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ACT ONE
1.Prologue: The Carousel Watz
2.You're a Queer One, Julie Jordan
3.Mister Snow
4.If I Loved You (Introduction)
5.If I Loved You
6.Give It To 'Em Good, Carrie...
7.June Is Bustin' Out All Over
8.Mister Snow (Reprise)
9.When the Children Are Asleep
10.Blow High, Blow Low
11.Soliloquy
ACT ONE
12.A Real Nice Clambake
13.Geraniums In The Winder
14.Stonecutters Cut It On Stone
15.What's the Use of Wond'rin'?
16.You'll Never Walk Alone
17.Ballet: Pas de Deux
18.If I Loved You (Reprise)
19.The Sermon
20.You'll Never Walk Alone (Reprise)
ACT ONE
Freed from labor, mill girls joyously meet their boy friends at an
amusement
park (Prologue: Carousel Waltz).Among them are the effervescent Carrie
and
the moody Julie, who infuriates Mrs. Mullin, the carousel owner, by
arousing
the interest of her barker (and lover, we infer), Billy. In the ensuing
quarrel,
Billy is fired.
Carrie thinks Julie is attracted to Billy (You're a Queer One, Julie
Jordan)
and fittingly chooses this as the moment to reveal that she, too, has a
beau
(Mister Snow).
Billy returns, chases Carrie off, and romances Julie (If I Loved You).
Two months later, Julie and Billy are married and living with Julie's
cousin
Nettie. Preparing for that evening's clambake, the girls and boys
indulge in
a bit of gender scuffling, then, with Nettie presiding, celebrate the
erotic
liberation of spring (Give It To 'Em Good, Carrie.../June Is Bustin' Out
All Over.)
Julie confides toCarrie he marital problems: Billy is out of work and
angry.
He has even hit Julie. Carrie's news is happier - Mister Snow and she
are
engaged. The eavesdropping girls are thrilled, not least when Snow
himself
shows up (Mister Snow reprise). Snow and Carrie look foward to married
life:
a big family and a thriving business in canned sardines (When The
Children
Are Asleep).
Whalers on the shore leave pile into a waterfront dive (Blow High, Blow
Low)
and get into a brawl. One whaler, the infinitely sleazy Jigger, tries to
interest Billy in robbery, which they can pull off during the clambake.
Billy is leery - but then Julie tells him she is pregnant.
Overjoyed at the thought of fatherhood as he walks along the beach
(Soliloquy), Billy decides to turn thief with Jigger after all.
Nettie, Billy and Julie, Carrie and Mister Snow, Jigger and the rest of
the
Gang sail off to the clambake.
1.Prologue: The Carousel Watz
The Orchestra
2.You're a Queer One, Julie Jordan
Carrie
Julie, Julie! Do you like him?
Julie
I don't know.
Carrie
Did you like it when he talked to you today,
When he put you on the carousel that way, mm mm mm
Did you like that?
Julie
I'd rather not say.
Carrie
You're a queer one, Julie Jordan,
You were quieter and deeper than a well
An' ye never tell me nuthin'!
Julie
There's nuthin' that a keer to choose to tell.
Carrie
You been acting most peculiar,
Every morning you're awake ahead of me,
Always settin' by the winder.
Julie
I like to watch the river meet the sea.
Carrie
When we work in the mill, weavin' at the loom
You gaze absent-minded at the roof
And half the time your shuttle gets twisted in the threads,
'Till you can't tell the warp from the woof.
Julie
'Taint so.
Carrie
You're a queer one, Julie Jordan,
You won't ever tell a body what you think.
You're as tight-lipped as an oyster,
And as silent as an old Sahara spink!
Julie, I've been busted to tell you something lately...
Julie
You have?!
Carrie
The reason I didn't care to tell you before is 'cause
you didn't have a fella of your own. Hmm hmm...
But now that you got one, I can tell you about mine!
Julie
I'm glad you gotta fella, Carrie!
3.Mister Snow
Carrie
His name is Mister Snow,
And an up-standed man is he.
He comes home every night in his round-bottomed boat,
With a net full of herring from the sea.
An almost perfect beau,
As refined as a girl could wish.
But he spends so much time in his round-bottomed boat
That he can't seem to lose the smell of fish.
