Babes in Arms Page #3

- Why have we got our arms?

- And what's our eyes?

- What have we got our sight for?

- Our sight for, fight for.

Play day is done

We've a place in the sun

We must fight for

So babes in arms

- To arms

- To arms

To arms, babes in arms

- We don't wanna go to county farms

- No

Come on, you babes in arms

Stand up for your rights

We're coming, we're coming

Come on, you sons and daughters

We gotta fight

We're coming, we're coming

George Washington was just a kid

When he chopped down that tree

But if they'd locked him up for that

Where'd this country be?

- We gotta stand

- We gotta stand

- We gotta stand right up

- We gotta stand right up

We got to stand right up

And tell them that we're right

Yeah, we gotta fight. Yeah, we gotta fight

Fight, fight

What do we cheer for?

What are we here for?

Why were we born?

What do we cry for? What do we die for?

Why do we mourn?

Life doesn't stop, life doesn't wait

It goes on

We've got to step

We've got to skate into the dawn

It's a new day

It's a new day, our flag's unfurled

Come on, let's tell it to the world

On city streets and farms

You'll hear a rising war cry

Youth will arrive, let them know you're alive

Make it your cry

They call us babes in arms

A tisket, a tasket,

Who wants your yellow basket?

They think they must direct us

Babes in arms are growing up,

Growing up, growing, growing

But if we're babes in arms

Going around the mulberry bush

Who wants to go around the mulberry bush?

We'll make them all respect us

Hooray, hooray, it's Emancipation Day

- Why have we got our arms?

- We got arms so we can fight

What have we got our sight for?

Play day is done

We've a place in the sun

We must fight for

So babes in arms

To arms

In the beginning,

we will see Patsy singing...

...the most recently published song

number "Good Morning," followed by...

Where is the other piece of music?

What are you doing, son?

Oh, nothing. Just scribbling.

- Another song?

- A show.

You're so much like me, you're funny.

- I am?

- Exactly.

You know, I used to troupe

with your grandpop, was he stubborn.

I used to try to get him

to put new things in the act.

You know, like you do to me?

- Wouldn't he do it either?

- Not a chance.

- What happened?

- What happened?

He was the greatest headliner in vaudeville,

right up to the day that he died.

Yeah, I know what you mean, Pop.

You know, Mickey,

you're like a lot of kids.

You think your old man is finished,

washed up.

Why, Dad, listen here.

They don't come any better than you.

Anyway, your mom and me

are leaving in the morning.

I'm sorry you can't go along

the way you used to.

I'm going to miss you, a lot.

Yeah.

I know, Dad.

But I'm depending on you to stay here

and take care of things.

- I hope things break real big for you, Dad.

- Thanks.

- Is Judge Black in?

- Yes, ma'am.

I wonder what cause

she's agitating for now.

I never saw a woman get so excited

over other people's business.

My duty is concerned

with those poor children.

And something has got to

be done about it.

I want my nephew to tell you

what he knows.

Go on.

Well, the vaudeville kids

kind of run in a gang.

They seem to be

cooking up something.

Next thing you know, we'll have

a series of filling station robberies.

- Who's the ring leader?

- A tough little kid named Moran.

There's no doubt about it, judge,

he's a bad influence around town.

- Do you know him very well?

- No. Just to speak to.

I go to military school upstate.

Just step outside, Jeff.

I want to talk to Judge Black alone.

As you very well know, John,

I'm head of the welfare board here.

And I'm serving notice on you...

...that I'm not gonna let

innocent children be the victims of society.

Their parents have no income. We don't

know if those youngsters eat regularly.

We know they stay away from school

half the time. They're undisciplined.

They haven't a chance of learning

an occupation that'll support them.

I call that criminal.

But, Martha, you'd be taking them away

from their homes.

Homes? Those poor little things

haven't any worthy of the name.

Martha, my whole life's

been lived in this town.

I saw the actors come in.

They built their homes here.

They built the church, the library.

Why, their taxes even paved the roads.

They're sweet lovable people.

Just grownup children.

And we ought to thank God...

...for the pleasure and laughter

they've given us in our drab lives.

Right now they're having hard times.

And you want me to help you

torment these poor folks...

...by taking their children

away from them?

I won't do it, Martha.

- You mean, you won't...?

- And that's final.

You'd sacrifice the children

for the grownups.

All right, John, I accept your challenge.

I'll see this thing through alone.

Our bankroll will only stand two Cokes.

I never drink anything

but Cokes anyway.

Two great, big, large,

wonderful, expensive Cokes.

- Here.

- Patty, look, let's pretend.

All right, where are we?

We're in the Stork Club in New York City

and it's after our opening night.

- I'm in tails and a white tie.

- And I have on an ermine coat.

Oh, Mickey,

I've just got to have an ermine coat.

Oh, sure, sure.

And the Cokes here, this is champagne.

Oh, aren't you just mad

about champagne?

Yeah, but if this was champagne,

I'd rather have the money it costs instead.

Now, don't worry about it.

You thought up that big parade

to advertise the show...

...and anybody that can think that up...

...can think up anything.

- Thanks.

Just think when those

New York producers sign us up.

You know, I've been thinking,

maybe we should get us an agent.

Sometimes you get worse than I do.

I'm worried about getting the show on.

I never realized how much a piece of

cellophane and a yard of cheesecloth cost.

What have you planned?

Our folks owe the stores a lot of dough,

I'll say:

"If you want to collect that money

you've got to put dough into our show...

...so we can be a success

then pay you back."

I don't understand,

but it sounds wonderful.

I got the ideas out of a paper.

Seems a lot of countries are

borrowing money...

...so why can't an American go in and

borrow money the same as anybody else?

Sometimes I think that being

a great Broadway producer...

...isn't going to be big enough for you,

Mickey.

Here comes trouble.

Do take the darlings, Alexander.

Let them walk around a bit.

In California, we have drive-ins.

You stay in the car.

- Who's the girl with him?

- I think it's... It is. It's Baby Rosalie.

- Remember the kid movie star?

- Oh, yeah.

Hello, Patsy. Miss Barton, this is

Miss Essex, the once famous Baby Rosalie.

How do you do?

I remember you very well.

Really? Did you see my biggest success,

The Queen's Little Daughter...

...or did you see my smash hit,

The Baby General?

Well, let me see, l...

It all seems so long ago.

Sauerkraut juice, please.

- I watch my weight very carefully.

- Yes.

I hear you're going to produce a show.

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