Bridget:
Why do stage struck maidens clamor
To be actin' in the drammer?
Poppy, Harper and DJ Suki:
We've heard say
You are gay
Night and day.
Bridget:
Oh, go away!
Poppy, DJ Suki, and Harper:
We drink water from a dipper,
You drink champagne from a slipper.
Bridget:
Tho' it seems cruel to bust
All your dreams,
Still I must;
Here's the truth I tell you:
Life upon the wicked stage
Ain't ever what a girl supposes;
Stage door Johnnies aren't raging
Over you with gems and roses.
When you let a feller hold your hand which
Means an extra beer or sandwich,
Everybody whispers: "Ain't her life a whirl?"
Though you're warned against a roua
Ruining your reputation,
I have played around
The one night trade around
A great big nation:
Wild old men who give you jewels and sables
Only live in Aesop's Fables.
Life upon the wicked stage
Ain't nothin' for a girl.
Poppy, DJ Suki and Harper:
Though we've listened to you moan and grieve, you
Must pardon us if we do not believe you,
There is no doubt
You're crazy about
Your awful stage!
Bridget:
I admit it's fun
To smear my face with paint,
Causing everyone
To think I'm what I ain't,
And I like to play a demi-mondy role
With soul!
Ask the hero does he
Like the way I lure
When I play a hussy
Or a paramour,
Yet when once the Curtains down
My life is pure,
And how I dread it!
Poppy, Harper and DJ Suki:
Life upon the wicked stage
Ain't ever what a girl supposes,
Stage door Johnnies aren't raging
Over you with gems and roses.
Bridget:
If some gentleman would talk with reason
I would cancel all next season.
Life upon the wicked stage
Ain't nothin' for a girl!
Poppy, DJ Suki and Harper:
You'd be back the season after!
Bridget (sadly):
I've got virtue but it ain't been tested,
No one's even interested.
Life upon a wicked stage