The first time he kissed me the whiff from his clothes
Knocked me flat on the floor of the room.
But now that I love him, my heart's in my nose
And fish is my fav'rite perfume!
Last night he spoke quite low,
And a fair-spoken man is he.
And he said "Miss Pipperidge, I'd like it fine
If I could be wed with a wife.
And indeed, Miss Pipperidge, if you'll be mine,
I'll be yours for the rest of my life."
Next moment we were promised,
And now my mind's in a maze.
For all it can do is look forward to
That wonderful day of days!
When I marry Mister Snow
The flowers'll be buzzin' with the hum of bees
The birds'll make racket in the church yard trees
When I marry Mister Snow
Then it's off to home we'll go.
And both of us'll look a little dreamy-eyed
A driving to a cottage by the Oceanside
Where the salty breezes blow.
He'll carry me 'cross the threshold,
And I'll be as meek as a lamb.
Then he'll set me on my feet,
And I'll say kinda sweet,
"Well, Mister Snow, here I am."
Then I'll kiss him so he'll know
That evry'thin'll be as right as right can be
A living in a cottage by the sea with me
For I love that Mister Snow.
That young sea-faring,
Bold and daring,
Big bewhiskered, overbearing
Darling Mister Snow.
4.If I Loved You (Introduction)
Billy
Ain't you scared of me? I mean, after what that cop said about me
takin' money from girls?
Julie
I ain't scared!
Billy
Is that your name Julie, Julie, hmm hmm, somethin'?
Julie
Julie Jordon-
Billy
You're a queer one, Julie Jordan,
Ain't you sorry that you didn't run away?
You can still go if you wanna,
Julie
I reckon that I care to choose to stay!
You couldn't take my money if I didn't have any
And I don't have a penny, that's true.
And if I did have money,
You couldn't take any
'Cause you'd ask an' I'd give it to you!
Billy
You're a queer one, Julie Jordan,
Have you ever had a fella you give money to?
Julie
No!
Billy
Ain't you ever had a fella at all?
Julie
No!
Billy
Well, you must have a fella you went walkin' with
Julie
Yes!
Billy
Where'd you walk?
Julie
Nowhere special I recall-
Billy
In the woods?
Julie
No!
Billy
On a beach?
Julie
No!
Billy
Did you love him-
Julie
No, I've never told you anyone, I told you that.
Billy
Aha! You're-Your're a funny kid!
Hey, you wanna go to town dance maybe or...
Julie
No! I have to be careful!
Billy
Of what!
Julie
Of my character... You see, I'm never gonna marry.
I'm never gonna marry if I was gonna marry,
I wouldn't have to be such a stickler.
But I'm never gonna marry,
And a girl who don't marry
Has got to be much more partic'lar
[They Laugh]
Billy
Ah ah ah-
Hey s'ppose- s'ppose I was to say that I would marry you, hmm?
Julie
You!?!
Billy
Oh, that scared you, hmm?
Then you are thinkin' 'bout what the cop said!
Julie
No, I ain't, I never paid no mind of what he said!
Billy
But you wouldn't marry a smear like me, would you?
Julie
Yes, I would!
If I loved you... It wouldn't make no difference what you'd-
Even if I died for it.
Billy
Well, how you know what you'd do if you loved me?
How you'd feel or anythin'?
Julie
I don't know how I know. Just the same I know how it'd be...
If I loved you.
When I work in the mill weaving at the loom
I gaze absent-minded at the roof
And half the time the shuttle get tangled in the threads
And the warp get mixed with the woof
If I loved you...
Billy
But you don't!
Julie
No, I don't!
5.If I Loved You
Julie
But somehow I can see
Just exactly how I'd be-
If I loved you,
Time and again I would try to say
All I'd want you to know.
If I loved you,
Words wouldn't come in an easy way
Round in circles I'd go!
Longin' to tell you,
But afraid and shy,
I'd let my golden chances pass me by!
Soon you'd leave me,
Off you would go in the mist of day,
Never, never to know how I loved you
If I loved you.
Billy
Well, anyway, you mean you don't love me.
That's what you said, isn't it?
Julie
Yes!
I can smell 'em, can you, ah?
