There's No Business Like Show Business
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There's no business
like show business
Like no business I know
Let's go on with the show
There's no business
like show business
Like no business I know
Yesterday they told you
you would not go far
That night you open
and there you are
Next day on your dressing room
They've hung a star
Let's go on with the show
You promised
That you'd forget me not
But you forgot to remember
When that midnight choo-choo
leaves for Alabam'
I got to catch that train
I'll be right there
I've got my fare
When I see that
rusty-haired conductor man
I got to find that man
I'll grab him
by the collar
And I'll holler
- Ala...
- Bam'
- Ala... '
- Bam...
That's where
you stop your train
That brings me back again
Down home
where I'll remain
Where my honey lamb
Am
I will be right there
with bells
When that old
conductor yells
All aboard
All aboard
for Alabamy
Board!
For Alabam'
For Alabamy
Board!
I'll be right there
with bells
When that
old conductor yells
All aboard
For Alabam'
When that midnight choo-choo
leaves for Alabam'
Stop!
In days of yore
before the war
When hearts now old
were young
At home each night
by firelight
Those dear old songs
were sung
Sweet melodies
and memories
Around my heart
still cling
That's why I like
to hear a song
Like mother
used to sing
Won't you play
a simple melody
Like my mother
sang to me?
One with good
old-fashioned harmony
Play a simple melody
Musical demon
Sets your honey
a-dreamin'
Won't you
play me some rag?
Just change that
classical nag
To some sweet
beautiful drag
If you will
play from the copy
Of a tune
that is choppy
You'll get
all my applause
And that is
simply because
I want to listen to rag
A...
Musical demon
Sets your honey
a-dreamin'
But won't you
play me some rag?
Just change that
classical nag
To some sweet
beautiful drag
If you will play
from a copy
Of a tune
that is choppy
You'll get all
my applause
And that is
simply because
I want to hear
some ragtime music
That's what
you want to hear
A sweet song with
a sigh and a tear
A good old
ragtime simple melody
"Peter Rabbit was a very bad
little rabbit,
"and that's why
Peter Rabbit
"was sent to bed
without his supper.
"But Flopsy, Mopsy,
and Cotton-Tail,
they had ice cream
and raspberry jam."
They say it's late.
How late?
I don't know.
They just said
it was late.
Well, I know that.
You didn't have to go
all the way over there
to find that out.
Don't yell at me, Molly.
I don't run the railroad.
Wake me up when
the train gets here.
Terry.
Already?
No. No. Terry,
this is a crummy way
to bring up kids.
Oh, Molly, don't start
sending the kids
back to your mother
just because
the train is late.
Steve ought to go
to school,
and they should be
sleeping in beds
instead of... oh,
it's just not right
keeping them up all hours
of the night like this.
I want them to have
an education,
a real education.
They have to learn
arithmetic and spelling
and geography.
You never went past
the sixth grade.
It was probably
the fourth grade
because you said
it was the sixth.
My age is the only thing
I lie about,
and I don't add on,
I take off.
All right,
the sixth grade,
but there's
nothing wrong
with your arithmetic.
You can whistle
Mandy
doing
Off To Buffalo
and count the house
at the same time
and tell me
within 5 cents
how much is
out there.
That's not arithmetic.
Darn right that's not.
That's higher mathematics.
Besides,
the welfare workers
are going
to crack down on us
wherever we go, just like
they did in Pittsburgh.
I handled it there,
didn't I?
Why don't you let me
worry about that?
Oh, quiet. You'll
wake up the children.
Oh, Father dear,
will you see if there's
a dry diaper for the baby
in that basket?
Diaper. Is that
the kind of thing
you mention in public?
Sometimes.
Don't bother. He hasn't
worn them for two years.
You know, if there was
any way to divide up
three children evenly...
Yes?
The Western track two.
All aboard for Scranton.
Come on, joy boy.
That's our train.
Come on, darling,
wake up.
Wake up. Come on.
We have to go.
You get these two,
will you?
And that big one.
I can handle
the rest of them.
Here, honey,
you take this one.
Take good care
of it now.
Help with the luggage now.
Steve, ask your father
if he remembered
to change my berth
to a lower.
Katy, ask Pop
if he remembered
to make the change.
How about the change,
Daddy?
I got plenty of change.
I'll take care
of the porter.
He says he's got it.
He got the lower, Mom.
Good. If there's
one thing I hate,
it's sleeping
in an upper berth
with three kids.
Come on, honey.
Here's Flopsy.
Here's Mopsy.
And you've got
Cotton-Tail.
And you, too,
Peter Rabbit.
Wait till you see our finish.
Terry yelled
his head off, of course.
He still wanted to keep them
on the road with us,
but as the children
grew older,
I finally won out.
We put them in a very good
school in Boston.
Poor kids.
And that meant we had
to figure out a new act.
You sure had
a brilliant idea
for that little gem.
I sure did:
Eight
beautiful blondes.
Nine.
Nine?
Yes, nine.
A pretty girl
Is like a melody
That haunts you
night and day
Just like the strain
Of a haunting refrain
She'll start upon
a marathon
And run around
your brain
You can't escape
She's in your memory
By morning, night,
and noon
She will leave you
and then
Come back again
A pretty girl is just
like a pretty tune
A pretty girl
La ta da
ta da de da
Is like a melody
La ta da
ta da de da
That haunts you
night and day
They go together
like sunny weather
Goes with
the month of May
Just like the strain
La la la la la la...
Of a haunting refrain
She'll start upon
a marathon
And run around
your brain
You can't escape,
no, no, no, no, n...
She's in your memory
In your memory by
morning, night, and noon
She will leave you
and then...
Come back again
A pretty girl is
just like a pretty tune
Terrence was
having so much fun
that I hated to spoil it,
but Saturday night,
that was the end of that.
It was good-bye, blondes.
Shh!
Tim, we ought
to go back.
We're just going to get
in a lot of trouble.
Katy's waiting for us
out in the bushes.
You're not going to go
chicken now, are you?
Come on!
Father Dineen:
Going somewhere?
Suppose you come
in here, boys.
What is it?
Trouble.
Where?
School.
I don't want you
to think that the children
have caused
any serious trouble.
On the contrary,
they're fine youngsters,
and we'd like
to keep them very much.
I just thought it best
that we have
a little talk.
I hope my telegram
didn't interfere
too much
with your plans.
That's all right, Father.
We closed last night.
We'll be laying off
for Lent anyway.
Oh, isn't that
interesting?
I didn't know actors
gave up the theater
for Lent.
Well, not exactly, Father.
Let's say that the theater
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