The Robber Bridegroom - Once Upon the Natchez Trace Lyrics |
2016 Off-Broadway production The Robber Bridegroom the Musical - Once Upon the Natchez Trace Lyrics
OH WHAT A MAN - NOW THIS IS TRUE HE HAD TWO FACES SO HELP ME GOD WOULD I LIE TO YOU ONE FACE COULD SCARE A PERSON DEAD THE OTHER FACE WAS SO WILL BRED TWO FACES SITTIN UP THERE ON THE SAME MAN'S HEAD
I NEVER WOULD STAND HERE AND LIE IN YOUR FACE THAT'S EXACTLY HOW IT HAPPENED ONCE UPON THE NATCHEZ TRACE
Jamie Lockhart had a bad face and a good face.
THE GOOD FACE WAS LIKE A PREACHER'S PRAYER COMPLETELY HONEST SO HELP ME GOD WOULD I LIE TO YOU And the other face was stained with the juice of wild blackberries outta the woods. AND THAT FACE WAS DARK AND FULL OF CRIME LOOKED LIKE HE'D STEAL YOUR BOTTOM DIME AND BOTH COULD TALK TO A MAN AT THE SAME DAMN TIME
I NEVER WOULD STAND HERE AND LIE IN YOUR FACE THAT'S EXACTLY HOW IT HAPPENED ONCE UPON THE NATCHEZ TRACE
ROSAMUND Well, what about my great great great grandmother Rosamund?
JAMIE Yeah, she changed the temperature of the moon! That's right.
SHE WAS A GIRL NOW THIS IS TRUE SHE MADE THE MOON HOT SO HELP ME GOD
JAMIE & ROSAMUND WOULD WE LIE TO YOU?
ROSAMUND ONE NIGHT SHE'S SLEEPING IN THE RAW THE MOON LOOKED DOWN AND DROPPED HIS JAW HE ROASTED HOT AS THE SUN FROM THE SIGHT HE SAW
JAMIE & ROSAMUND WE NEVER WOULD STAND HERE AND LIE IN YOUR FACE THAT'S EXACTLY HOW IT HAPPENED ONCE UPON THE NATCHEZ TRACE
ALL WE NEVER WOULD STAND HERE AND LIE IN YOUR FACE THAT’S EXACTLY HOW IT HAPPENED ONCE UPON THE NATCHEZ TRACE
SALOME Talkin' about looks reminds me of the woman called Salome.
JAMIE Yeah, tell 'em that one.
SALOME The story goes that one glance from Salome caused every bullfrog in Yazoo City to drop dead of heart failure.
JAMIE Honey, she was ugly!
SALOME SHE WAS A SCRAWNY GREEDY WOMAN
JAMIE OH WHAT A SCRAWNY GREEDY WOMEN
SALOME SHE HAD BUZZARD EYES SHE HAD CROCODILE JAWS SHE HAD GRABBY LONG ARMS AND HER FINGERS WERE TURKEY FOOT CLAWS AND SHE LUSTED AFTER EVERY PAIR OF PANTS ON THE NATCHEZ TRACE!
MUSGROVE And what about her husband, old Clement Musgrove?
JAMIE Yeah, they say he was the most fortunate man in the whole Mississippi Territory!
JAMIE & MUSGROVE HE WAS A RICH AND LUCKY PLANTER
MUSGROVE OH WHAT A RICH AND LUCKY PLANTER HE TOOK ONE LITTLE SEED AND HE STUCK IT IN THE GROUND AND FROM THAT LITTLE SEED I SWEAR THERE WAS COTTON ALL AROUND AND ALL THEM COTTON PLANTS WERE 110 FEET HIGH WOULD I LIE?
JAMIE WOULD HE LIE?
GOAT Hey! Tell us about the famous Goat of Rodney.
JAMIE Well, he wasn't a goat, really. He was a boy.
GOAT Yeah, but they say he had a brain the size of a scuppernong seed.
GOAT WAS A BOY
GOAT & JAMIE NOW THIS IS TRUE
GOAT HIS HEAD WAS EMPTY FROM EAR TO EAR YOU COULD SEE RIGHT THROUGH
LITTLE HARP Talkin about heads reminds me of Little Harp.
JAMIE I know what you mean. He was the most gruesome robber in the whole history of the Natchez Trace.
GOAT I thought you was tellin' us about a head.
JAMIE Let him finish.
LITTLE HARP HE WAS A MANGEY LOOKIN SKUNK WHEN HE WENT BY THE FLOWERS SHRUNK
JAMIE THE WILLOWS WEPT AT HOW HE STUNK
LITTLE HARP & JAMIE HE CARRIED EVERYWHERE HE WENT HIS BROTHER'S
JAMIE BLOODY
LITTLE HARP NASTY
JAMIE MANGIE
LITTLE HARP STINKY
JAMIE CUTOFF
JAMIE & LITTLE HARP HEAD IN A TRUNK
JAMIE, LITTLE HARP & BIG HARP WE NEVER WOULD STAND HERE AND LIE IN YOUR FACE THAT'S EXACTLY HOW IT HAPPENED ONCE UPON THE NATCHEZ TRACE
ALL WE NEVER WOULD STAND HERE AND LIE IN YOUR FACE THAT'S EXACTLY HOW IT HAPPENED
JAMIE A GENT AND A ROBBER ALL IN ONE
ROSAMUND A GIRL WHO MADE THE MOON BURN LIKE THE SUN
SALOME A GREEDY WITCH
MUSGROVE A MAN THAT RICH
GOAT A BRAIN THAT BIG
LITTLE HARP A FILTHY PIG
BIG HARP A TALKIN HEAD
JAMIE And like I said a hell of a lot happened around here.
ALL ONCE UPON THE NATCHEZ TRACE ONCE UPON THE NATCHEZ TRACE
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STORY SYNOPSIS Once Upon the Natchez Trace Suddenly the Day Looks Sunny Two Heads Steal With Style Rosamund's Dream The Pricklepear Bloom Nothin' Up Deeper in the Woods Marriage is Riches Little Pieces of Sugar Cane Love Stolen Poor Tied Up Darlin' Mean As a Snake Goodbye Salome Sleepy Man Where, Oh Where (Is My Baby Darlin'?) Pass Her Along Finale
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