The blossoms. The wind brings 'em down!
Billy
There ain't much wind tonight... Hardly any.
You can't hear a sound, not the turn of a leaf
Nor the fall of a wave hittin' the sand.
The tide's creepin' up on the beach like a thief,
Afraid to be caught stealin' the land!
On a night like this I start to wonder
What life is all about.
Julie
And I always say two heads are better than one to
figure it out.
Billy
[spoken]
I don't need you, I don't need anybody helpin' me.
Well, I got it figured out for myself.
We're not important. What are we?
A couple o' specks with nothin'
Look up there...
[sung]
There's a hell of a lotta stars in the sky,
And the sky's so big the sea looks small,
And two little people, you and I
We don't count at all.
[spoken]
You're a funny kid, you know?
I don't remember meetin' a girl like you.
Hey, you're tryin' to get me to marry you?
Julie
No!
Billy
Then what's puttin' into my head, babe?
You're diff'rent, alright! I know what it is...
You have doped me with that little kid's face, right?
You've adjusted me!
I wonder what it'd be like...
Julie
What?
Billy
Nothin'.
No, I know what it'd be like.
It'd be awful! I can just see myself-
Kinda scrawny, and pale
Picking at my food,
And love-sick like any other guy.
I'd throw away my sweater, and dress up like a dude
In a dicky and a collar and a tie.
If I loved you.
Julie
[spoken]
But you don't!
Billy
No, I don't!
[sung]
But somehow I can see
Just exactly how I'd be
If I loved you,
Time and again I would try to say
All I'd want you to know.
If I loved you,
Words wouldn't come in an easy way
Round in circles I'd go!
Longin' to tell you,
But afraid and shy
I'd let my golden chances pass me by!
Soon you'd leave me,
Off you would go in the mist of day,
Never, never to know
How I loved you
If I loved you.
[spoken]
Aha...I'm not the kinda fella to marry anybody!
No, even if a girl was foolish enough to want me to,
I wouldn't!
Julie
Don't worry about it, Billy!
Billy
Who's worried?
Julie
You were right about there bein' no wind.
The blossoms are comin' down by theirselves.
Just they're in time to, I reckon.
6.Give It To 'Em Good, Carrie...
Girls:
Give it to 'em good, Carrie
Give it to 'em good
Carrie:
Get away you no account nothing's
With your silly jokes and prattle
If you packed all your brains in a butterfly's head
They'd still have room to rattle
Girls:
Give it to 'em good, Carrie
Give it to 'em good
Tell 'em somthin' that'll learn 'em
Carrie:
Get away you roustabout riff raff
With your bellies full of grog
If you packed all your brains in a polywog's head
He'd never even grow to be a frog
Girls:
No, the pollywog would never be a frog
That'll learn 'em, darn 'em
Man:
Now just a minute ladies
You got no call to fret
We just asked you politly
If you was ready yet
We'd kinda like this clambake to get an early start
And wanted fer to tell you
We went and done our part
A group of men:
Look at them clams
A different group of men:
Been diggen 'em since sun up
The first group of men:
Look at them clams
Another different group of men:
All ready for the boats
First group again:
Diggin them clams
Yet another group of men:
We're all worn out and done up
All men:
And what's more we're hungry as goats
Girls:
You'll get no drink or vittles
Till we get across the bay
So pull in your belts and load up them boats
And lets get under way
The sooner we sail
The sooner we start
The clambake 'cross the bay
7.June Is Bustin' Out All Over
Nettie
March went out like a lion
Awakin' up the water in the bay;
Then April cried and stepped aside,
And along came pretty little May!
May was full of promises
But she didn't keep 'em quickly enough for some
And the crowd of doubtin' tonuses
Was predictin' that the summer'd never come
Men
But it's comin' by dawn,
We can feel it come,
You can feel it in your heart
You can see it in the ground
Girls
You can see it in the trees
You can smell it in the breeze
All
Look around! Look around! Look around!
Nettie
June is bustin' out all over
All over the meadow and the hill!
Buds're bustin' outa bushes
And the rompin' river pushes
Ev'ry little wheel that wheels beside the mill!
