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Musical: Little Night Music
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[FREDRIKA] Ordinary mothers lead ordinary lives, Keep the house and sweep the parlor, Mend the clothes and tend the children. Ordinary mothers, like ordinary wives, Make the beds and bake the pies And wither on the vine ... Not mine. Dying by inches ev'ry night, What a glamorous life! Pulled on by winches to recite, What a glamorous life! Ordinary mothers never Get the flowers, and Ordinary mothers never Know the joys. Ordinary mothers couldn't Cough for hours Maintaining their poise Sandwiches only, But she eats what she wants When she wants Sometimes it's lonely, But she meets many Handsome galants Ordinary mothers don't live Out of cases, but Ordinary mothers don't go Diff'rent places, which Ordinary mothers can't do Being mothers all day Mine's away in a play And she's realler than they. [DESIREE] Darling, I miss you a lot, But, darling, this has to be short, As mother is getting a plaque From the Halsingborg Arts Council Amateur Theatre Group. Whether it's funny or not, I'll send a fuller report The minute they carry me back From the Halsingborg Arts Council Amateur Theatre Group. Love you. [QUINTET] Unpack the luggage, la la la, Pack up the luggage, la la la, Unpack the luggage, la la la, Hi-ho, the glamorous life! [MR. SEGSTROM] Ice in the basin, la la la, [MR. ERLANSEN] Cracks in the plaster, la la la, [MRS. ANDERSSEN] Mice in the hallway, la la la, [QUINTET] Hi-ho, the glamorous life! Run for the carriage, la la la, Wolf down the sandwich, la la la, Which town is this one, la la la, Hi-ho, the glamorous life! [MADAME ARMFELDT] Ordinary daughters ameliorate their lot, Use their charms and choose their futures, Breed their children, heed their mothers. Ordinary daughters, which mine, I fear, is not, Tend each asset, spend it wisely While it still endures-- Mine tours! [DESIREE] Mother, forgive the delay. My schedule is driving me wild. But, mother, I really must run-- I'm performing in Rottwig, and don't ask "where is it," Please... How are you feeling today? And are you corrupting the child? Don't. Mother, the minute I'm done With performing in Rottwig, I'll come for a visit And argue. [FREDRIKA] What if her brooch is Only glass and her costumes unravel? What if her coach is Second class? She at least gets to travel. And sometime this summer - - meaning soon - she'll be travelling to me! Sometime this summer - - maybe June - I'm the new place she'll see! Ordinary daughters may think Life is better with Ordinary mothers near them When they choose, but Ordinary daughters seldom Get a letter enclosing reviews [QUINTET] Mayors with speeches, la la la, Children with posies, la la la, Half-empty houses, la la la [FREDRIKA] Gay and resilient, with applause, What a glamorous life! [MRS. NORDSTROM] Cultural lunches, [QUINTET] La la la, [FREDRIKA] Speeches are brilliant, If they're Shaw's - what a glamorous life! [MRS. ANDERSSEN] Dead floral tributes, [QUINTET] La la la, [FREDRIKA] Ordinary mothers needn't Meet comittees but Ordinary mothers don't get Keys to cities – no, Ordinary mothers merely See their children all year, Which is lovely – I hear... But it does interfere With the glamorous-- [DESIREE] Pack up the luggage, la la la, Unpack the luggage, la la la, Mother's surviving, la la la, Leading the glamorous life. Cracks in the plaster, la la la, Youngish admirers, la la la, Which one was that one, la la la, Hi-ho, the glamorous life. [DESIREE AND QUINTET] Bring up the curtain, la la la, Bring down the curtain, la la la, Bring up the curtain, la la la, Hi-ho, the glamorous... Life! [Thanks to Michal Zahalka for lyrics] Back to main page: Little Night Music Lyrics
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