Broadway production 1998 Ragtime the Musical - What Kind of Woman Lyrics
"What Kind of Woman" is a song from musical Ragtime performed by Marin Mazzie (Mother), Kathleen, Alex Strange (Little Boy), Steven Sutcliffe (Younger Brother).
[MOTHER] Get Kathleen
[LITTLE BOY] Get Kathleen, I tell you! Call the doctor!
[KATHLEEN] Is it alive? Oh, please, God, let it be.
[MOTHER] It's alive. It's a Negro child. A newborn baby boy.
What kind of woman Would do such a thing?
Why in God's name Is my husband not here?
I'm such a fool!
Why did I say He was free to go? What am I to do? Where are your instructions, My dear? You left me lists. Everything in lists! Well, your little lists Aren't very helpful, I fear! Each day, the maids Trudge up the hill. The hired help arrives. I never stopped to think They might have lives beyond out lives...
[POLICEMAN] We found her in the cellar of a home on the next block. She's a washwoman there. Her name is Sarah.
[MOTHER] Where will you take her?
[POLICEMAN] to the charity ward. Eventually she will have to stand trial.
[YOUNGER BROTHER] What charges?
[POLICEMAN] Well, attempted murder, I should think.
[MOTHER] What's going to happen to the baby?
[DOCTOR] They have places for unfortunates like this.
[MOTHER] I will take responsibility for mother and child. Please take Miss Sarah inside.
What kind of woman Would do what I've done- Open the door to such chaos and pain! You would have Gently closed the door, And gently turned the key, And gently told me not to look, For fear of what I'd see.
What kind of woman Would that have made me?
Ragtime the Musical What Kind of Woman Lyrics
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