June is bustin' out all over
The feelin' is gettin' so intense,
That the young Virginia creepers
Hev been huggin' the bejeepers
Outa all the mornin' glories on the fence!
Because it's June...
All
June, June, June
Just because it's June, June, June!
Nettie
Fresh and alive and gay and young
June is a love song, sweetly song
All
June is bustin' out all over!
The saplin's are bustin' out with sap!
Love hes found my brother, Junior,
And my sister's even loonier!
And my Ma is gettin' kittenish with Pap!
June in bustin' out all over
Nettie
To ladies and men are payin' court.
Lotsa ships are kept at anchor
Jest because the captains hanker
Fer the comfort they ken only get in port!
All
Because it's June... June, June, June
Just because it's June, June, June!
Nettie
June makes the bay look bright and new
Sails gleamin' bright on sunlit blue
All
June is bustin' out all over
The ocean is full of Jacks and Jills,
With the little tail a-swishing'
Ev'ry lady fish is wishin'
That a male would come
And grab 'er by the gills!
Nettie
June is bustin' out all over!
The sheep aren't sleepin' anymore!
All the rams that chase ewe-sheep
All determined there'll be new sheep
and the ewe-sheep aren't even keepin' score!
All
On acounta it's June! June, June, June
Just because it's June, June, June!
8.Mister Snow (Reprise)
Girls
When you walk down the aisle
All the heads will turn
Wondrous enough but it still be
And you're tryin' to smile
But your cheeks will burn
And your eyes will get so dim
You can hardly see.
With your orange blossoms quiv'rin' in your hand
You will stumble to the spot where the blessin' is
Then you'll think, "I will be mated with a golden man,"
And you'll know the fella's yours and you'll be his
Carrie
When I marry Mister Snow
Girls
What a day! What a day!
Carrie
The flowers'll be buzzin' with the hum of bees
Girls
The birds'll make racket in the church yard trees
Carrie
When I marry Mister Snow
Girls
Hi-ho!
Carrie
Then it's off to home we'll go.
Girls
Spillin' rice on the way...
Carrie
And both of us'll look a little dreamy-eyed
A driving to a cottage by the Oceanside
Where the salty breezes blow.
Girls
You an' Mister Snow!
Carrie
He'll carry me 'cross the threshold,
And I'll be as meek as a lamb.
Then he'll set me on my feet,
And I'll say kinda sweet,
"Well, Mister Snow, here I am."
Enoch
Then I'll kiss her so he'll know
Girls
Mister Snow! Mister Snow!
Enoch
That evry'thin'll be as right as right can be
A living in a cottage by the sea with me
Where the salty breezes blow.
I love Miss Pipperidge, and I aim
To make Miss Pipperidge change her name
To Miss Enoch Snow.
9.When the Children Are Asleep
Enoch
I own a little house and I sail a little boat
And the fish I catch I sell
And in a manner of speakin'
"I'm doin' very well."
I love a little girl and she's in love with me
And soon she'll be my bride.
And in a manner of speakin'
I should be satisfied.
Carrie
Well, ain't you?
Enoch
If I told you my plans and the things I intend
It'll make ev'ry curl on your head stand on it
When I make enough money outa one of my boat,
I'll put all of my money in another little boat.
I'll make twice as much outa two little boats,
An' the first thing you know, I'll have four little boats;
Then eight little boats, then a plenty little boats,
Then a great big fleet of great big boats.
All catchin' herring, bringin' into shore;
Sailin' out again, an' bringin' more.
An' more, an' more, an' more!
Carrie
Who's gonna eat all that herring?
Enoch
[Spoken]
They ain't gonna be herring. I'm gonna put 'em in cans
an' call 'em sardines. Aha... Gonna build a little sardine
cannery. Then a big one, then the biggest one in the whole
country. Oh, Carry, I'm gonna get rich on sardines. Ah!
I mean, we're gonna get rich. You an' me an' all of us...
[Sung]
The first year we're married,
We'll have one little kid.
The second year we're goin'
Have another little kid.
You'll soon be donnin' socks
For eight little feet-
Carrie
I am not enough to another fleet!
Enoch
We'll build a lot more rooms,
Our dear little house will get bigger,
Our dear little house will get bigger-
Carrie
An' so will my figure!
Enoch
[Spoken]
Oh Carrie, can you imagine how it'll be when all the little
kids are upstairs in their beds, and you and me sit alone
by the firelight. Me in my armchair, and you on my knee-
Carrie
Maybe...Maybe...
Enoch
[Sung]
When the children are asleep we sit and dream,
The things that every other dad and mother dream.
When the children are asleep and lights are low,
If I still love you the way I love you today,
You'll pardon my sayin', I told you so...
When the children are asleep, I'll dream with you
We'll think what fun we have had and be glad
That it's all came true
Carrie
When the children are asleep we sit and dream,
Enoch
Dream all alone...
Carrie
The things that every other dad and mother dream
Enoch
Dreams that won't be interrupted...
When the children are asleep and lights are low
Carrie
Hold and behold... If I still love you
The way I love you today,
You'll pardon my sayin', I told you so...
When the children are asleep, I'll dream with you
Enoch
You'll dream with me...
Carrie
We'll think what fun we have had and be glad
That it's all came true!
Enoch
When today is a long time ago...
Both
You'll still hear me say
That the best dream I know is you
Carrie
When the children are asleep I dream with you!
10.Blow High, Blow Low
Men
Blow high, blow low,
Away then we will go
We'll go away in the sailin' away
Away we'll go
Blow me high an' low,
For many an' many a long long day.
For many an' many a long long day!
The people who live inland
Are hard to understand
When you're lookin' for fun
They clap you into jail!
So I'm shippin' off to see
Where life is gay an' free.
An' a fella can flip a hook
In the hip of a whale.
Blow high, blow low,
Away then we will go
We'll go away in the sailin' away
Away we'll go
Blow me high an' low,
For many an' many a long long day.
For many an' many a long long day!
It's wonderful just to feel
Your hands upon the wheel,
An' listen to wind a-whistlin' in the sail
But I'm climbin' off to be
The very first to see
A corset woman's spout
Come out o' the snore of a whale
Blow high, blow low,
Away then we will go
We'll go away in the sailin' away
Away we'll go
Blow me high an' low,
For many an' many a long long day.
For many an' many a long long day!
A-rockin' upon the sea, your boat'll seem to be
Like a dear little baby in her bassinet.
For she hasn't leaned to walk,
An' she hasn't learned to talk,
An' a little behind is kind of inclined to be wet.
Blow high, blow low,
Away then we will go
We'll go away in the sailin' away
Away we'll go
Blow me high an' low,
For many an' many a long long day.
For many an' many a long long day!
11.Soliloquy
Billy
I wonder what he'll think of me
I guess he'll call me the "old man"
I guess he'll think I can lick
Ev'ry other feller's father
Well, I can!
I bet that he'll turn out to be
The spittin' image of his dad
But he'll have more common sense
Than his puddin-headed father ever had
I'll teach him to wrestle
And dive through a wave
When we go in the mornin's for our swim
His mother can teach him
The way to behave
But she won't make a sissy out o' him
Not him! Not my boy! Not Bill!
Bill... My boy Bill
I will see that he is named after me, I will.
My boy, Bill! He'll be tall
And tough as a tree, will Bill!
Like a tree he'll grow
With his head held high
And his feet planted firm on the ground
And you won't see nobody dare to try
To boss or toss him around!
No pot-bellied, baggy-eyed bully
Will boss him around.
I don't give a hang what he does
As long as he does what he likes!
He can sit on his tail
Or work on a rail
With a hammer, hammering spikes!
He can ferry a boat on a river
Or peddle a pack on his back
Or work up and down
The streets of a town
With a whip and a horse and a hack.
He can haul a scow along a canal
Run a cow around a corral
Or maybe bark for a carousel
Of course it takes talent to do that well.
Aha-ha-ha-ha!
He might be a champ of the heavyweights,
Or a feller that sells you glue,
Or President of the United States,
That'd be all right, too
His mother would like that
But he wouldn't be President if he didn't wanna be!
Not Bill!
My boy, Bill! He'll be tall
And as tough as a tree, will Bill
Like a tree he'll grow
With his head held high
And his feet planted firm on the ground
And you won't see nobody dare to try
To boss him or toss him around!
