.I Put My Hand In There
3.It Takes a Woman
4.Put On Your Sunday Clothes
5.Ribbons Down My Back
6.Motherhood
7.Dancing
8.Before the Parade Passes By
9.Elegance
10.Hello, Dolly!
11.It Only Takes A Moment
12.So Long Dearie
13.Finale
Songs cut from the show
14.World, Take Me Back
15.Love, Look In My Window
1.Prologue - Call On Dolly
Orchestra
[Instrumental]
CHORUS:
Call on Dolly!
She's the one the spinsters recomend
Just name that kind of man your sister wants...
CHORUS:
Just name that kind of man your sister wants
And she'll snatch them up
Don't forget to bring your maiden aunts and
She'll match `em up.
Call on Dolly!
If your eldest daughter needs a friend
CHORUS:
Call on Dolly!
(fade out)
Ambrose Kemper:
Tell me Missus Levi, what's in all this for you?
Dolly:
A living, Mr. Kemper. Some people paint, some sew--
I meddle--
2.I Put My Hand In There
Dolly
I have always been a woman who arranges things
For the pleasure and the profit it derives
I have always been a woman who arranges things
Like furniture and daffodils and lives
(Hands purse to Ambrose)
When a man with a timid tongue
Meets a girl with a diffident air
Why should the tortured creatures beat around the bush
When heaven knows mother nature always needs a little push
So I put my hand in here
I put my hand in there
And a girl over 6 foot 3
Loves a man who comes up to her ear
Surely it's obvious she'll never be seduced
'Til some kind soul condescends
To give her beau a little boost
So I put my hand in there
I put my hand in here
I have always been a woman who arranges things
It's my duty to assist the Lord above
I have always been a woman who arranges things
Like luncheon parties, poker games, and love
My aplomb at cosmetic art
Turned a frump to a trump lady fair
She had a countenance a little bit like scrooge
But oh today you would swear the Lord himself applied the rouge
When I put my hand in here
I put my hand in there!
(Short dance interlude)
I put my hand in here
I twist a little, stir a little
Him a little, her a little
Shape a little, mold a little
Some poor chap gets sold a little
When I use my fist a little
Some young bride gets kissed a little
Pressure with the thumbs
Matrimony comes
When, I put my hand in there...
For when my little pink wiggles
Some young maiden gets the giggles
Then I make my knuckles active
"My" he says "She's so attractive."
Then I move my index digit
And they both begin to fidget
Then I clench my palm
The preacher reads a psalm
When I put my hand in there!
3.It Takes a Woman
Vandergelder
It takes a woman all powdered and pink
To joyously clean out the drain in the sink
And it takes an angel with long golden lashes
And soft dresden fingers
For dumping the ashes
Cornelius, Barnaby, & 2 customers
Yes it takes a woman
A dainty woman
A sweetheart, a mistress, a wife
O yes it takes a woman
A fragile woman
To bring you the sweet things in life
Vandergelder
The frail young maiden who's constantly there
For washing and blueing and shoeing the mare
And it takes a female for setting the table
And weaving the Guernsey
And cleaning the stable
All
O yes it takes a woman
A dainty woman
A sweetheart, a mistress, a wife
O yes it takes a woman
A fragile woman
To bring you the sweet things in life
And so she'll work until infinity
Three cheers for femininity
Rah Rah Rah...Rah Rah Rah
F. E. M. - I. T. Y
Vandergelder
F. E. M. I. T. Y?
Get out of here!
And in the winter she'll shovel the ice
And lovingly set out the traps for the mice
She's a joy and treasure for practically speaking
To whom can you turn when the plumbing is leaking?
Vandergelder, Cornelius, & Barnaby
To That dainty woman
That fragile woman
That sweetheart, that mistress, that wife
O yes it takes a woman
Vandergelder
A husky woman
Vandergelder, Cornelius, & Barnaby
To bring you the sweet things in life!
All
O Yes it takes a woman
A dainty woman
A sweetheart, a mistress, a wife
O yes it takes a woman, a fragile woman
To bring you the sweet things in life.
4.Put On Your Sunday Clothes
Cornelius
Out there
There's a world outside of Yonkers
Way out there beyond this hick town, Barnaby
There's a slick town, Barnaby
Out there
Full of shine and full of sparkle
Close your eyes and see it glisten, Barnaby
Listen, Barnaby...
Put on your Sunday clothes, there's lots of world out there
Get out the brillantine and dime cigars
We're gonna find adventure in the evening air
Girls in white
In a perfumed night
Where the lights are bright as the stars!
Put on your Sunday clothes, we're gonna ride through town
In one of those new horsedrawn open cars
Cornelius & Barnaby
We'll see the shows
At Delmonico's
And we'll close the town in a whirl
And we won't come home until we've kissed a girl!
