Scottsboro Boys, The movie - The Scottsboro Boys lyrics

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INTERLOCUTOR

What happened to the boys in the short years that followed? Ladies and Gentlemen the grand finale of our Minstral Show!

THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS:

EVERY MEMBER OF SOCIETY

CELEBRATES OUR NOTORIETY

STEP RIGHT UP AND MEET

THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS

EVERY COMMUNIST THROUGHOUT THE LAND

WANTS TO VOLUNTEER TO LEND A HAND

THEY ALL WANNA KISS

THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS

SINCE THEY HEARD WE’RE SUCH A WOW

MGM IS CALLING NOW

ZANUCK’S ALSO ON THE PHONE

AND THE MANY WARNER BROTHERS

WON’T LEAVE US ALONE

HEY LITTLE BOY

COME BE A STAR

BIG SWIMMING POOL

CADILLAC CAR

JOHNNY BARRYMORE AND FANNY BRICE

THINK THEY STUMBLED INTO PARADISE

WHEN THEY STOP AND GREET

THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS

ANDY

When the first four got out, Leibowitz put ‘em into Vaudeville. He hoped people wouldn’t forget about the rest of us in

jail. But guess what. They already had.

THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS:

THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS

WILLIE

But me? I could never forget.

OLEN

I kept hoping my life would begin.

EUGENE

I kept hoping my nightmares would stop.

ROY

One day I gave up hoping. I shot myself.

THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS:

THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS

CHARLIE

I was paroled in ‘43.

CLARENCE

Ozie and me got paroled in ’46. Did we finally get justice?

CHARLIE

A black man with a record?

CLARENCE

Hell, we couldn’t even get jobs. Isn’t that right, Ozie?

THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS:

SOCIAL LADIES IN NEW YORK

THEM THAT USE A PICKLE FORK

ALL THEY EVER ASK OF YOU

IS TELL ME DO YOU LIKE IT

WITH ONE LUMP

OR TWO

HAYWOOD

After twenty-two years – twenty-two -- I died in jail. I wrote it all down in a book. I told the truth. There’s nothing more

I can do.

THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS:

READ THE MORNING PAPERS EVERY DAY

READ WHAT ALL THE GOSSIP COLUMNS SAY

HEY HEY HEY HEY

JOIN IN THE MERRIMENT

COME ON MAKE SOME NOISE

HEY HEY SAY

GOODBYE TO THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS

INTERLOCUTOR

A happy ending! Just like I promised, everyone’s favorite – the Cakewalk!

(MINSTREL MARCH.)

Gentlemen, be seated!

(The BOYS don’t listen to him.)

Gentlemen! Be seated!

(The BOYS begin to back away.)

Be seated! Gentlemen!! Be seated!!

BUS DRIVER (INTERLOCUTOR)

Lady, you can’t sit there. Move to the back of the bus. Colored in the back of the bus. Move to the back.

THE LADY

No. Not no more. I’m gonna sit here and rest my feet.

[Thanks to Garrett for lyrics]