End of a String

Lyrics

[WOMEN] Love is a gamble If you scramble For the very first man who comes along Don't be a-flutter Bread your butter He may be the worst man who comes along A chance for romance is meager When a maiden is too eager She may lose the one big leaguer Falling for the first man who comes along The proper angle Is to let them dangle Is to let them dangle on a string And have aplenty Really, ten or twenty Really, ten or twenty is the thing But here tonight, with the moon so bright And the music in the air I very much fear, the first cavalier Can win this lady fair But here tonight, with the moon so bright And the music in the air I very much fear, the first cavalier Can win this lady fair [MEN] Love is a gamble If you scramble But we'll take the first girl who comes along We'll do our duty To each cutie And we'll take the first girl who comes along On with the dancing Flirting and romancing Flirting and romancing so sublime Let's throw all care off And begin to pair off And begin to pair off—Now's the time [ENSEMBLE] Someone waits for me Wonder who he / she will be On the end of a string Maybe Fred or Ned (Maybe Chloe or Jo) Teddy or Jed (Floey or Zoe) On the end of a string If full of pep, he'll / she'll find a peppy partner in me I want to step and step until it's way after three Oh, someone waits for me Wonder who he / she will be On the end of my string [JOSEPHINE, spoken] Hello, everybody [DAISY, spoken] Hello, Jo This is a great party [JOSEPHINE, spoken] