Oscar Hammerstein II - It's a Scandal! It's an Outrage! lyrics

[PEDDLER] Oh! Trapped! Tricked! Hoodblinked! Ambushed! [MEN] Friend Whut's on yer mind? Why do you walk Around and around With yer hands Folded behind And yer chin scrapin' the ground? [PEDDLER, spoken] O fellars I don't believe it! (sung) Twenty minutes ago I am free like the breeze Free like a bird in the woodland wild Free like a gypsy, free like a child I'm a happy man! I'm unattached! Twenty minutes ago I can do what I please Flick my cigar ashes on a rug Dunk with a donut, drink from a jug I'm minding my own business like I oughter Ain't meanin' no harm to anyone I'm talking to a certain farmer's daughter— Then I'm looking into the muzzle of a gun! [MEN] It's getting so you cain't have any fun! Every daughter has a father with a gun! It's a scandal, it's an outrage! How a gal gits a husband today! [PEDDLER] If you make one mistake when the moon is bright Then they tie you to a contract So you'll make it ev'ry night! [MEN] It's a scandal, it's an outrage! When her fambly surround you and say "You gotta make an honest womern outta Nell!" [PEDDLER] To make you make her honest, she will lie like hell! [MEN] It's a scandal, it's an outrage! On our manhood, it's a blot! Where is the leader who will save us? And be the first man to be shot? [PEDDLER] Me? [MEN] It's a scandal, it's an outrage! Jist a wink and a kiss and you're through! [PEDDLER] You're in a mess, and in less than a year, by heck! There's a baby on your shoulder making bubbles on your neck! [MEN] It's a scandal, it's an outrage! Any farmer will tell you it's true [PEDDLER] A rooster in a chickencoop is better off'n men He ain't the special property of just one hen! [MEN] It's a scandal, it's an outrage! When it's gonna be the day We're gonna lead the liberation And we will lead the way? It's problem we must solve We gotta start a revolution! [GIRLS] All right, boys! Revolve!