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the gentleman is a dope - barbara cook lyrics

[spoken]
now, now i don’t want you to in any way think this is a slur
against sheldon harnick
everybody did that in those days
everybody wrote like that, thought like that
we all thought it was funny
i thought it was clever as h*ll first time i heard it
times do change

[emily]
the boss gets on my nerves
i’ve got a good mind to quit
i’ve taken all i can
it’s time to get up and git
and move to another job
or maybe another town
the gentleman burns me up
the gentleman gets me down

the gentleman is a dope
a man of many faults
a clumsy joe who wouldn’t know
a rhumba from a waltz
thе gentleman is a dope
and not my cup of tеa
why do i get in a dither?
he doesn’t belong to me
the gentleman isn’t bright
he doesn’t know the score
a cake will come, he’ll take a crumb
and never ask for more
the gentleman’s eyes are blue
but little do they see
why am i beating my brains out?
he doesn’t belong to me

he’s somebody else’s problem
she’s welcome to the guy
she’ll never understand him
half as well as i

the gentleman is a dope
he isn’t very smart
he’s just a lug you’d like to hug
and hold against your heart
the gentleman doesn’t know
how happy he could be
look at me crying my eyes out
as if he belonged to me

[spoken]
that song is by rodgers and hammerstein from their show allegro
now unless you are a real aficionado of musical theater
you might not know the name bob merrill
he wrote so many good things
he wrote the lyrics for jule styne’s score for funny girl
and he wrote the music and lyrics for his show, carnival
he also wrote “how much is that doggie in the window”
and “if i knew you were coming i’d have baked a cake”
now the man who was capable of writing those little ditties
also wrote this gorgeous song for his show carnival

- barbara cook lyrics

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