Ladies of the Chorus Page #3

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# That's the place I want to be #

# So anyone can see

That I belong to you #

# And you belong to me #

# Anyone can see

I love you #

# Anyone can see I care #

# The way I hold your hand #

# And smile in your direction #

# Tells the world my heart is filled

With nothing but affection ##

Don't stop. Go on.

Why don't you sing the rest.

Me?

Uh-huh.

I don't think I know all the words.

Well, then, make up

some of your own.

Okay. I'll try.

Anyone can see I... I love you.

You know how much I care.

The way I hold your hand

and smile in your direction...

tells the world my heart is filled

with nothing but affection.

Mother. Mother.

Why aren't you in bed?

Oh. I was reading.

I must have dozed off.

Do you know

what time it is?

No, what time is it?

It's after 3.

Good heaven.

Well, did you have

a good time, dear?

Wonderful.

Where'd you go?

Club Embassy.

That's nice.

Well, I guess I'll go to bed.

Mother?

Yes, dear?

I...

I want to talk to you.

Won't it keep till morning?

No.

It's about Randy.

What about Randy?

He... He...

Peggy, what are you

trying to say?

He asked me to marry him.

Oh. What did you say?

I told him he'd have to

get your consent.

And what did he say to that?

He's going to

ask you tomorrow.

Oh, you will say yes,

won't you, Mother?

And if I don't, I suppose

you'll marry him anyway.

I don't know.

I hadn't thought about that.

Let's go to bed, darling. We'll

talk about it in the morning.

Hello, Mrs Martin.

Hello, Randy. Come in.

Thank you.

I... I suppose you know

why I'm here.

Yes, I know. Peggy told me that

you asked her to marry you.

That's right.

You want my consent?

Very much.

You're a fine boy, Randy. I

like you, and Peggy loves you.

Then, it's all right?

Oh, just a minute.

I haven't finished.

I have no objections to you,

Randy. I'm sure you know that.

And I want Peggy to marry

the man she loves.

Usually, that's all that matters

when two people are in love

and want to get married.

But sometimes there are

other things to be considered.

What could be more important than

that Peggy and I love each other?

Well, I'll try to explain.

Peggy doesn't belong

in your world.

She belongs in the

show world. Burlesque.

Burlesque queen, that's

what people call her.

What difference

does that make?

You don't care.

But what about your mother

and your friends?

What will they say when you

bring a burlesque girl home

and introduce as your wife?

They'd better say it's wonderful.

And how do you think Peggy will

feel when she's snubbed by them?

When she sees that your

mother's ashamed of her?

Peggy's happiness means everything

in the world to me, Randy.

And to me, Mrs Martin.

I'll make her happy.

I'm sure you would,

if it were entirely up to you.

Look, if my friends won't accept Peggy,

then I don't want them as friends.

And if your mother

won't accept her?

That's impossible.

You don't know Mother.

She'll love Peggy just as I do.

Another young man

said the same thing.

Who was that?

Peggy's father.

Oh.

And what happened?

Well, I was just about

Peggy's age,

very much in love.

He was a fine, handsome boy.

Alan Wakeley. The Boston Wakeleys.

I was the happiest girl in the world.

# Got a man, got a man #

# What a man #

# Sweet as any man could be #

# Got a man, got a man #

# What a man #

# Are you wondering

Who he can be? #

# I'm so crazy for you #

# Oh, so crazy for you #

# When we kiss

Can't you tell #

# My heart's dizzy

Running round a padded cell? #

# I'm so wild about you #

# Baby, what'll I do? #

# Got the shivers, got the shakes #

# Cut it out, for goodness' sakes #

# I'm so crazy for you #

# Adorable, adorable you ##

Ain't he the

persistent one?

That's Alan Wakeley, you dope.

He's Mae's steady.

Oh, is that

who he is?

Get this.

Say, Mr Wakeley,

ain't you got no home?

Sure I have, but Mae

doesn't live there yet.

Not bad.

Quick on the trigger.

Hello, Alan.

Oh, you look beautiful, Mae.

Thank you.

You know, one of these days, you're going

to throw this into deep centre field.

Oh, no. Not with my control.

Oh, hey, how about

my fielding average?

Where will it be tonight,

Delmonico's or the Plaza?

That little nook

at Delmonico's.

That's an idea. I've never

proposed to you there, have I?

And please not tonight, Alan.

I just don't understand you, Mae.

You say you love me,

and yet you won't marry me.

It doesn't make sense.

I'm sorry.

Look, Mae, your reasons

for not marrying me...

Must we go through

all that again?

Darling, I've told you

a thousand times.

I don't give a rap

what my friends think.

If they won't accept you,

then they can go to blazes.

As for my mother, well,

you just don't know her.

She'll love you as much as I do.

I refused Alan that night

and many nights after that.

But he just wouldn't give up.

There were dances

and dinners and flowers.

I couldn't have been happier.

But always it was the

same thing, until finally, I...

You agreed to marry him.

Yes.

I'll never forget that night.

It was the night that Billy Mackay

and I brok e in the new act.

I'll bet you didn't

think I was going to show up, huh?

Did you see a big blond?

A big blond came down and says

there's a big party upstairs.

Everybody's singing

and dancing...

You're too beautiful, kid.

So I joined the party.

But there always has to be

a wise guy in every party.

And there was one of them guys

in this party.

He made a few unnecessary remarks.

I want to

see you right after this scene.

I want to see you, too.

Who is it?

It's me, Billy.

Come on in.

Ah, the scene went great, Mae.

You know, I got something to

ask you, and tonight's the night.

Billy, congratulate me.

You're congratulated. What for?

I'm getting married.

Married?

Uh-huh.

Well... What do you know?

I'm leaving the show Saturday night.

Wakeley?

Yes.

Well, I wish you luck.

Only, I don't know. I'm afraid.

Oil and water don't mix.

Billy, I think I know what you mean,

but Alan and I will work it out.

Yeah. Sure, you'll work it out.

You know, I never told you, but...

Not that it'd make any difference,

but I've been in love with you

for a long time myself.

You're a swell guy.

Yeah. Well, if it don't work out...

Of course it's going to work out.

Oh, what do you

want to tell me, Billy?

Oh, uh...

Gee, I forgot what it was.

Couldn't have been

very important, huh? See you.

Oh, closing night,

we'll give you a swell party.

I'll be the head waiter.

I'll arrange everything.

# I'm so crazy for you ##

So, you see, Randy,

I was warned.

Somehow I felt that everything

would be all right.

Alan insisted on getting married first

and telling his mother afterwards.

He wanted it to be a surprise.

And what a surprise it was.

I was very happy those first few

weeks in the home of Alan's parents.

Everyone treated me like a queen.

Until they found out I was

a queen. A burlesque queen.

Alan's mother was furious,

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