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The Scottsboro Boys - The Scottsboro Boys Lyrics |
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Off-Broadway Musical (2010)
The Scottsboro Boys musical - The Scottsboro Boys Song Lyrics
INTERLOCUTOR
What happened to the boys
in the short years that followed?
Ladies and Gentlemen the grand finale
of our Minstral Show!
THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS:
EVERY MEMBER OF SOCIETY
CELEBRATES OUR NOTORIETY
STEP RIGHT UP AND MEET
THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS
EVERY COMMUNIST THROUGHOUT THE LAND
WANTS TO VOLUNTEER TO LEND A HAND
THEY ALL WANNA KISS
THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS
SINCE THEY HEARD WE’RE SUCH A WOW
MGM IS CALLING NOW
ZANUCK’S ALSO ON THE PHONE
AND THE MANY WARNER BROTHERS
WON’T LEAVE US ALONE
HEY LITTLE BOY
COME BE A STAR
BIG SWIMMING POOL
CADILLAC CAR
JOHNNY BARRYMORE AND FANNY BRICE
THINK THEY STUMBLED INTO PARADISE
WHEN THEY STOP AND GREET
THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS
ANDY
When the first four got out,
Leibowitz put ‘em into Vaudeville.
He hoped people wouldn’t forget
about the rest of us in jail.
But guess what. They already had.
THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS:
THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS
WILLIE
But me? I could never forget.
OLEN
I kept hoping my life would begin.
EUGENE
I kept hoping my nightmares would stop.
ROY
One day I gave up hoping.
I shot myself.
THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS:
THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS
CHARLIE
I was paroled in ‘43.
CLARENCE
Ozie and me got paroled in ’46.
Did we finally get justice?
CHARLIE
A black man with a record?
CLARENCE
Hell, we couldn’t even get jobs.
Isn’t that right, Ozie?
THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS:
SOCIAL LADIES IN NEW YORK
THEM THAT USE A PICKLE FORK
ALL THEY EVER ASK OF YOU
IS TELL ME DO YOU LIKE IT
WITH ONE LUMP
OR TWO
HAYWOOD
After twenty-two years – twenty-two
I died in jail.
I wrote it all down in a book.
I told the truth. There’s nothing more
I can do.
THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS:
READ THE MORNING PAPERS EVERY DAY
READ WHAT ALL THE GOSSIP COLUMNS SAY
HEY HEY HEY HEY
JOIN IN THE MERRIMENT
COME ON MAKE SOME NOISE
HEY HEY SAY
GOODBYE TO THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS
INTERLOCUTOR
A happy ending!
Just like I promised,
everyone’s favorite – the Cakewalk!
(MINSTREL MARCH.)
Gentlemen, be seated!
(The BOYS don’t listen to him.)
Gentlemen! Be seated!
(The BOYS begin to back away.)
Be seated! Gentlemen!! Be seated!!
BUS DRIVER (INTERLOCUTOR)
Lady, you can’t sit there.
Move to the back of the bus.
Colored in the back of the bus.
Move to the back.
THE LADY
No. Not no more.
I’m gonna sit here and rest my feet.
Back to The Scottsboro Boys: the Musical Lyrics
The Scottsboro Boys the Musical Lyrics
SYNOPSIS
Minstrel March/Hey, Hey, Hey!
Our Story Begins
Commencing In Chattanooga
Alabama Ladies
Nothin'
Electric Chair
Go Back Home
Shout!
Make Friends With The Truth
That's Not The Way We Do Things
Never Too Late
Financial Advice
Southern Days
It's Gonna Take Time
Zat So?
You Can't Do Me
The Scottsboro Boys
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