Of Thee I Sing movie - FINALE, ACT I lyrics
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ENTRANCE OF SUPREME COURT JUDGES<br>
And A KISS FOR CINDERELLA<br>
And I WAS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BLOSSOM<br>
And SOME GIRLS CAN BAKE A PIE (REPRISE)<br>
And OF THEE I SING REPRISE)<br>
And ZWEI HERTZEN<br>
<br>
ENTRANCE OF SUPREME COURT JUDGES<br>
[TRUMPET CALL. BOYS AND GIRLS IN MILITARY UNIFORMS MARCH ON. <br>
DRILL. ANOTHER FANFARE. JUDGES ENTER]<br>
<br>
JUDGES:<br>
We're the one, two, three, four, <br>
five, six, seven, eight, nine<br>
Supreme Court Judges.<br>
As the super Solomons of this great nation<br>
We will supervise today's inauguration,<br>
And we'll sup'rintend the wedding celebration<br>
In a manner official and judicial.<br>
One, two, three, four, <br>
five, six, seven, eight, nine<br>
Supreme Court Judges!<br>
We have powers that are positively regal;<br>
Only we can take a law and make it legal.<br>
<br>
ALL:<br>
They're (We're) the A.K.s who give the O.K.s!<br>
One, two, three, four, <br>
five, six, seven, eight, nine<br>
Supreme Court Judges!<br>
<br>
[ANOTHER FANFARE]<br>
<br>
Hail! Hail! The ruler of our gov'ment!<br>
Hail! Hail! The man who taught what love meant!<br>
Clear, clear the way<br>
For his inaugural and wedding day!<br>
<br>
Hail! Hail! The mighty ruler of love!<br>
Hail! Hail! The man who made us love love!<br>
Hip! Hip! Hooray!<br>
For his inaugural and wedding day!<br>
<br>
[BAND MARCHES ON, FOLLOWED BY WINTERGREEN AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS]<br>
<br>
CHIEF JUSTICE:<br>
[SPOKEN]<br>
And, now, Mr. President, is you don't mind we'd like your inaugural address.<br>
<br>
WINTERGREEN:<br>
[SINGS]<br>
I have definite ideas about Philippines*<br>
And the herring situation up in Bismarck;<br>
I have notions on the salaries of movie queens<br>
And the men who sign their signatures with "this" mark!<br>
<br>
[*THIS AND THE NEXT THREE LINES WERE REWRITTEN FOR THE 1952 REVIVAL]<br>
<br>
WINTERGREEN:<br>
[SINGS]<br>
I have definite ideas about the deficit;<br>
I have plans about our tonnage on the ocean.<br>
But before I grow statistical, I'll preface it<br>
With a statement growing out of pure emotion.<br>
<br>
ENSEMBLE:<br>
He has definite ideas about the deficit;<br>
He has plans about our tonnage on the ocean.<br>
But before he grows statistical, he'll preface it<br>
With a statement growing out of pure emotion.<br>
<br>
[MAKES CROSS]<br>
ALL:<br>
He has definite ideas about Philippines*<br>
And the herring situation up in Bismarck;<br>
I have notions on the salaries of movie queens<br>
And the men who sign their signatures with "this" mark!<br>
[MAKES CROSS]<br>
<br>
A KISS FOR CINDERELLA<br>
<br>
WINTERGREEN:<br>
But on this glorious day I find<br>
I'm sentimentally inclined.<br>
And so-<br>
I sing this to the girls I used to know:<br>
<br>
Here's a kiss for Cinderella<br>
And a parting kiss for May;<br>
Toodle-oo, good-bye, this is my wedding day.<br>
<br>
Here's a parting smile for Della<br>
And the lady known as Lou;<br>
Toodle-oo, good-bye, with bach'lor days I'm through!<br>
<br>
Tho' I really never knew them,<br>
It's a rule I must obey;<br>
So I'm saying good-bye to them<br>
In the customary way.<br>
<br>
My regards to Arabella<br>
And to Emmaline and Kay!<br>
Toodle-oo, dear girls, good-bye!<br>
This is my wedding day.<br>
<br>
[WINTERGREEN REPEATS FIRST SIX LINES OF ABOVE; ALL OTHERS SING AGAINST THIS:]<br>
<br>
ALL OTHERS:<br>
He is toodle-ooing all his lady loves.<br>
All the girls he didn't know so well,<br>
All the innocent and all the shady loves,<br>
Oh, ding-a-dong-a-dell!<br>
Bride and groom, their future should be glorious-<br>
What a happy story they will tell;<br>
Let the welkin now become uproarious,<br>
Oh, ding-a-dong-a-dell!<br>
<br>
[ENTER MARY, ESCORTED BY FULTON]<br>
ALL:<br>
Clear the way!<br>
Hail the bride!<br>
Sweet and gay-<br>
