Ain’t It Awful, The Heat

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[VOICE OFFSTAGE, spoken] Charlie! [MRS. FIORENTINO, spoken] Good evening, Mrs. Jones [MRS. JONES, spoken] Good evening, Mrs. Fiorentino Well, I hope it's hot enough for you [MRS. FIORENTINO, spoken] Terrible! [MRS. JONES, spoken] Have you ever seen such heat? [MRS. FIORENTINO, spoken] I get through with the supper dishes und I am wet from head to foot [MRS. JONES, spoken] Ain't a dry stitch on me neither [MRS. FIORENTINO] So I just take off my corset and let myself spread [MRS. JONES] I think I'll take a nice hot bath before I go to bed [MRS. FIORENTINO] The trouble with a bath is that when you get done You're just about as hot again as when you bеgun [MRS. FIORENTINO & MRS. JONES] Ain't it awful the heat, ain't it awful Don't know what I'm gonna do [MRS. FIORENTINO] Gosh, I'm sweatin'! [MRS. JONES] My dog's frеttin' I'm a-soakin' wet all through [MRS. FIORENTINO & MRS. JONES] Don't know what I'm gonna do [MRS. OLSEN, spoken] Good evening [MRS. FIORENTINO & MRS. JONES, spoken] Good evening, Mrs. Olsen [MRS. OLSEN, spoken] I think it's more cooler in the cellar [MRS. FIORENTINO] A heat like this I don't remember [MRS. JONES] We'll all be wishin' for this in December [MRS. OLSEN] My baby is cryin', cryin' all day [MRS. FIORENTINO] They feel the heat more than we do I say [MRS. JONES] And my dog Queenie is just draggin' roun' Her tail ain't waggin', just hangin' down [MRS. OLSEN] My baby gets teeth; it hurts her gums [MRS. JONES] My kids used to nearly chew off their thumbs [MRS. FIORENTINO] The heat's got me, I'm feelin' lazy [NEGRO WOMAN] Lawdy, mercy, I'm nearly crazy! [MRS. FIORENTINO, MRS. JONES & MRS. OLSEN] Ooh! Ain't it awful the heat! Ain't it awful! [MR. OLSEN] Ain't it awful! [MRS. FIORENTINO, MRS. JONES & MRS. OLSEN] Don't know what I'm gonna do [MR. OLSEN] Oh, what a heat, oh! [MRS. JONES] Damn mosquito! [MRS. FIORENTINO, MRS. JONES, MRS. OLSEN & MR. OLSEN] Only hope I live it through [MR. OLSEN] Ain't it awful! [MRS. FIORENTINO, MRS. JONES, MRS. OLSEN & MR. OLSEN] Don't know what I'm gonna do Don't know what I'm gonna do