Dolly
Put on your Sunday clothes when you feel down and out
Strut down the street and have your picture took
Dressed like a dream your spirits seem to turn about
Both
That Sunday shine
Is a certain sign
That you feel as fine as you look!
Dolly & Ambrose
Beneath your parasol, the world is all a smile
That makes you feel brand new down to your toes
Dolly, Ambrose, Cornelius, & Barnaby
Get out your feathers
Your patent leathers
Your beads and buckles and bows
For there's no blue Monday in your Sunday clothes!
Townspeople, All
Put on your Sunday clothes when you feel down 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!
Beneath your parasol, the world is all a smile
That makes you feel brand new down to your toes
Get out your feathers
Your patent leathers
Your beads and buckles and bows
For there's no blue Monday in your Sunday clothes!
Beneath your bowler brim the world's a simple song
A lovely lilt that makes you tilt your nose
Get out your slickers, your flannel knickers
Your red suspenders and hose
For there's no blue Monday in your Sunday clothes!
Dolly
Ermengarde, stop sniveling - Don't cry on the valises!
We haven't missed the train, thank the Lord!
Lovely, you're improving - Now get all 11 pieces,
We're 7 minutes late.
All Aboard!
All
All Aboard! All Aboard!
All Aboard! All Aboard!
Put on your Sunday clothes there's lots of world out there
Put on your silk cravat and patent shoes
We're gonna find adventure in the evening air
To town we'll trot
To a smoky spot
Where the girls are hot as a fuse!
Put on your silk high hat and at the turned up cuff
We'll wear a hand made grey suede buttoned glove
We'll join the Astors
At Tony Pastor's
And this I'm positive of
That we won't come home
That we won't come home
No we won't come home until we fall in love!
Put on your silk high hat and at the turned up cuff
We'll wear a hand made grey suede buttoned glove
We'll join the Astors
At Tony Pastor's
And this I'm positive of
That we won't come home
That we won't come home
No we won't come home until we fall in love!
5.Ribbons Down My Back
Irene Molly
I'll be wearing ribbons down my back this summer
Blue & Green and streaming in the yellow sky
So if someone special comes my way this summer
He might notice me passing by
And so I'll try to make it easier to find me
In the silliness of July
Because a breeze might stir a rainbow up behind me
That might happen to catch the gentleman's eye
And he might smile and take me by the hand
This summer
Making me recall how lovely love can be
And so I will proudly wear
Ribbons down my back
Shining in my hair
That he might notice me!
6.Motherhood
Dolly
I know what I stand for! Important things! Like...like...
Motherhood,
America,
And a hot lunch for orphans
Take off your hat, sir
While your country's flag is passing
Do you see him
On the hill at Gettysburg
'Neath that great triumphal arch?
If you see him as he's trampling through the grapes of wrath
Stand up and march, march, march!
Mrs. Molloy
I stand for motherhood,
America,
And a hot lunch for orphans
Take off your hat, sir
There's a tear-stained eagle passing
Do you see him
On the field at Waterloo
'Neath that great triumphal arch?
Mrs. Molloy & Mianie
If you hear him singing Dixie in the sugar cane
Stand up and march, march, march!
(The ladies are singing while Dolly is singing)
I stand for motherhood,
America,
And a hot lunch for orphans
Take off your hat, sir
While your country's
Flag is passing
Do you see him
On the field at Waterloo
'Neath that great triumphal arch
If you see him as he's
Trampling through the
Grapes of wrath
Dolly
Alamo!
Remember the Alamo!
I regret that I've one
Life to give for my
Country
In the words of Lincoln
One if by land
And two if by sea
Yes Dad I chopped
That cherry tree down
Dolly, Mrs. Molloy, & Minnie
Stand up and march march march
O, Stonewall Jackson
Glory, glory, hallelujah
Mrs. Molloy
Four score and seven years ago!
All
March, March, March
Dolly
Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!
All
March, March, March!
7.Dancing
Dolly
Put your hand on her waist and stand
With her right in your left hand
And one two three, one two three, one two three
Cornelius
Look I'm dancing!
Well, I was.
Dolly
Of course you were, Mr. Hackl!
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
Wow, I'm dancing!
Dolly
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!
...Look at lne, everybody! I, Cornelius Hackl...Sport
...Am dancing!
Dolly
You're next, Mr. Tucker!
Glide and step and then step and glide
Barnaby
And everyone stand aside!
Cornelius
He's dancing!
Dolly
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 for gosh shakes keep breathing
Barnaby, Dolly and Cornelius
For my heart is about to burst
My head is about to pop
And now that I'm dancing who cares if I ever stop!
