Why should a woman who is healthy and strong,
Why should a woman who is healthy and strong,#1
Posted: 10/2/08 at 7:11pm
Blubber like a baby if her man goes away?
re: Why should a woman who is healthy and strong,#2
Posted: 10/2/08 at 7:13pmI don't know, why? Do you know something I don't?
-Nellie McKay on the 2006 Broadway production of The Threepenny Opera, in which she played Polly Peachum
re: Why should a woman who is healthy and strong,#2
Posted: 10/2/08 at 7:15pmWeeping and a' wailing like he done her wrong.
re: Why should a woman who is healthy and strong,#3
Posted: 10/2/08 at 7:15pm
Weeping and a-wailing how he's "done her wrong"? That's one thing you'll NEVER hear me say. :P
re: Why should a woman who is healthy and strong,#4
Posted: 10/2/08 at 7:22pmNever gonna say that the man i love is the only man among men. (boy howdy, you can say that again)
re: Why should a woman who is healthy and strong,#5
Posted: 10/3/08 at 4:28pmthere's a misquote here. The proper lyric is "womern" not "woman." Hammerstein prided himself on accurate regional dialect within his lyrics.
re: Why should a woman who is healthy and strong,#6
Posted: 10/3/08 at 4:39pmI have always thought that the lyric for "Many a New Day" is one of the very best show lyrics ever. It is simply beyond brilliant. Books should be written about it.
re: Why should a woman who is healthy and strong,#7
Posted: 10/3/08 at 4:48pmof the "someday my prince will come even if i'm not expecting him or particularly wanting one" songs, i also like WAITING FOR MY DEARIE and I'M NOT AT ALL IN LOVE.
re: Why should a woman who is healthy and strong,#8
Posted: 10/3/08 at 5:18pm
I'll snap my fingers to show I don't care
I'll buy me a brand new dress to wear
And I'm from Oklahoma, and they DO say Ain't instead of Aunt.
re: Why should a woman who is healthy and strong,#9
Posted: 10/3/08 at 5:30pmi bet...about the "ain't." But were you there at the turn of the 20th century?
re: Why should a woman who is healthy and strong,#10
Posted: 10/4/08 at 12:48amHey... it's a big deal when a woman will scrub her neck and brush her hair!
Videos




