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musicals unless one knows the right

people precisely my dear

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Friends friends I wish to announce the

next numbers some bitter children from

the orphans home as you know tomorrow

sees the opening of our benefit

performance for these poor children a

very program each and every night for

the next two weeks in the garden

amphitheater so graciously donated by

mrs. Todd hunter the benefit committee

of which I am chairman hope should buy a

great many tickets and bring your

friends for it must be a complete

success for the orphanage cannot carry

on their work for the year.

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I just love children don't you

I guess our likes are pretty much the

same and now my dear friends I wish to

announce the final number mmm

a very dear friend and neighbor of mine

mr. Ted grant and his famous band hmm

they are here soon as my guests

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Funny I've never met a girl like you

before interested in a thing like a

charity benefit and I've never met a man

like you before you're not at all the

way I thought you'd be not a bit like a

famous jazz band leaving

you're not the way I thought you'd be hi

well you could have thought of me before

you didn't even know I was on there oh

yes I did I always knew that I was going

to meet a girl like you someday

by the boys are playing a song that I

wrote about that go

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I'm going to sing it to you right now

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The only girl in the world

and I.

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Oh

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Nothing.

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In this one.

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And the same.

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Yeah

ah.

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Such wonderful things

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One

you

they are

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And

they are

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[Applause]

[Applause]

That was all mr. grant

you are the evening wasn't to you mrs.

Todd hunter it was quite interesting so

different though from the trained

operatic voices but we haven't secured

our managers permission but suppose me

secured permission

well I'm afraid a plain jazz band

wouldn't be quite suitable on a program

with real concerts and operatic artists

mr. Gramps is hardly a plain jazz band

well I'm sure my operatic friends would

view it as such I know the artistic

temperament

they would never intend to appear on a

program which lacked artistic dignity

I'm quite right by drive so good of you

to say so mr. Grant you understand

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Oh mr. glass I hope you're not offended

not at all really but you have every

right to be

she was so tactless but I can tell you I

do benefit program you can be sure of

that but I don't want her to end cess

she won't let you be insulted in her

house an orphanage benefit can't have

too much dignity

no one can impose on anyone she gets her

back up she'll do anything to get even

with anyone who tries to enter her

social prestige and make a fool of her

you don't say if she's really angry

she'll do anything to get even with

anyone she's like one of those Queens

who chop people's heads off or sent them

to prison for life to prison if they

stand in her way

precancerous what auntie hate.

I tell you I wouldn't be the person to

have her after me for anything in the

world

she had her dressmaker fined $5,000

months for pretending to sell her

imported models and then there was that

cook of ours who swindled us on my

household account she had him sent to

jail yes

actually to jail that's why I'm so glad

she likes you for she really does

maybe I'd better go get him it's getting

me a train time it's all your fault for

telling her II was Ted grant and he'd

better be Ted grant to let six o'clock

train pulls out that cop was around here

again this morning yeah doing what

asking questions about Rudy he said the

more he looked at him the less he

reminded him of a great bandleader my

nerves are shot to pieces my all pipe

down

I got a voice let's play that new love

did he he loves to well I wasn't called

a little kiss each morning a little kiss

each time great idea okay let's play

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This has been the most wonderful day of

my life

that's strange I feel the same way you

know it seems as though I'd always known

I wish we always have known one another

that melody it's a song that was meant

just will be so happy will always sing

if we remain

one level

all Iraqis

to morning

let's eat

who cares if

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Maybe an MP Carver.

Oh

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Dreams may disappoint

they offer new

bring your tears to me

I'll bring mine the hair so go

my time Cobra

I'll call you

and always.

I:

see to me

it's almost half past five your car

should be here almost any minute now I

wish you didn't have to go into town for

that rehearsal I wish I didn't - oh

you've made me forget all about my music

I've always wanted to know a real

musician an artist with sincerity

sincerity that's what your music makes

me feel about you

you just couldn't be anybody but

yourself when you sing like that I wish

you'd go on forever would you be willing

to go on with me

or ever

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Why I pardon me

is mrs. Whitehall here

no Adam I have a telegram father just

leave it on the table

now I wonder with that telegrams about

so do I it's funny that Andy hasn't come

home something must have happened at her

committee meeting.

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Say we'd better go get that guy you wait

here

were you be coming back tomorrow if I

wasn't would you mind

what a silly question

I might have to stay in town for

instance then I come down and see you

and hear you play I'm gonna be a Ted

grant fan well supposing I wasn't Ted

grant if you weren't famous I'd like you

just the same no matter who you were

gene I've got to tell you something

maybe I'll make you hate me but I've

just got to tell you I'm not what you

think I'm I'm

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Oh mr. Grant what a relief to find you

here yes I was I was just going Oh

haven't you haven't gone it's very

important why Annie what's happened I

won all right what that's the committee

meeting of course your band your your

band please tonight you mean mrs. Todd

hundred consent to let mr. grant head

the program I should say she didn't and

what a piece of my mind I gave her and

the committee back me up especially when

I told him how anxious mr. grant was to

help us of course I did want to help but

were the other artists on the program

objecting the program anymore not at all

not at all they've all moated back to.

New York exactly my dear she said that

they refused to appear on the program

with a jazz band no matter how famous of

course the committee insisted on having

mr. Grant and she trying for me I assure

you but Andy without the operatic stars

we can't make the benefit a success the

broadcasting people say that mr. Grant

will be a far bigger attraction why most

of the people will have heard of in New

York many times you may have heard and

seen Ted grant personally you know the

ones you play for the theater and the

smart nightclubs Oh with a baby tape

numbers will be a great success

oh you really do the best you can for us

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