For Me and My Gal Page #2

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- But, Jo...

What do you want to be?

A no-good tramp or something?

Danny.

You're not working any hardship on me.

Don't you see, honey?

I love it. I'd be doing it anyway.

And you're gonna stay in medical school.

I gotta make sure somebody in this family

is a success.

All aboard!

- So long.

- Don't forget to send that picture.

- Yeah.

- All aboard!

- I better be going.

- Bye.

Goodbye.

We're gonna be all right, you and I.

Goodbye. Goodbye, honey.

- See you at the Palace, kid.

- All right, doctor. It's a date.

- Goodbye.

- Bye.

Hiya, Springtime. Going my way?

Say, you know it's not safe

for a pretty girl to be walking around...

...by herself.

Oh, why don't you come off it?

You know you're gonna wind up

calling me pet names.

Well, of all the...

Tempo, Springtime!

Tempo, tempo!

I didn't like you at 7:00 this morning

and I don't like you now.

If you keep playing your cards right,

I'm gonna hate you.

So why don't you just evaporate,

fade away, dissolve?!

I want to talk to you about business.

- Write me a letter.

- It's too important.

Fancy face, I caught you on-stage

this afternoon.

You sing like a bird, dance like a deer,

look like a wedding ring...

...but that act you're with...

- That's two pins and a lollipop.

- What do you mean?

It's murder. That's what I mean.

Why don't you get bright?

You're too fast for that buggy.

And why don't you mind

your own business?

That's just the point.

It is my business.

Next season, I'm doing a double act,

throwing away the baggy pants.

Don't look now, Springtime.

You're gonna be my partner.

- Oh, I am, huh?

- You said it.

Standing next to me, you'll look

like a million bucks in nickels and dimes.

I can see those three-sheets:

Palmer and Hayden!

- We'll tear down theaters...

- I wouldn't be your partner...

...if they booked us into the Palace

for 51 weeks a year.

- I don't get it. Why?

- Oh, so many reasons.

But you wouldn't understand

any of them.

Gee, I feel sorry for you.

Hey, wait a minute.

Look, Miss Hayden.

I'm sorry.

Your act is all right. Oh, it needs

a little punching up here and there, but...

- Why don't you take this?

- What's that?

It's the arrangement I bought. The one

you and Metcalfe were supposed to get.

- But you were...

- No. Go ahead.

All that big talk about me

breaking down theaters...

...that's strictly small-town talk

on a cold night.

- Oh, I'm sorry. I spoke so...

- No. Forget it. You had me pegged.

I'm never gonna win any blue ribbons

for being a nice guy.

- Well, I...

- Say, would you...?

- Oh, skip it.

- What?

I was gonna ask you to have a cup

of coffee, but after the way I...

Well, I'd love to have a cup of coffee.

- You would?

- Sure.

- Two coffees, please.

- Two coffees. Yes.

How long you been in show business?

I wasn't really in it until Jimmy

gave me a chance. You?

- All my life. Do you like it?

- I love it.

I'd rather sing and dance than, well...

...eat.

- I can tell that by the way you work.

- You're good.

- No. I'm not good yet.

But I will be someday.

You know, I've got kind of a...

- You'd probably laugh at me if I told you.

- No, I wouldn't. What?

Well, I've got kind of a goal

in my mind.

It's the same goal

every vaudeville actor has...

...only I'm really going to get there.

I used to think I'd play the Palace

someday too.

- Well, maybe you will.

- Not me.

You had my number, all right.

Just a cheap tramp comic.

- Oh, I wouldn't say that.

- Why not? It's the truth.

Take that stuff, for instance.

I'm not so sure I can do it.

- Then why'd you buy it?

- I liked it.

It sure is a knockout.

- Want to hear it?

- Sure. Love to.

Okay.

If you've heard my kind

of voice before,... stop me.

All right.

The Bells are ring... ringing

for me and my gal.

The birds are...

[laughing] Wait a minute.

You better let me do it.

Okay.

Now...

Ding-dong, ding-dong,

do you hear the bells go ding-dong?

Do you know, do you know

why they're ringin'?

Do you know

why the birds are singin'?

Well you're gonna get a big surprise,

'cause I'm gonna put you wise.

The bells are ringin'

for me and my gal,

The birds are singin'

for me and my gal.

Everybody's been knowing

To a wedding they're going

And for weeks

they've been sewing,

Every Susie and Sal.

They're congregatin'...

Here's the church,

...for me and my gal,

And here's the steeple.

The Parson's waitin'...

Open the door...

...for me and my gal,

and there's the people.

And sometime

We're gonna to build

a little home for two,

or three or four or more,

In Loveland

for me and my gal.

The bells are ringing

for me and my gal.

The birds are singing

for me and my gal.

Everybody's been knowing,

to a wedding they're going.

And for weeks they've been sewing,

they've been sewing

something old and something new so,

something that is blue so

they can make a trousseau for my gal.

They're congregatin'

for me and my gal. Look, here, why!

that's the Parson

waitin' for me and my gal.

And sometime we're

gonna build a little home

for two

or three

or four

or five

or maybe more

Loveland for me and my gal...

Remember this one?

And this.

You know what I can't

eat for breakfast?

Why, no,

I haven't the slightest idea.

Tell me, what can't

you eat for breakfast?

Luncheon and dinner.

[sigh] Ha! Oh!

Here comes that Loveland again.

In Loveland for me and my gal.

[laughter, applause]

Oh, yes.

Thank you.

Thank you.

- Do we click or don't we?

- That was wonderful! You were perfect!

- What a great finale for a double act!

- We'd have to get a different opening.

- A slower one.

- We come on together.

You go off for a quick change.

I do my soft-shoe routine, and then we...

What's the matter?

I guess I forgot.

- Twenty-six, please.

- Oh, yes.

Thank you.

- Well, it was fun while it lasted.

- Yeah. Here.

No. You keep it. You can do it.

You proved it.

Nope. It takes two.

- Well, please. L...

- It's yours.

Do it with Metcalfe or tear it up.

Anyway, it's yours, nobody else's.

Well, thank you.

- Good night.

- Good night.

Wait a minute.

I played a dirty trick on you.

You better know.

Then you won't feel so bad.

When I offered to give you that song...

...I really didn't mean it.

I was playing you for a sap.

I wanted to fix it so you'd give me

a chance to try out with you.

And all that sob stuff

about me being ashamed of myself...

...that was just a bid for sympathy.

I wasn't ashamed.

I thought I was being pretty cute.

I'm ashamed now though.

And this time, when I say I'm a heel...

...well, I'm not kidding.

Well, I'm glad you told me.

Good night.

Good night.

Hi.

- Well, make yourself at home.

- Thanks. I already have.

Danny get off all right?

He sure took his time about it.

I began to think...

...they were holding you ransom.

Well, I stopped in to get some coffee.

When you didn't come back,

I walked by the station.

I thought maybe I might run into you.

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