No fat-bottomed, flabby-faced,
Pot-bellied, baggy-eyed bully
Will boss him around.
And I'm hanged if he'll marry his boss' daughter
A skinny-lipped virgin with blood like water
Who'll give him a peck
And call it a kiss
And look in his eyes through a lorgnette...
Hey, why am I talkin' on like this?
My kid ain't even been born, yet!
I can see him when he's seventeen or so,
And startin' to go with a girl
I can give him lots of pointers, very sound
On the way to get 'round any girl
I can tell him ...
Wait a minute!
Could it be?
What the hell!
What if he is a girl?
What would I do with her?
What could I do for her?
A bum with no money!
You can have fun with a son
But you gotta be a father to a girl
She mightn't be so bad at that
A kid with ribbons in her hair!
A kind o' sweett and petite
Little tin-type of her mother!
What a pair!
My little girl
Pink and white
As peaches and cream is she
My little girl
Is half again as bright
As girls are meant to be!
Dozens of boys pursue her
Many a likely lad does what he can to woo her
From her faithful dad
She has a few
Pink and white young fellers of two or three
But my little girl
Gets hungry ev'ry night and she comes home to me!
I-I got to get ready before she comes!
I got to make certain that she
Won't be dragged up in slums
With a lot o' bums like me
She's got to be sheltered
In a fair hand dressed
In the best that money can buy!
I never knew how to get money,
But, I'll try, I'll try! I'll try!
I'll go out and make it or steal it
Or take it or die!
ACT ONE
That evening, resting up after the cookout (A Real Nice Clambake),
everyone
Prepares for the annual treasure hunt.
Jigger, pretending to show Carrie self-defense maneuvers, gets her into
a
compromising position just as Mister Snow appears. Now the gender
scuffling
turns serius, as Snow walks out on Carrie, Billy heads off with Jigger
for
their robbery despite Julie's protests, and the women lament their lack
of
power (Geraniums In The Winter/Stonecutters Cut It On Stone/What's The
Use Of Wond'rin').
Back to the mainland, Billy and Jigger await the arrival of their
intended
victim by playing twenty-one. Jigger, dealing, cheats Billy out of
virtually
all his share of the coming boodle. But the robbery is foiled, Jigger
escapes,
and Billy, seeing his whole life as a failure, kills himself crying,
"Julie!"
The clambakers arrive, Julie only just in time to trade a few words with
Billy
Before he dies. "I love you," she tells him, for the first time in her
life,
After he has died. Nettie comforts her (You'll Never Walk Alone).
It's not over yet. A heavenly Friend shows up to take Billy "Up There,"
where
In a scene suggestive of some advanced Protestant sect's open-air
meeting house,
An austere Starkeeper allows Billy to go back and resolve problems he
left "Down
Here" - for instance, his daughter, Louise, who is now fifteen and as
wild and
resentful as Billy was. The Starkeeper gives Billy a star to take to her
as a
present.
A ballet reveals Louise to us: as a tomboy cut-up, then as a young woman
tasting
love with a boy she meets in the ruins of her father's carousel (Ballet:
Pas de
Deux). She is, in effect, recreating her mother's experience, breaking
out of a
Drab life in a dangerous yet wonderful relationship. But the boy wanders
off,
Leaving Louise heartbroken and destructively defiant.
Back on earth with the Heavenly Friend, Billy tries to give Louise the
star, she
suspiciously resists, and he slaps her face - once again, in his
inarticulate
rage, failing to express his true feelings to those he loves (If I Loved
You
reprise).
"Common sense may tell you that the endin' will be sad" - but, at
Louise's
high-school graduation, Billy heartens his daughter and tells julie "I
loved
you."
As the congregation clusters in socio-religious community, Billy, in a
distance,
Climbs a great stairway to heaven (You'll Nevr Walk Alone reprise).
12.A Real Nice Clambake
This Was A Real Nice Clambake
Carousel (Musical)
[Cameron]
This was a real nice clambake,
We're mighty glad we came.
The vittles we et were good, you bet!
The company was the same.
Our hearts are warm,
Our bellies are full,
And we are feelin' prime.
This was a real nice clambake,
And we all hed a real good time.
Fust come codfish chowder,
Cooked in iron kettles,
Onions floatin' on the top,
Curlin' up in petals.
