Of Thee I Sing - I'm About to Be a Mother Lyrics

1952 Broadway revival
Of Thee I Sing Musical - I'm About to Be a Mother Lyrics

MARY:
I'm about to be a mother;
He's about to be a father;
We're about to have a baby.
I must tell it;
These doings compel it!
Oh, I'm about to be a mother;
He's about to be a father;
We're about to have a baby.

ENSEMBLE:
A baby!

MARY:
A baby to love and adore-
Who could ask for anything more?

ENSEMBLE:
She's about to be a mother;
He's about to be a father;
They're about to have a baby.
We can't bother
A budding young father!

WINTERGREEN: (spoken)
Mary, is it true? Am I going to have a baby?

MARY:
It's true, John, it's true.

WINTERGREEN:
Water!
[HE FAINTS]

ENSEMBLE: (sings)
They're about to have a baby, a baby-

DIANA: (spoken)
It eez a fine situation-
I am compromised and she has ze baby!

THROTTLE:
Gentlemen, gentlemen! This country has never yet
impeached an expectant father. What do you say?

SENATORS:
Not guilty!

THROTTLE: (to WINTERGREEN)
You can still be President and I'll go back to Vice!

FRENCH AMBASSADOR:
Sacre'! I go to thc telegraph office to cable my report;
This is American trickery of the most reprehensible sort!

DIANA: (sings)
I was ze most beautiful blossom...
[FRENCH AMBASSADOR TAKES HER BY THE HAND,
LEADS HER OFF]
In all ze Southland.

ATLANTIC CITY GIRLS:
Strike up thc cymbals, drum, and fife,
One of us was to be the President's wife.

CHIEF JUSTICE: (spoken)
Great work, Jack; you'll be reinstated in the hearts of the
American people.

JONES:
Great work, Jack. You've got your duty by posterity.

WINTERGREEN:
Posterity - why, posterity is just around the corner.


Other Songs: Of Thee I Sing the Musical Lyrics
I'm About to Be a Mother Lyrics Of Thee I Sing

Of Thee I Sing Musical Lyrics

SYNOPSIS
Wintergreen for President
Who Is the Lucky Girl to Be?
Dimple on My Knee
Because, Because
As the Chairman of the Committee
Love Is Sweeping the Country
Of Thee I Sing
Who Cares?
Illegitimate Daughter
Jilted
I'm About to Be a Mother
Posterity Is Just Around the Corner
Trumpeter Blow Your Horn
Finale