Rose of Washington Square Page #4

How about " Rock-a-bye Your Baby

With A Dixie Melody"?

I'm sorry, sir, but I just got through

singing "Rock-a-bye Baby. "

I'm sorry, sir, but I wasn't listening.

Well, the rest of the

audience was listening.

Why?

As I was saying, ladies and gentlemen-

- What's going on behind that curtain?

- Any song at all, please.

- Just ask for a song, please.

- What's going on behind that curtain?

There's nothing going on

behind this curtain.

There must be!

There's nothing going on in front of it.

Is the manager out front someplace?

The funniest thing happened today

as I was coming to the theater.

I doubt it.

Listen, old man, will you please give me

a chance? I'm doing the best I can.

After all, this may not be important

to you, but it really is to me.

- So give me a break, will you?

- You really want to sing, Cotter?

Yes, I want to sing.

Then sing, Cotter. Sing.

- And I'd just like to see

somebody try to stop you.

Thanks, friend.

And at this time, ladies and

gentlemen, I'm gonna sing-

And this time, I'm going to listen.

Play.

# Toot, toot, tootsie

good-bye #

# Toot, toot, tootsie

don't cry #

# The little choo-choo train

that takes me away from you #

# No words can tell

how sad it makes me #

# Kiss me, tootsie

and then #

# Do it over again #

# Watch for the mail

I'll never fail #

# And if you don't get a letter

then you'll know I'm in jail #

# Don't cry, tootsie

Don't cry #

# Good-bye, tootsie

Good-bye #

I'll kill him. I'll cut his throat

if I have to go to the chair for it.

Come on. Come on.

Nobody's gonna hurt you.

Nobody but me, pal.

Nobody but me!

- Cut it out, will ya? Cut it out!

- Can't you see I'm apologizing?

- Let me go! Let me go!

- Will you cut it out?

This guy's going to save us.

Will you hold still a minute?

- Yeah, but only a minute.

- All right, now, leave it to me.

- But, mister... - Listen, buddy.

What do you do for a living?

Nothing at the moment.

I- I'm unemployed.

- That's why I - - Okay, okay. You're

hired. You've been hired for sometime.

That's what you were doin' out in

the box tonight. We hired you to do that.

But I-I couldn't.

Oh, I couldn't possibly do that.

- But you did it tonight, didn't ya?

- Well, that's different.

- That's-That was the alcohol.

- Oh.

That's what it does to me.

It makes me bold.

But ordinarily, I'm... shy.

I see. Uh-

Well, what do you drink?

- What do you got?

- Never mind that. Never mind that.

Now, how many of what

to make you bold?

Oh, two, maybe three,

four cocktails.

That's okay.

We can afford that.

From the way you looked, I thought you'd

need a gallon or two. Now do you get it?

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