The Scottsboro Boys - Alabama Ladies Lyrics

Off-Broadway Musical (2010)
The Scottsboro Boys - Alabama Ladies Lyrics


VICTORIA
Follow me.
Do exactly as I do.
And don’t fuck up.
WE’RE ONLY TWO

RUBY
TWO

VICTORIA
TRUE

RUBY
TRUE

BOTH
ALABAMA LADIES
LOYAL DAUGHTERS
OF THE SOLID SOUTH

VICTORIA
AS YOU CAN SEE

RUBY
SEE

VICTORIA
WHEN

RUBY
WHEN

BOTH
YOU SET YOUR GAZE UPON US

VICTORIA
EVEN BUTTER

RUBY
EVEN BUTTER

BOTH
WOULDN’T MELT IN OUR MOUTH

VICTORIA
BUT THEN A NEGRO
THREW HIMSELF UPON ME
I CAN STILL SMELL HIS HOT BLACK BREATH

RUBY
ANOTHER NEGRO
GRABBED ME BY THE BOOBIES
OH IT SCARED ME HALF TO DEATH

VICTORIA
ANOTHER NEGRO
OPENED UP HIS TROUSERS
AND I STRUGGLED
LIKE AN ALLEY CAT
AND THEN HE RAPED ME

RUBY
AN ALABAMA LADY
DOESN’T TOLERATE
A THING LIKE THAT

VICTORIA
ANOTHER

BOTH
NEGRO

VICTORIA
SLAPPED ME ON THE KEISTER
AND HE THREW ME
TO THE BOX CAR FLOOR

RUBY
THE OTHER

BOTH
NEGROES

RUBY
TOOK THEIR TURNS UPON ME
AND MY PRIVATES
WHICH WERE PRIVATE
WEREN’T PRIVATE
ANY MORE

VICTORIA
LA LA LA LA

RUBY
LA

VICTORIA
LA

RUBY
LA

BOTH
LA LA LA LA LA LA
LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA

VICTORIA
LA LA LA LA

RUBY
LA

VICTORIA
LA

RUBY
LA

BOTH
LA LA LA LA LA LA
LA LA LA LA

RUBY
LA LA LA LA

BOTH
LA LA LA LA LA LA
OH IT’S APPALLIN’
AND REALLY GALLIN’
WHEN YOUR DEFLOWERER
IS SOMEONE WHO’S BLACK
THEY REALLY HURT YOU
THEY TOOK YOUR VIRTUE
AND WHEN IT’S TAKEN

RUBY
WHEN IT’S TAKEN?

BOTH
THERE’S NO TAKIN’ IT BACK


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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
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