Here comes the bride!<br>
<br>
MARY:<br>
Is it true or I dreaming?<br>
Do I go to Heav'n to stay?<br>
Never was a girl so happy on her wedding day!<br>
<br>
CHIEF JUSTICE:<br>
[SPOKEN]<br>
Do you, John P. Wintergreen, solemnly swear to uphold the <br>
Constitution of the United states of America and to love,<br>
honor, and cherish this woman so long as you two shall live?<br>
<br>
WINTERGREEN:<br>
I do.<br>
<br>
CHIEF JUSTICE:<br>
Do you, Mary Turner, promise to love, honor, and <br>
cherish this man so long as you two shall live?<br>
<br>
MARY:<br>
I do.<br>
<br>
CHIEF JUSTICE:<br>
Therefore, by virtue of the power that is vested in me as Chief Justice, <br>
I hereby pronounce you President of the United States, man and wife.<br>
<br>
WINTERGREEN:<br>
Mary!<br>
<br>
MARY:<br>
John!<br>
<br>
[THEY EMBRACE]<br>
<br>
BOTH:<br>
[SING]<br>
Is it true or I dreaming?<br>
Have I come to Heav'n to stay?<br>
Never was a girl (man) so happy on her (his) wedding day!<br>
<br>
[DISCORD IN ORCHESTRA. DIANA APPEARS]<br>
<br>
DIANA:<br>
Stop! Halt! Pause! Wait!<br>
<br>
ALL:<br>
Who is this intruder?<br>
There's no one could be ruder!<br>
<br>
[TO DIANA]<br>
<br>
What's your silly notion<br>
In causing this commotion?<br>
<br>
I WAS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BLOSSOM<br>
<br>
DIANA:<br>
I was the most beautiful blossom<br>
In all the Southland;<br>
I was sent up North to enter the contest<br>
With the understanding that the winner<br>
Was to be the President's wife.<br>
The Committee examined me.<br>
My lily-white body fascinated them.<br>
I was chosen.<br>
It was the happiest moment of my life.<br>
<br>
ENSEMBLE:<br>
Yes, yes, go on!<br>
Yes, yes, go on!<br>
<br>
DIANA:<br>
Suddenly the sky fell.<br>
Suddenly, for no reason at all,<br>
No reason at all,<br>
This man rejected me.<br>
All my castles came tumbling down.<br>
And so I am serving him with a summons*<br>
For breach of promise!<br>
[*THIS AND THE NEXT LINE WERE REVISED FOR THE 1952 REVIVAL:<br>
He may be the President - But he'll suffer <br>
For having tricked me.]<br>
<br>
ENSEMBLE:<br>
What! What!<br>
The water's getting hot!<br>
She said he made a promise,<br>
A promise he forgot.<br>
<br>
DIANA:<br>
It's true! It's true!<br>
<br>
JUDGES:<br>
The day he's getting married.<br>
You put him on the spot!<br>
It's dirty work of Russia,*<br>
A communistic plot!<br>
<br>
[*1952 VERSION:<br>
She says that only she was<br>
His true forget-me-not!]<br>
<br>
WINTERGREEN:<br>
Please understand,<br>
It wasn't that I would jilt or spurn 'er;<br>
It's just that there was someone else.<br>
<br>
ENSEMBLE:<br>
Whom?<br>
<br>
WINTERGREEN:<br>
"Who!"<br>
Mary Turner!<br>
<br>
CHIEF JUSTICE:<br>
We're having fits!<br>
<br>
ENSEMBLE:<br>
We're having fits!<br>
<br>
CHIEF JUSTICE:<br>
The man admits...<br>
<br>
ENSEMBLE:<br>
The man admits...<br>
<br>
CHIEF JUSTICE:<br>
This little sinner...<br>
<br>
ENSEMBLE:<br>
This little sinner...<br>
<br>
CHIEF JUSTICE:<br>
Was really winner!<br>
<br>
ENSEMBLE:<br>
Was really winner!<br>
<br>
DIANA:<br>
I couldn't see...<br>
<br>
ENSEMBLE:<br>
She couldn't see...<br>
<br>
DIANA:<br>
His jilting me.<br>
<br>
ENSEMBLE:<br>
His jilting she.<br>
<br>
DIANA:<br>
And so I'm doing...<br>
<br>
ENSEMBLE:<br>
And so I'm doing...<br>
<br>
DIANA:<br>
A bit of suing.<br>
<br>
ENSEMBLE:<br>
A bit of suing.<br>
<br>
MEN:<br>
And if it's true she has a claim,<br>
You should be called a dirty name!<br>
<br>
GIRLS:<br>
And if it's true she has a claim,<br>
Then you're a dirty, dirty name!<br>
<br>
MARY:<br>
John, no matter what they do to hurt you,<br>
The one you love won't desert you.<br>
<br>
DIANA:<br>
I'm a queen who has lost her king!<br>
Why should she wear a wedding ring?<br>
<br>
SOME GIRLS CAN BAKE A PIE (REPRISE)<br>
<br>
WINTERGREEN:<br>
Some girls can bake a pie<br>
Made up of prunes and quinces;<br>
Some make an oyster fry -<br>
Others are good at blintzes.<br>
Some lovely girls have done<br>
Wonders with turkey stuffin's,<br>
But I have found the one<br>
Who can really make corn muffins!<br>
<br>
ENSEMBLE:<br>
Yes, he has found the one<br>
Who can really make corn muffins!<br>
<br>
DIANA:<br>
Who cares about corn muffins?<br>
All I demand is justice!<br>
<br>
WINTERGREEN:<br>
Which is more important?<br>
Corn muffins or justice?<br>
<br>
ENSEMBLE:<br>
Which is more important?<br>
Corn muffins or justice?<br>
<br>
JUDGES:<br>
If you will wait a minute,<br>
You'll have our decision.<br>
<br>
[JUDGES GO INTO HUDDLE]<br>
The decision of the Supreme Court is-<br>
Corn muffins!<br>
<br>
ENSEMBLE:<br>
Great! Great!<br>
It's written on the slate!*<br>
There's none but Mary Turner<br>
Could ever be his mate!<br>
<br>
[*ALTERNATE VERSION:<br>
It really must be fate!]<br>
<br>
DIANA:<br>
It's not I, not Mary Turner,<br>
Who should have been his mate.<br>
I'm off to tell my story<br>
In ev'ry single state.<br>
<br>
ENSEMBLE:<br>
Be off with you, young woman,<br>
He's married to his mate.<br>
There's none but Mary Turner<br>
Could ever be his mate!<br>
<br>
[REPEAT THESE LINES]<br>
<br>
DIANA:<br>
[SPOKEN]<br>
See you in court, y'all.<br>
<br>
OF THEE I SING (REPRISE)<br>
<br>
WINTERGREEN:<br>
Of thee I sing, baby-<br>
<br>
ENSEMBLE:<br>
Summer, autumn, winter, spring, baby.<br>
Shining star and inspiration, <br>
Worthy of a mighty nation-<br>
Of thee I sing!<br>
<br>
ZWEI HERTZEN<br>
[THIS SECTION COMMENCED TOWARD THE END OF THE "BEAUTIFUL BLOSSOM" <br>
SECTION, AFTER THE LINE "YOU'RE A DIRTY, DIRTY NAME"]<br>
<br>
MARY:<br>
John, the names they call you<br>
Mean nothing-<br>
To me, it's love that is "the" thing!<br>
<br>
WINTERGREEN:<br>
[TO MELODY OF "SOME GIRLS CAN BAKE A PIE"]<br>
Call me whate'er you will-<br>
Jack only did his duty<br>
When he perceived his Jil1<br>
In this American Beauty.<br>
Call me a gigolo!<br>
Say I disgrace the Union!<br>
But those who love must know-<br>
We're "zwei Hertzen" in communion.<br>
<br>
[MARY AND WINTERGREEN REPEAT THIS AS THE CHORUS COUNTERS:]<br>
<br>
GIRLS:<br>
And if it's true she has a claim,<br>
You should be called a dirty name!<br>
<br>
MEN: <br>
Yes, if it's true she has a claim,<br>
You should be called a dirty name!<br>
<br>
MARY:<br>
John, no matter what they do to hurt you,<br>
The one you love won't desert you.<br>
<br>
DIANA:<br>
Listen, you, 'tis of thee I sing!<br>
[TO CROWD]<br>
<br>
Why should she wear the wedding ring?<br>
<br>
[SCENE RESUMES AS ABOVE WITH "SOME GIRLS CAN BAKE..."]<br>
<br>
ACT II<br>
<br>
HELLO, GOOD MORNING<br>
[SECRETARIES ENTER, WHISTLING]<br>
<br>
BOYS: <br>
Hello, good morning!<br>
<br>
GIRLS:<br>
Good morning, hello!<br>
<br>
BOYS:<br>
How are you this very lovely day?<br>
<br>
GIRLS:<br>
I feel very well, sir.<br>
<br>
BOYS:<br>
And I'm feeling swell.<br>
<br>
BOTH: <br>
It's great to be alive<br>
And work from nine to five.<br>
<br>
[ENTER TWO CHIEF SECRETARIES - JENKINS AND MISS BENSON]<br>
<br>
JENKINS<br>
AND<br>
BENSON: <br>
Hello, good morning!<br>
<br>
GIRLS: <br>
AND<br>
BOYS:<br>
Good morning, hello!<br>
Isn't this a moment that's divine?<br>
<br>
JENKINS<br>
AND<br>
BENSON:<br>
I see it's almost nine.<br>
<br>
ALL:<br>
And we only have one minute more to say:<br>
Hello, good morning!<br>
Isn't this a lovely day?<br>
Isn't this a lovely day?<br>
<br>
Oh, it's great to be a secret'ry<br>
In the White House, D.C.<br>
You get inside information on Algeria;<br>
You know ev'ry move they're making in Liberia.<br>
<br>
You learn what's what and what is not<br>
In the Land of the Free.<br>
Ev'ry corner that you turn you meet a notable<br>
With a statement that is eminently quotable.<br>
<br>
Oh, it's great to be a secret'ry<br>
In the White House, D.C.<br>
<br>
[JENKINS AND BENSON DANCE. AT CONCLUSION, ALL EXIT, ARM IN ARM, SINGING:]<br>
<br>
So long, good morning!<br>
Wasn't this a lovely day?<br>
Wasn't this a lovely day?<br>
<br>
