Lady in the Dark movie - Saga of Jenny lyrics
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Music: Kurt Weill<br>
Lyrics: Ira Gershwin<br>
Book: Moss Hart<br>
Premiere: Thursday, January 23, 1941<br>
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Jenny made her mind up when she was three<br>
She herself was going to trim the Christmas tree<br>
Christmas Eve she lit the candles, tossed the tapers away<br>
Little Jenny was an orphan on Christmas day<br>
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Poor Jenny, bright as a penny<br>
Her equal would be hard to find<br>
She lost one dad and mother, a sister and a brother,<br>
But she would make up her mind<br>
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Jenny made her mind up when she was twelve<br>
That into foreign languages she would delve<br>
But at seventeen to Vassar, it was quite a blow<br>
That in twenty-seven languages she couldn't say no<br>
Poor Jenny, bright as a penny<br>
Her equal would be hard to find<br>
To Jenny I'm beholden, her heart was big and golden<br>
But she would make up her mind<br>
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Jenny made her mind up at twenty-two<br>
To get herself a husband was the thing to do<br>
She got herself all dolled up in her satins and furs<br>
And she got herself a husband--but he wasn't hers<br>
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Poor Jenny, bright as a penny<br>
Her equal would be hard to find<br>
Deserved a bed of roses, but history discloses<br>
That she would make up her mind<br>
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Jenny made her mind up at fifty-one<br>
She would write her memoirs before she was done<br>
The very day her book was published, history relates,<br>
There were wives who shot their husbands in some thirty-three states<br>
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Jenny made her mind up at seventy-five<br>
She would live to be the oldest woman alive<br>
But gin and rum and destiny play funny tricks,<br>
And poor Jenny kicked the bucket at seventy-six<br>
Jenny points a moral with which you cannot quarrel,<br>
Makes a lot of common sense--<br>
Jenny and her saga prove that you're gaga<br>
If you don't keep sitting on the fence<br>
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Jenny and her story point the way to glory<br>
To all man and womankind<br>
Anyone with vision comes to this decision--<br>
Don't make up your mind<br>
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