Hello, Dolly! Libretto
Hello, Dolly! Libretto
Hello, Dolly! Libretto
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MRS. LEVI<br />
Well then I happen to have one more name on my list, Mr. Vandergelder, a name I know as well as my own<br />
but let's not go into that now it'll come up by itself all in good time, don't you worry about that!<br />
(She gets his coat)<br />
....Oh but wait'll you see Ernestina, Horace! A vision! A dream!<br />
(As she puts on his coat and hands him his hat)<br />
I 3A I REPRISE: IT TAKES A WOMAN<br />
VANDERGELDER<br />
IT TAKES A WOMAN ALL POWDERED AND PINK<br />
TO JOYOUSLY CLEAN OUT THE DRAIN IN THE SINK<br />
AND IT TAKES AN ANGEL WITH LONG GOLDEN LASHES<br />
AND SOFT DRESDEN FINGERS<br />
FOR DUMPING THE ASHES<br />
(He exits through door and then Xes right humming)<br />
MRS. LEVI<br />
YES IT TAKES A WOMAN<br />
(She continues humming melody as she Xes to below center stairs)<br />
....You know, Ephraim, I think I'll have that room done over in blue wallpaper. Yes, in blue!<br />
(Calling)<br />
Ermengarde, Ambrose, come on out here! We've got plans to make!<br />
(AMBROSE and ERMENGARDE enter. LIGHTS down on MRS. LEVI, AMBROSE and ERMENGARDE<br />
seated upstairs. LIGHTS UP on trap door where CORNELIUS and BARNABY appear)<br />
CORNELIUS<br />
Chief clerk! Promoted from chief clerk to chief clerk! And if I'm good, in ten years I'll be promoted to chief<br />
clerk again! Thirty three years old and I still don't get an evening free. When am I going to begin to live?<br />
You can live on holidays, Cornelius!<br />
BARNABY<br />
CORNELIUS<br />
Did you forget what we did last Christmas? All those canned tomatoes went bad and exploded and you and I<br />
cleaned up the mess all afternoon. Do you call that living?<br />
No!<br />
Barnaby, you and I are going to New York!<br />
BARNABY<br />
CORNELIUS<br />
BARNABY<br />
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