Finale Act l 1897 14 The Belle Of New York

Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK - 23 Aug 2002

[Ichabod:] Your life, my little girl,
in the future shall be sunny,
You shall be happy wheree'er you turn,
All anyone needs is to have a lot of money,
and you shall have money, my dear,
to burn.
[Violet:] Oh, sir! oh, sir!
I really must refuse it.
[Ichabod:] But that
wouldn't be a nice thing to do.
[Harry:] I want you to have it,
if I have got to lose it.
[Violet:] But I insist
that he shall give it back to you.

Oh! I've done very well up to now
as a simple little girl,
as a quiet little girl.
And I really would never know how,
to conduct myself as an heiress.
I've lived in a modest little way,
like a quiet little girl,
like a simple little girl,
and I feel it my duty to say
that I won't be a millionairess.
[All:] Oh! She's done very well
up to now,
[Ladies:] As a simple little girl,
as a quiet little girl,
and she really would never know how
to conduct herself as an heiress.
She's lived in a modest little way
like a simple little girl,
like a quiet little girl,
and she feels it her duty to say
that she won't be a millionairess.
[Violet:] No! I won't,
[Ladies:] No! She won't,
[Violet:] No! I won't,
[Ladies:] No! She won't,
[Violet:] No! I won't
be a millionairess,
No! I won't,
[Ladies:] No! She won't,
[Violet:] No! I won't,
No! I won't be a millionairess.

[Violet:] If you want a millionairess,
if you're looking for an heiress,
here's a little group of ladies
that will make your money fly,
we are free to say we hanker
to be chummy with your banker,
and we'd like to give you lessons
in the art of rolling high.

[All:] We can go the pace,
High Hi! High Hi!
We'll be in the race,
High Hi! High Hi!
Hoopla! High hi!
Rrum tararara
Rrum tararara
Rrum tararara
We are never slow.
High hi! High hi!
Keep you on the go,
High hi! High hi!
Hoopla! High hi!
Rrum tararara,
if you want to spend your money
here we are, High hi!

If you want a millionairess,
if you're looking for an heiress,
here's a little group of ladies
that will make your money fly,
we are free to say we hanker
to be chummy with your banker,
and we'd like to give you lessons
in the art of rolling high,
in the art of rolling high,
in the art of rolling high,
in the art of rolling high.

[Harry:] Accept, I beg,
my father's proposition,
I shall be satisfied if you do.
[Violet:] I will accept it, sir,
on one condition,
that I shall restore your wealth to you,
and that will I do
as quickly as I can, sir.
[Harry:] For my fate, fair maid,
you must not care.
[Ichabod:] Now, little girl,
I await your final answer.
[Violet:] Well, I've changed my mind!
I'll be your heir.

[All:] She'll be his heir,
now isn't that real kind of her?
She'll be his heir,
now isn't that refined of her?
She'll be real nice,
she'll make a sacrifice,
She'll say goodbye to poverty
and be his heir.

Follow on, Follow on,
when the light of Faith you see,
[Violet:] But they never proceed
to follow that light
but always follow me.
[All:] Follow on, Follow on,
when the light of Faith you see,
[Violet:] But they never proceed
to follow that light
but always follow me.

[Ichabod:] Oh! She is The Belle of New York,
The subject of all the town talk;
she makes the old Bowery
Fragrant and flowery,
when she goes out for a walk.
She's soft as a snowy white dove,
She's simply created to love,
The fellows all sigh for her
they would all die for her
She is The Belle of New York.

[All:] Oh! She is The Belle of New York,
The subject of all the town talk;
she makes the old Bowery
Fragrant and flowery,
when she goes out for a walk.
She's soft as a snowy white dove,
She's simply created to love,
The fellows all sigh for her
they would all die for her
She is The Belle of New York.

[Violet:] Perhaps it's best
that I should acquiesce
and thus gain time to think
and save a lot of talk,
if I can help this youth perhaps
he'll bless the mem'ry of the girl
he knew as the Belle of New York.

They call me the Belle of New York
and a simple little shy
Salvation Army girl,
they say that I'm all the town talk.
Oh my poor stupid little head
is in a dreadful whirl,
they call me the Belle of New York.
They say that I'm all the town talk,
and I a mere Salvation Army girl.

I've tried to gain a reputation
as a girl of modest variety,
I've shunned society,
lived with much piety
I have tried to be a bulwark of
religious strength and sobriety.

[Violet:] I'm the Belle
of gay New York,
The subject of all talk,
they call me the Belle of New York,
The subject of all the town talk,
they call me the Belle of New York,
Yes, They call me the Belle of New York,
and me a simple little shy
Salvation Army girl,
The subject of all the town talk
Ah my poor stupid little head
is in a dreadful whirl.

Yes I am the Belle of gay New York
The subject of all the town talk
Yes I am the belle,
Yes I am the Belle,
The Belle of gay New York
The subject of all talk
Yes I am the Belle of New York,
The subject of all the town talk
Yes I am the Belle of New York,

Yes, yes I am the Belle of New York,
and I a shy salvation army girl
The subject of all the town talk,
and my poor stupid little head
is in a dreadful whirl,
Yes I am the Belle of New York
The subject of all the town talk.
And I a mere little shy
Salvation Army girl,
Salvation Army girl,
yes I a mere little shy
Salvation Army girl.

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BONY14 1897 Finale Act 1
Music by Gustave Kerker
Lyrics by Hugh Morton
copyright 1897 by Ascherberg, Hopwood and Crew Ltd
sequence and karaoke  by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
on Friday 23 August 2002 at 16.27
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The Belle of New York 1897
No. 14 - Finale Act 1
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