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Till the Clouds Roll By - Life Upon The Wicked Stage

[Virginia]

Why do stage struck maidens clamor

To be actin' in the drammer?



[Girls]

We've heard say

You are gay

Night and day.



[Virginia]

Oh, go 'way!



[Girls]

We drink water from a dipper,

You drink champagne from a slipper.



[Virginia]

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),

Ev'rybody whispers: "Ain't her life a whirl?"

Though you're warned against a rou‚

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.



[Girls]

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!



[Virginia]

I admit it's fun

To smear my face with paint,

Causing ev'ryone

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 curtain's down

My life is pure,

And how I dread it!



[Girls]

Life upon the wicked stage

Ain't ever what a girl supposes,

Stage door Johnnies aren't raging

Over you with gems and roses.



[Virginia]

If some gentleman would talk with reason

I would cancel all next season.

Life upon the wicked stage

Ain't nothin' for a girl!



[Girls]

You'd be back the season after!

[Dance]