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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 Go Back Home
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