Throwed in ribbons of salted pork
(An old New England trick)
And lapped it all up with a clamshell,
Tied on to a bayberry stick.
Oh-h-h-
This was a real nice clambake,
We're mighty glad we came.
The vittles we et were good, you bet!
The company was the same.
Our hearts are warm,
Our bellies are full,
And we are feelin' prime.
This was a really nice clambake,
And we all hed a real good time.
[Robert}
Remember when we raked them red hot lobsters
Out of the dreadful fire?
They sizzled and crackled and sputtered a song,
Fitten fer an angel's choir.
[Chorus]
Fitten fer an angels',
Fitten' fer an angels',
Fitten' fer an angels' choir!
[Claramae]
We slit 'em down the back and peppered 'em good,
And doused 'em in melted butter
[Barbara]
Then we tore away the claws
And cracked 'em with our teeth
'Cause we weren't in the mood to putter!...
[Girls]
Fitten fer an angels',
Fitten fer an angels',
Fitten' fer an angels' choir!
[Man]
Then at last come the clams,
[Men]
The clams!
Steamed under rockweed an' poppin' from their shells
Jest how many of 'em galloped down our gullets?
[Chorus]
We couldn't say oursel's!
Oh-h-h-
This was a real nice clambake,
We're mighty glad we came.
The vittles we et were good, you bet!
The company was the same!
Our hearts are warm, our bellies are full,
And we are feelin' prime.
This was a real nice clambake,
And we all hed a real good time.
We said it afore
And we'll say it agen,
We all hed a real good time!
13.Geraniums In The Winder
Jigger
[Mr. Snow]
Geraniums in the winder
Hydrangas on the lawn
And breakfast in the kitchen
In the timid pink of dawn
And you to blow me kisses
When I'm headin' for the sea
We might have been a happy pair
Of lovers, mightn't have we?
And comin' home at twilight
It might have been so sweet
To take my catch of herring
And lay 'em at your feet
I might have had a baby-
[Jigger]
What!
[Mr. Snow]
To dangle on my knee
But all these things
That might have been
Are never, never to be.
14.Stonecutters Cut It On Stone
Jigger
I've never seen it yet to fail
I'll never see it fail
A girl who's in love with a virtuous man
Is doomed to weep and wail
Stonecutters cut it on stone
Woodpeckers peck it on wood
There's nothin' so bad for a woman
As a man who thinks he's good!
Nice talk!
My mother used to say to me
When you grow up, my son
I hope you're a bum like your father was
'Cause a good man ain't no fun!
Jigger and Men
Stonecutters cut it on stone
Woodpeckers peck it on wood
There's nothin' so bad for a woman
As a man who thinks he's good!
Enoch
'T ain't so!
Jigger
'T is true!
All
'T ain't so!
Jigger and Men
'T is true!
Carrie and Girls
I've never seen it yet to fail
I'll never see it fail
A girl who's in love with any man
Is doomed to weep and wail.
Girl 1
They're even worse after they marry you!
Girl 2
You oughta give 'im that ring back, Carrie!
You'll be better off!
Girl 3
Well, he's a mighty, unmarried man,
You should take 'im!
Carrie
The clock just takes your life away
There's no relief in sight
It's cookin' an' it's scrubbin'
An' it's sewin' all day
An' God knows what in all night!
Girls
Stonecutters cut it on stone
Woodpeckers peck it on wood
There's nothin' so bad for a woman
As a man who's bad or good!
15.What's the Use of Wond'rin'?
Julie
What's the use of wond'rin',
If he's good or if he's bad?
Or if he likes the way he wears his hat?
But what's the use of wond'rin',
If he's good or if he's bad?
He's your fellow and you'll love him
That's all there is to say...
Woman sense may tell you
That the ending will be sad
And now is the time to break and run away
But what's the use of wond'rin'
If the endin' will be sad?
He's your fella and you'll love him
There is nothin' more to say...
Something made him the way that he is,
Whether he's false or true,
And something gave him
The things that are his
And one of those things is you...
So, when he wants your kisses
You will give them to the lad
And anywhere he leads you,
You will walk...