Mrs. Molloy
When there's someone you hardly know
But wish you were closer to
Remember that he can be near to you
While you're dancing
Though you've only just said "hello"
He's suddenly someone who
Can make all your daydreams appear to you
While you're dancing
Make the music weave a spell
Whirl away your worry
Things look almost twice as well
When you're slightly blurry
Dolly
As around and around you go
Your spirits will hit the top
Dolly, Cornelius, & Mrs. Molloy
And now that we're dancing
Who cares if we ever stop
Mrs. Molloy, Barnaby, Dolly and Cornelius
One-two-three
One-two-three
One-two
And now that we're dancing
Who cares if we ever stop
8.Before the Parade Passes By
DollyAll
When the parade passes by
Listen and hear that brass harmony growing
When the parade passes by
Pardon me if my old spirit is showing
All of those lights over there
Seem to be telling me where I'm going
When the whistles blow
And the cymbals crash
And the sparklers light the sky
I'm gonna raise the roof
I'm gonna carry on
Give me an old trombone
Give me an old baton
Before the parade passes by!
I'm gonna raise the roof
I'm gonna carry on
Give me an old trombone
Give me an old baton
Before the parade passes by!
9.Elegance
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
We got elegance
If you ain't got elegance
All
You can never ever carry it off
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
Cornelius
Have you noticed when I hold my cup
The saucer never moves
Mrs. Molloy
And the way I keep my pinky up
Indubitably proves
All
That we got elegance
We got built in elegance
And with elegance...elegance...
Elegance...elegance...elegance
We'll carry it off!
(THEY exit a moment, and THEY re-enter, now exhausted)
We got elegance
If you ain't got elegance
You can never ever carry it off
We got Elegance...
10.Hello, Dolly!
Dolly
Hello, Harry
Well, Hello Louie
It's so nice to be back home where I belong
You're looking swell, Manny
I can tell, Danny
You're still glowin', you're still crowin'
You're still goin' strong
For the band's playin'
One of my old favorite songs from way back when
So bridge that gap, fellas
Find me an empty lap, fellas
Dolly'll never go away again
Waiters
Hello Dolly!
Well, Hello Dolly!
It's 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.
We feel the room swayin'
For the band's playin'
One of your old fav'rite songs from 'way back when
Dolly
So here's my hat fellas
I'm stayin' where I'm at, fellas
Waiters
Promise you'll never go away again
Dolly
I went away from the lights of Fourteenth Street
And into my personal haze
But now that I'm back in the lights of l4th Street
Tomorrow will be brighter than the good old days
Waiters
Those good old days
Hello, Well Hello Dolly
Well hello, hey look there's Dolly
Dolly
Glad to see you Hank, let's thank my lucky star
Waiters
Your lucky star
Dolly
You're lookin' great, Stanley
Lose some weight, Stanley?
Dolly's overjoyed and overwhelmed and over par
Waiters
I hear the ice tinkle
See the lights twinkle
And you still get glances from us handsome men
So...
Dolly
Golly gee, fellas
Find me a vacant knee, fellas
Waiters
Dolly'll never go away again
(A DANCE follows Dolly and the waiters)
Waiters
Well, well hello, Dolly
Well hello, Dolly
It's so nice to have you back where you belong
You're lookin' swell, Dolly
We can tell, Dolly
You're still glowin', you're still crowin'
You're still goin' strong
I hear the ice tinkle
See the lights twinkle
And you still get glances from us handsome men
So...
Dolly
Wow wow wow, fellas
Waiters
Hey, Yeh!
Dolly
Look at the old girl now, fellas
Waiters
Wow!
All
Dolly'll never go away again.
11.It Only Takes A Moment
Cornelius
It only takes a moment
For your eyes to meet and then
Your heart knows in a moment
You will never be alone again
I held her for an instant
But my arms felt sure and strong
It only takes a moment
To be loved a whole life long...
Clerk
I missed a few words back there, Mr Jackl. Right after 'it only'--
All
[in docket]
...Takes a moment!
For your eyes to meet and then
Your heart knows in a moment
You will never be alone again
He held her for an instant
But his arms felt sure and strong
It only takes a moment--
Mrs. Molloy
He held me for an instant
But his arms felt safe and strong
It only takes a moment
To be loved a whole life long
Cornelius
And that is all
That love's about
Mrs. Molloy
And we'll recall when time runs out
Both
That it only took a moment
To be loved a whole life long!
12.So Long Dearie
Dolly
[Spoken]
Well, Horace, it looks as if there's nothing more for me to say, but--
[Sung]
Goodbye, Goodbye, Goodbye.
Goodbye, Goodbye, Goodbye.
