Daddy Long Legs Cast - The Oldest Orphan in the John Grier Home lyrics

[Jerusha Abbot]: A perfectly awful day The first Monday of every month Every floor scrubbed Every chair dusted A perfectly awful day Every bed without a wrinkle Every hair combed on 97 orphans Poor Jerusha Abbot Has to bear the brunt of it all Poor Jerusha Abbot The oldest orphan in the John Grier home A perfectly awful day The trustees come to visit Taking tea breaks Having reports written They hurry away in the night For houses in the city And I watch them with 97 orphans Poor Jerusha Abbot Never breaking free of this place Poor Jerusha Abbot The oldest orphan in the John Grier home Little Tommy Dylan comes singing up the stairs (As Tommy Dylan) Jerusha Abbot you are wanted In the office and you better hurry up (As Jerusha) Who wants me? (As Tommy Dylan) Mrs. Libbot in the office And I think she's really mad (As Jerusha) Where did I go wrong? Were the sandwiches not thin enough? Were there shells in the nutcakes? Where did I go wrong? Did a lady visitor see the hole In Susy Hawthorne's stocking? A perfectly awful day A silhouetted figure Tall and gangly Shrouded in the darkness I cannot see his face But the headlights in the driveway Cast a shadow sharp against the wall Looking like a daddy longlegs The biggest one that I have ever seen A creeping crawling daddy longlegs And it makes me laugh On this awful day Me, Jerusha Abbot The oldest orphan in the John Grier home