And anytime he needs you,
You go runnin' there like mad
You're his girl and he's your fellow
And all the rest is talk...
Girls
Woman sense may tell you
That the ending will be sad
And now is the time to break and run away
But what's the use of wond'rin'
If the endin' will be sad?
He's your fella and you'll love him
There is nothin' more to say...
16.You'll Never Walk Alone
Nettie
When you walk through a storm
Keep your chin up high
And don't be afraid of the dark.
At he end of the storm
Is a golden sky
And the sweet silver song of a lark.
Walk on through the wind,
Walk on through the rain,
Tho' your dreams be tossed and blown.Walk on, walk on
With hope in your heart
And you'll never walk alone,
You'll never walk alone.
17.Ballet: Pas de Deux
The Orchestra
18.If I Loved You (Reprise)
Billy
Julie! Julie!
Longing to tell you
But afraid and shy
I let my golden chances
Pass me by
Now I've lost
Soon I will go in the mist of day
And you never will know
How I loved
How I loved you...
19.The Sermon
Dr. Seldon
[Spoken]
The world belongs to you as much as to the next fella.
Don't give it up, an' try not to be scared of people not
liking you, just try likin' them. Just keep your faith an'
courage an' you'll come out right. It's-It's like what
we used to sing ev'ry mornin' when I went to school, maybe
it's still the same, I don't know...
20.You'll Never Walk Alone (Reprise)
Principal
When you walk through a storm
Company
Keep your chin up high
And don't be afraid of the dark.
At he end of the storm
Is a golden sky
And the sweet silver song of a lark.
Walk on through the wind,
Walk on through the rain,
Tho' your dreams be tossed and blown.
Walk on, walk on
With hope in your heart
And you'll never walk alone,
You'll never walk alone.
These are the lines in Act I, Sc.3 of "Carousel", marked as Music No.
7 - "June is Bustin' Out All Over". Lines are sung, unless otherwise
indicated.
GIRLS (spoken): Give it to 'em good, Carrie,
Give it to 'em good!
CARRIE: Get away you no account nothin's
With yer silly jokes and prattle!
If y'packed all yer brains in a butterfly's head
They'd still hev room to rattle.
GIRLS (spoken): Give it to 'em good, Carrie,
Give it to 'em good!
Tell 'em somethin' that'll larn 'em!
CARRIE: Get away you roustabout riff raff,
With yer bellies full of grog.
If y'packed all yer brains in a polywog's head
He'd never even grow to be a frog!
GIRLS: The polywog'd never be a frog!
(spoken) That'll larn 'em, darn 'em!
ALL MEN: Now JEST a minute, ladies,
You GOT no call to fret.
We ONLY asked perlitely
If you was ready yet.
We'd kinda like this clambake
To get an early start,
And wanted fer to tell you
We went and done our part.
BASSES: Look at them clams!
BARITONES: Been diggin' 'em since sun-up!
BASSES: Look at them clams!
2ND TENORS: All ready fer the boats.
BASSES: Diggin' them clams!
1ST TENORS: We're all wore out and done up,--
ALL MEN: And what's more we're hungry as goats!
ALL GIRLS: You'll get no drinks er vittles
Till we get across the bay,
So pull in yer belts
And load them boats
And let's get under way.
The sooner we sail
The sooner we start
The clambake 'cross the bay!
NETTIE ENTERS - Following lines are spoken.
NETTIE: Here, boys! Here's some doughnuts and coffee. Fall to!
MEN (speeches overlap): Doughnuts, hooray!
That's our Nettie!
Yer heart's in the right place, Nettie!
Lemme in there!
Quit yer shovin'!
A GIRL: Nettie! After we just tellin' 'em! Whatcher doin' that fer.
NETTIE: They been diggin' clams since five this mornin'--I see 'em
myself, down on the beach.
CARRIE: Nettie, yer a soft-hearted Ninny!
NETTIE: Oh, Y'CAN'T blame 'em. First clambake o' the year they're
always like this. It's like UNLOCKIN' a door, and all the crazy
notions they kep' shet up fer the winter come whoopin' out into the
sunshine.
ALL laugh.
NETTIE: This year's jest like ev'ry other--
(singing) March went out like a lion,
A-whippin' up the water in the bay,
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