Don't try to stop me Horace please...
Wave your little hand and whisper
So long dearie
You ain't gonna see me anymore
But when you discover that your life is dreary
Don't you come a knockin' at my door
For I'll be all dolled up
And singin' that song
That says you dog, I told you so
So wave your little hand and whisper
So long dearie
Dearie, should have said so long
So long ago
Because you've treated me so rotten and rough
I've had enough of feelin' low
So wave your little hand and whisper
So long dearie
Dearie would have said so long
So long ago
For I can hear that choo choo callin' me on
To a fancy new address
Yes, I can hear that choo choo callin' me on
On board that happiness express
I'm gonna learn to dance and drink and smoke a cigarette
I'm go'n as far away from Yonkers as a girl can get
[Spoken]
And on those cold winter nights, Horace...
You can snuggle up to your cash register.
It's a bit lumpy but it rings!
[Sung]
Don't come a knockin'
I'll be all dolled up
And singin' that song
That says you dog, I told you so
So Horace, you will find your life a sad old story
When you see your Dolly shuffle off to glory
Oh I should have said so long...
So Long ago!
13.Finale
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:
Hello, Dolly!
Well, hello, Dolly!
It's 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
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, I'm dancing!
As around and around you go
Your spirits will hit the top
And now that we're dancing
Who cares if we ever stop
He held her for an instant
But his arms felt sure and strong
It only takes a moment
To be loved a whole life long...
Put on your Sunday clothes when you feel down 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!
Beneath your parasol, the world is all a smile
That makes you feel brand new down to your toes
Get out your feathers
Your patent leathers
Your beads and buckles and bows
For there's no blue Monday in your Sunday clothes!
Well, well, well
Hello, Dolly!
Well, hello, Dolly!
It's so nice to have you back
Where you belong
So...
Dolly:
Wow, wow, wow, fellas.
Look at the old girl now, fellas!
All
Dolly'll never go away again.
14.World, Take Me Back
Dolly
I've sliced my slice of life a little thin
Haven't I, Ephraim?
I've been on the outside looking in
Haven't I, Ephraim?
Well, from now on, Ephraim,
All that's going to change.
The world is full of wonderful things,
a bushel of wonderful things for me to believe in
So world, take me back
I want to be part of the human race again
And bid good-bye to all my trouble and tears
I've wasted so many odd years
It's time to get even
So world, take me back
I want to let laughter light up my face again
Oh, no more peeking through the keyhole
I intend to have my own key
No more sneaking past the parlor
From now on, it's me sitting on the settee.
Oh, today's a day to holler about
for after just sitting life out
since heavens know when.
My step has a spring and a drive
I'm suddenly young and alive
You wonderful world,
Take me back again!
The world is full of Aprils & Junes
Red roses and yello' balloons
For me to hang onto
So world, take me back
I want to be
part of those good old days again!
Whatever happened to those wonderful days
night-away nights, oh where have they gone to?
So world, take me back,
I want to be
there when the gas light flames again!
Oh, no more watching from the sidelines
I intend to star in the show
No more reaching for tomorrow
from now on, I stand with today in my hand.
For today the world is ripe as a peach,
it's going to be mine till I reach a 110.
My step has a spring and a drive
I'm suddenly young and alive
You wonderful world,
Take me back again!
15.Love, Look In My Window
Dolly
Love, look in my window
Love, knock on my door
It's years since you've called on me
How I would love hearing your laughter once more
So if you should ever be in the neighborhood
Let's talk about old times.
Love, pull up a chair
How I miss your friendly smile
Love, look in my window
Love, knock on my door
Oh, love, come in and stay awhile
Oh, Ephraim, let me go!
It's been long enough, Ephraim.
Every evening for all these years,
I've put out the cat.
I've locked the door.
I even made myself a little rum toddy.
And before I went to bed, I said a prayer,
Thanking God that I was independent
That no one else's life was mixed up with mine.
But Ephraim,
I need someone else's life mixed up with mine.
So if you should ever be in the neighborhood,
Let's talk about old times.
Love, pull up a chair,
How I miss your friendly smile
Love, look in my window
Love, knock on my door
Oh, love, come in and stay awhile
Oh, Ephraim, let me go!
It's been long enough, Ephraim.
Every evening for all these years,
I've put out the cat.
I've locked the door.
I even made myself a little rum toddy.
And before I went to bed, I said a prayer,
Thanking God that I was independent
That no one else's life was mixed up with mine.
But Ephraim,
I need someone else's life mixed up with mine.
So if you should ever be in the neighborhood,
Let's talk about old times.
Love, pull up a chair,
How I miss your friendly smile
Love, look in my window
Love, knock on my door
Oh, love, come in and stay awhile!