There's No Business Like Show Business Page #3

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They're supposed

to be learning things.

Well, in any event,

I think that you

and your husband

should have a talk

with them

and try to explain

to them how you feel.

Personally,

I find something

very rare and precious

in this feeling

they have for you

and your profession.

Of course, it's up

to you to decide.

Excuse me.

I'll get them.

Get that bit

about Tim?

"Natural born leader."

Look, birdbrain,

Father Dineen was trying

to tell us

in a very nice way

that we've got a little

gangster on our hands.

Didn't you get it?

The kids are going

to stay right here, Terry.

Who says they're not?

Don't act so innocent.

I know you.

You're a pushover

for those kids.

Me? You're the one

that's always

giving in to them.

Not this time.

I'm going to be as firm

as the rock of Gibraltar.

The rock of Gibraltar.

The kids knew we bought

a house in Jersey,

but this was the first

time they'd seen it.

And what a time

to face a big fat mortgage.

Crash!

Depression!

And the first thing

that people gave up

was the theater.

And the first thing

the theater gave up

was the Donahues.

Boy, the things

we had to do

to make a buck.

A couple of seasons there,

we even split up.

She's not so good

in the house

But on a bench

in the park

You'd be surprised

She isn't much

in the light

But when she gets

in the dark

You'd be surprised

At a party

or at a ball

I got to admit,

she's nothin' at all

But in the Morris chair

You'd be surprised

And when I say coffee,

I don't mean

just any coffee.

I mean Shelby's

aerated, vacuumized

flavor in the bean

coffee,

which comes in three

delicious grinds:

Instant...

perk...

And drip.

So

Let's have

another cup of coffee

Yes, let's have another cup

of Shelby's

aerated coffee.

And let's have

another piece of pie

Then one day

things started picking up.

We were in the chips again,

playing big picture houses

all across the country.

Till about '37.

That was the year

Tim surprised us all

and graduated

from high school.

And we started

working out a new act

for the whole family.

Katy's love was dancing,

and the kid was good.

Steve was no hoofer,

but he sure could

sell a song.

Our name

for the new act?

What else?

The Five Donahues!

Working together,

we soon hit the top:

Headliners in a big

hippodrome extravaganza.

Come on and hear

Alexander's Ragtime Band

Come on and hear

It's the best band

in the land

They can play

a bugle call

Like you never

heard before

So natural that you

want to go to war

That's just

the bestest band what am

My honey lamb

Come on along

Let me take you

by the hand

Up to the man

Who's the leader

of the band

And if you care to hear

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