Oklahoma! Page #9

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inside the pasture gate,

or I'll sic the dogs on to you!

You said your say.

You brought it on yourself.

I can't help it.

I can't never rest.

I told you how it was.

You wouldn't listen.

You ain't never

gonna get rid of me. Never.

Hey, Laurey, have you seen Annie?

- She's gone again.

- Will, will you do something for me?

Will you find Curly

and tell him I'm here?

I wanna see Curly awful bad.

I gotta see him.

Why don't you turn around

and look, you crazy woman?

Oh, Curly! (CRYING)

Well, you found yours.

I'm still lookin' for mine.

What on earth is ailing

the belle of Claremore?

Well, by gum, if you ain't cryin'.

Oh, Curly, I'm afraid,

afraid for my life.

- Jumpin' toadstools.

- Don't you leave me!

- Gosh a-mighty.

- Don't mind me cryin'.

I can't help it.

- You can cry your eyes out.

- I don't know what to do.

Well, here. I'll show ya.

That's about all a man can stand in

public. You go away from me, you.

Oh. You don't like me, Curly?

Like you? You get away from me,

I tell ya. Plumb away from me.

Curly, you're sittin' on the stove!

(SHOUTS)

It's cold as a hunk of ice.

Wished it had burned

a hole in your pants.

- You do, do ya?

- You heared me.

Now, look, Laurey, you stand

right there where you at

and I'll sit right over here.

Now, you can tell me

what you wanted with me.

Well, Jud was here.

He scared me.

He talked wild, and he threatened

me, sol... I fired him.

I wished I hadn't. There ain't

no tellin' what he might do now.

You fired him?

Well, then,

that's all there is to it.

I'll stay in the place myself tonight,

if you're nervous about that hound dog.

Look, you quit your

worryin', or I'll spank ya.

Hey,

while I think of it,

how about marrying me?

Gracious.

What'd I wanna marry you for?

Well, couldn't you maybe think

of some reason why you might?

I can't think of nothin'

right now, hardly.

Laurey,

Please, ma'am, marry me?

I don't know what I'm

gonna do if you don't.

Curly, why, I'll marry ya

if you want me to.

I'll be the happiest man alive

as soon as we're married.

Well, I gotta learn to be

a farmer. I can see that.

Quit thinkin' about

throwin' that rope

and start gettin' my hands

blistered a new way.

Things is changin',

Laurey, right and left.

Buy up mowin' machines

and cut down prairies,

shoe your horses and drag

them plows under the sod.

They gonna make a state out of this.

They gonna put it in the Union.

Country's a-changin'.

I gotta change with it.

- Bring up a pair of boys.

- Curly!

Well, new stock to keep up with the way

things is goin' in this here crazy country.

Now I got you to help me,

I'll amount to somethin' yet.

I remember the first

time I ever see'd ya.

It was at the fair, and you was

ridin' that gray filly of Blue Stars.

I says, "Who's that skinny little thing sittin'

up there with the bang on her forehead?"

Yeah, I remember. And you

was ridin' broncs that day.

- That's right.

- And one of 'em throwed ya.

Yeah. It did not throw me.

- Guess ya jumped off then.

- Why, sure I jumped off.

- Yeah, you sure did.

- (LAUGHS)

Hey, if there's anybody out and around

this shout who can hear my voice,

I want 'em to know that

Laurey Williams is my girl!

Curly!

Ha-ha! And she went and got

me to ask her to marry me.

They'll hear you all

the way to Catoosy.

Let 'em.

Let people say we're in love

Who keers what happens now

Just keep your hand in mine

Your hand feels so grand in mine

Let people say we're in love

Starlight looks well on us

Let the stars beam from above

Who keers if they tell on us

Let people Say

We're in love

Well, I'll say good-bye here, baby.

Time for the lonely gypsy

to go back to the open road.

I wished I was goin'. Then

you wouldn't be so lonely.

Look, Annie, there is a man who loves

you like nothing never loved nobody.

That is the man for you...

Will Parker.

Oh, yeah. Well, I like Will a lot.

Sure. He's a fine fellow.

He's strong like an ox.

He's young and handsome.

Oh, I love him, all right, I guess.

Of course you do. And you love

those clear blue eyes of his

and the way his mouth

wrinklies up when he smiles.

Do you love him too?

I love him because he'll

make my Ado Annie happy.

Oh.

Good-bye, baby.

I will show you how we

say good-bye in Persia.

That was good-bye?

We have an old song

in Persia. It says...

One good-bye is never enough

Hello, Will. Ali Hakim's

saying good-bye.

Ah, Will, I wanna say

good-bye to you too.

No, you don't. I just

saw the last one.

Aw, be good to her, Will,

and you be good to him, baby.

- Oh, friend of the family.

- Did you say you was goin'?

I show you how we say

good-bye in my country.

Oh, friend of the family.

Oh, lucky fellow.

I wish it was me she was

marrying instead of you.

It don't seem

to make much difference.

Well, back to the open road,

the lonely gypsy!

Giddyap, boys!

You ain't gonna think of that old

peddler-man anymore, are ya?

Of course not. I never think

of no one less'n he's with me.

Then I'll never leave your side.

Well, even if you never go away,

can't you once in awhile,

give me one of them

Persian good-byes?

Persian good-bye? Why, that ain't

nothin' compared to Oklahoma hello.

Hello, Will!

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

(CATTLE LOWING)

(MEN WHOOPING)

(WHISTLING)

- Sleepin' in the saddle?

- Worse than that.

I got to thinkin'. Last time

for me, Mr. Skidmore.

No more roundups. Not no more.

Think you're gonna

like being a farmer?

If Laurey can marry a

good-for-nothing cowhand,

without a red cent in his

britches, I gotta love farmin'.

I reckon you'll be

a good enough husband.

Can't say about the farmin'

I don't like farmin'. Never did.

That ain't gonna keep you

from the weddin', is it?

Wouldn't miss it for anything.

After all, the farmer and the

cowman should be friends.

With this ring, I thee wed.

I pronounce you man and wife.

(CHATTERING, LAUGHING)

(CHATTERING, LAUGHING CONTINUE)

MAN:
Let's give three cheers

for the happy couple!

- Hip, hip! Hip, hip!

- GUESTS:
Hooray! Hooray!

- Hip, hip!

- Hooray!

They couldn't pick a better

time to start in life

It ain't too early

and it ain't too late

Startin' as a farmer

with a brand-new wife

Soon be livin' in a brand-new state

Brand-new state

Gonna treat you great

Gonna give you barley

carrots and potatoes

- Pasture for the cattle

- Spinach and tomatoes

Flowers on the prairie

where the june bugs zoom

Plenty of air and plenty of room

Plenty of room to swing a rope

Plenty of heart and plenty of hope

(WOMEN SQUEALING)

Oklahoma

Where the wind comes

sweepin' down the plain

And the wavin' wheat

can sure smell sweet

When the wind comes

right behind the rain

Oklahoma

Every night my honey lamb and I

Sit alone and talk and watch a hawk

Makin' lazy circles in the sky

We know we belong to the land

And the land we belong to is grand

And when we say

ALL:
Yeow

A-yip-i-o-ee-ay

We're only sayin'

you're doin' fine, Oklahoma

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