Oklahoma! Page #2

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in that rig you made up?

That there ain't

no made-up rig, you hear?

I done hired it over to Claremore.

- Why don't you go with him?

- I can't. I promised Jud.

Why ever did you?

'Cause Curly's too fresh

and too bigheaded,

waitin' till

the last minute to ask me.

Aunt Eller, are you really

going with Curly tonight?

I sure am. You didn't want him.

But you could go with me and Jud.

You picked your feller,

I picked mine.

That's the way

you want it, ain't it?

You're sure a pair.

Crazy young'uns.

Time I started for the station.

Hey, Curly. Tell all the

folks to stop by here

on their way to the Skidmore

party to freshen up.

I will, Aunt Eller. You see you got

your beauty spots fastened on proper,

so as you won't lose

them off, you hear?

That's a right smart turnout.

Ain't no finer rig I'm a-thinkin'

That I'd keer to swap

For that shiny little surrey

With the fringe on the top

(WHEELS RATTLING)

Aunt Eller!

Lookin' for me?

Gonna be a nice evenin'

for the party.

- Jud.

- What?

I don't think I can...

You ain't figurin' on goin'

with someone else, are you?

Well, I...

Laurey!

I'll come by for you

along around about sundown.

(TRAIN CHUGGING)

(DOG BARKING)

(BELL RINGING)

(CHATTERING)

What'd you do up at the

fair, Will? Bust any bones?

Aw, too smart for that. Just

made sure I landed on my head.

- Will Parker.

- Hi, Aunt Eller.

If you ain't got them fancy

lanterns for the Skidmore party,

- get back on that train.

- (LAUGHS)

- Here you are.

- You do any good in the steer ropin', Will?

Oh, I did pretty good.

I won prize money.

- That's my boy.

- I've got to get over to Ado Annie's.

Her pa said I could have her

if'n I was ever worth $50.

And I got that $50.

If Annie's pa keeps his promise,

we'll be dancin' at your wedding.

If'n he don't, I'll take her

right from under his nose.

Besides which, I won't give him

the present I brung for him.

Looky here, fellas, what I

got for Ado Annie's pa.

Excuse us, Aunt Eller. You hold

it up to your eye like this, see.

Then when you get a good look, you turn it

around at the top and the picture changes.

- Well, I'll be "sidegated. "

- They call it the Little Wonder.

Silly goats!

The hussy!

Ought to be ashamed of herself.

You too. How do you turn the

thing to see the other picture?

- Right at the top, Aunt Eller.

- Wait, I'm gettin' it.

(GASPS)

(LAUGHS)

I'm a good mind

to tell Annie on you.

Bet you carried on

plenty in Kansas City.

Well, I sure did see a lot of

things I never did see before.

I got to Kansas City on a Friday

By Saturday I learned

a thing or two

'Cause up to then

I didn't have an idy

Of what the modren world

was comin' to

I counted 20 gas buggies

goin' by theirselves

Almost every time I took a walk

And then I put my ear

to a Bell telephone

And a strange woman

started in to talk

- To you

- What next

- Yeah, what

- What next

Everything's up to date

in Kansas City

They've gone about

as "fur" as they can go

They went and built a

skyscraper seven stories high

'Bout as high as

a buildin' oughta grow

Everything's like a dream

in Kansas City

It's better

than a magic lantern show

You can turn the radiator on

whenever you want some heat

With every kind of comfort

every house is all complete

You can walk to privies in the

rain and never wet your feet

They've gone about as fur

as they can go

Yes, sir

They've gone about as fur as they can go

Everything's up to date

in Kansas City

They've gone about as fur

as they can go

They got a big theater

they call a bur-lee-que

- For 50 cents you can see a dandy show

- Gals

- One of the gals is fat and pink and pretty

- Aha!

As round above

as she was round below

I could swear that she was padded

from her shoulder to her heel

And then she started dancin'

and her dancin' made me feel

That every single thing

she had was absolutely real

She went about as fur

as she could go

Yes, sir

She went about as fur as she could go

- What you doin', Will?

- Well, this is called a two-step.

That's all they're dancing nowadays.

Why, the waltz is through.

Of course, they don't do it

alone. Come on, Aunt Eller!

- Oh, that's about as fur as I can go

- Yes, sir

And that's about as

fur as she can go

- What you doing now, Will?

- Well, this here's called ragtime.

I seen a couple actors doin' it.

- Don't like it.

- Oh, Will, I do!

(HORSE NICKERS)

Still don't like it.

Come on, Aunt Eller, do-si-do!

Hey, ha, pick it up!

(CHATTERING)

Hey! Ha ha!

- Hyah!

- Ho!

(CHATTERING)

- Ha!

- Yahoo!

Hey there, Will Parker!

Come back here!

- (BELL RINGING)

- (TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWING)

- GIRLS:
Oh!

- (BELL RINGING)

(TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS)

(BELL CLANGING)

Ado Annie, I could ride with you

like this to the end of the world.

Please, Mr. Hakim,

don't start talkin' purty.

Laurey! Yoo-hoo! Laurey!

Whoa!

Laurey!

- Hello, Laurey.

- What you doing with that peddler-man?

- Will Parker gets back today.

- Will Parker. Oh, foot.

- I didn't count on today being Saturday.

- I can see that.

My, oh, my, Miss Laurey!

"Jippity" crickets.

Last time I come through here, you was

teeny like a shrimp with freckles.

Now look on you.

Quit a-bitin' me! If you ain't had no

breakfast, go eat yourself a green apple.

Are you coming in or going out?

Standing still while you're here.

Go up to the house and wait.

It'll be no trouble

at all to wait right here.

So much water.

Why don't we all

take a swim together?

In Persia, where I come from,

bathing is a social event.

- Well, this ain't Persia!

- I can already see you two young ladies

in those beautiful

Persian bathing suits.

What do they wear when they

bathe socially in Persia?

- Nothing.

- Nothing. Oh!

The peddler-man's gonna

drive me to the box social.

I got up sort of a tasty lunch.

But you're promised

to Will Parker, ain't ya?

Oh, ain't what you might say,

promised. I just told him maybe.

Don't you like Will no more?

Of course I do. There won't

never be nobody like Will.

Then what about this peddler-man?

Oh, there won't never be

nobody like him neither.

Well, you gotta make up your mind.

Which one do you like the best?

- Well, whatever one I'm with.

- Well, you are a silly.

Well, now, Laurey, you know that nobody

paid me no mind up till this year

on account I was scrawny

and flat as a beanpole.

But then I kinda

rounded up a little

- and now the boys act different to me.

- What's wrong with that?

Nothing's wrong. I like it!

I like it so much when a

fella talks pretty to me,

I get all shaky from horn to hoof.

- Don't you?

- Can't think what you're talking about.

Don't you feel kinda sorry for a fella

when he looks like he wants to kiss ya?

Well, you can't just go around

kissing every man that asks ya.

Didn't anyone tell you that?

Yeah, they told me.

It ain't so much a question

Of not knowin' what to do

I knowed what's right and

wrong since I been 10

I heared a lot of stories

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