Fanny convinces eddie she has talent and he agrees to teach her the specialty For the next audition. she gets the job.
Fanny: Well-- I just put the kids to sleep And swept the shack, Took my sweet man’s satchel down And watched him pack, I said, "darlin’, while the stove still smolders, Unpin your woman’s hair and rub her shoulders." I threw myself across the doorway Beggin’, "stay, sweet man, stay," But there’s more in my man’s life Than this old hag. It’s jelly roll morton, and a shiny cornet, And jazzin’ the rag! The lady ain’t been born Can take the place of a horn, With a cornet man. A-goin’ where there’s blowin’, Trav’lin’ cornet man. Just anytime they call him He’ll leave his wife and kiddies Sittin’ with their tongues out To play for peanuts in a dive And blow his lungs out. He’ll hop a choo-choo on a moment’s notice To play some dates with billy bates Or rag-time otis! The lady ain’t see light Can give a horn a fair fight With a cornet man A rootin’, shootin’, ever-tootin’ dapper dan Who carries in his satchel A powder-blue norfolk suit, A silver-plated wah-wah mute, There is whiskey, gamblin’--each one is a curse, But I’m up against a devil that’s worse. Yes, a horn is my thorn, My trav’lin’ cornet man!
Kill yourself! tell me about it! yeah! yeah!
A powder-blue norfolk suit, I said a silver-plated wah-wah mute, Oh he’s shy on height, He’s short on weight, But he’s the only man can make my coffee perculate, A dapper dan, My cornet-playin’ man.
After the performance, nick arnstein comes backstage, elegant in formal dress, To pay off a gambling debt to keeney. nick has seen the show and tells fanny She’s going to be a big star some day. fanny asks how much keeney is paying her, And nick manages to jack up her salary by pretending to bid on behalf of a competitor. He gives her his card and kisses her hand. eddie asks fanny out for a date, But she only wants to be friends; already she has fallen for nick, but imagines she’ll Never see him again.
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