Hard Knock Life
ALL It's a hard-knock life for us
It's a hard-knock life for us
'Steada treated we get tricked 'Steada kisses we get kicked
It's the hard-knock life
Got no folks to speak of, so it's the hard-knock row we hoe
Cotton blankets 'steada of wool Empty bellies ‘steada of full
It's the hard-knock life
SOLO 1 Don't if feel like the wind is always howl'n?
SOLO 2 Don't it seem like there's never any light
1 and 2 Once a day don't you wanna throw the towel in?
ALL It's easier than puttin' up a fight
SOLO 3 No one's there when your dreams at night get creepy
SOLO 4 No one cares if you grow, of if you shrink
3 and 4 No one dries when your eyes get wet an' weepy
ALL: From all the cryin' you would think this place’d sink Oh!
ALL Empty belly life
Rotten smelly life
Full of sorrow life
No tomorrow life
SOLO 5 Santa Claus we never see,
SOLO 6 Santa Claus what’s that? Who’s he?
ALL No one cares for you a smidge when you’re in an orphanage
It’s the hard-knock life
MOLLY You’ll stay up ‘til this dump shines like the top of the Chrysler building
ALL: Yank the whiskers from her chin (Get to work!)
Jab her with a safety pin (Strip them beds!)
Make her drink a Mickey Finn (I said get to work!)
I love you Miss Hannigan
It's the hard-knock life for us
It's the hard-knock life for us
No one cares for you a smidge when you’re in an orphanage
It’s the hard-knock life
It’s the hard-knock life
It’s… the…hard…knock… life!
I Think I’m Gonna Like It Here
GRACE: Annie, you’re our guest for Christmas
and for the next two weeks you’re going to have a swell time!
GRACE Cecille will pick out all your clothes
CECILLE (spoken) Green is her best color, no blue is her color I think.
GRACE Your bath is drawn by Mrs. Greer.
GREER (spoken) Soap...no, bubbles, I think.
GRACE Annette comes in to make your bed.
ANNETTE (spoken) The silk sheets, no the satin ones, I think.
ANNIE I think I'm gonna like it here!
GRACE The swimming pool is to the left
ANNIE (spoken) Inside the house? Oh boy.
GRACE The tennis court is in the rear
ANNIE (spoken) I never even picked up a racket.
GRACE Have an instructor here at noon
(spoken) And get that Don Budge fellow if he’s available
ANNIE I think I'm gonna like it here.
GRACE When you wake Ring for Drake, Drake will bring your tray
When you're through Mrs.Pugh comes and takes it away.
SERVANTS No need to pick up any toys
ANNIE (spoken) That's okay, I haven't got any anyway.
GRACE No finger will you lift my dear
SERVANTS We have but one request please put us to the test
ANNIE I know I'm gonna like it here
ANNIE: Used to room in a tomb where I'd sit and freeze
Get me now, holy cow! Could someone pinch me please.
GRACE We've never had a little girl
SERVANTS We've never had a little girl
ANNIE I’m very glad to volunteer
SERVANTS We hope you understand Your wish is our command
ANNIE I know I'm gonna like it here
SERVENTS We know you're gonna like It here! Welcome!
We’d Like to Thank You Herbert Hoover
ALL: Today we're living in a shanty
Today we're scrounging for a meal
SOLO 1 Today I'm stealing coal for fires… who knew I could steal?
SOLO 2 I used to winter in the tropics
SOLO 3 I spent my summers at the shore
SOLO 4 I used to throw away the paper
TRIO 2-4 We don’t anymore!
ALL: We'd like to thank you Herbert Hoover
For really showing us the way
We'd like to thank you Herbert Hoover
You made us what we are today
Prosperity was 'round the corner
A cozy cottage built for two
In this blue heaven that you gave us
Yes, we're turning blue!
DUET 1 They offered us Al Smith and Hoover we paid attention and we chose
ALL Not only did we pay attention, we paid through the nose.
DUET 2 In ev'ry pot he said "a chicken" but Herbert Hoover he forgot
ALL Not only don't we have the chicken We ain't got the pot! Hey Herbie!
ALL You left behind a grateful nation
So, Herb, our hats are off to you
We're up to here with admiration,
SOLO: Come down and have a little stew
ALL: Come down and have some Christmas dinner
Be sure to bring the missus too
We got no turkey for our stuffing
Why don’t we stuff you!
We'd like to thank you, Herbert Hoover
For really showing us the way
You dirty rat, you Bureaucrat
You made us what we are today
Never Fully Dressed
Hey, hobo man, Hey, dapper Dan, You've both got your style,
But, brother, you're never fully dressed without a smile!
Your clothes may be beau brummelly they stand out a mile,
But, brother, you're never fully dressed without a smile!
Who cares what they're wearing on main street or Saville Row
It's what you wear from ear to ear, and not from head to toe…that matters
Ah the lovely Boylan sisters!
Doot do dottle oo do, doot do doottle oo do, doot doot doot doot doo
So senator, so janitor, so long for a while
Remember you're never fully dressed,
Though you may wear your best.
You're never fully dressed with…out… a… smile! smile! smile!
Tomorrow
The sun will come out tomorrow
Bet your bottom dollar that tomorrow there'll be sun
Just thinkin' about tomorrow
Clears away the cobwebs and the sorrow 'til there's none
When I'm stuck with a day that's grey and lonely
I just stick up my chin and grin and say, oh
The sun will come out tomorrow
So you gotta hang on 'til tomorrow, come what may!
Tomorrow, tomorrow, I love ya, tomorrow
You're always a day away!
(Interlude)
The sun will come out tomorrow
So you got to hang on 'til tomorrow, come what may!
Tomorrow, tomorrow, I love you tomorrow
You're always a day away
Tomorrow, tomorrow I love ya tomorrow
You're always a day away ...