Ragtime movie - What Kind of Woman lyrics

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[MOTHER]<br>

Get Kathleen<br>

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[LITTLE BOY]<br>

Get Kathleen, I tell you! Call the doctor!<br>

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[KATHLEEN]<br>

Is it alive? Oh, please, God, let it be.<br>

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[MOTHER]<br>

It's alive. It's a Negro child. A newborn baby boy.<br>

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What kind of woman<br>

Would do such a thing?<br>

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Why in God's name<br>

Is my husband not here?<br>

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I'm such a fool!<br>

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Why did I say<br>

He was free to go?<br>

What am I to do?<br>

Where are your instructions,<br>

My dear?<br>

You left me lists.<br>

Everything in lists!<br>

Well, your little lists<br>

Aren't very helpful, <br>

I fear!<br>

Each day, the maids<br>

Trudge up the hill.<br>

The hired help arrives.<br>

I never stopped to think<br>

They might<br>

have lives beyond out lives...<br>

<br>

[POLICEMAN]<br>

We found her in the cellar of a home on the next<br>

block. She's a washwoman there. Her name is Sarah.<br>

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[MOTHER]<br>

Where will you take her?<br>

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[POLICEMAN]<br>

to the charity ward. Eventually she will have to<br>

stand trial.<br>

<br>

[YOUNGER BROTHER]<br>

What charges?<br>

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[POLICEMAN]<br>

Well, attempted murder, I should think.<br>

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[MOTHER]<br>

What's going to happen to the baby?<br>

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[DOCTOR]<br>

They have places for unfortunates like this.<br>

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[MOTHER]<br>

I will take responsibility for mother and child.<br>

Please take Miss Sarah inside.<br>

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What kind of woman<br>

Would do what I've done-<br>

Open the door<br>

to such chaos and pain!<br>

You would have <br>

Gently closed the door,<br>

And gently turned the key,<br>

And gently told me not to look,<br>

For fear of what I'd see.<br>

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What kind of woman<br>

Would that have made me?<br>

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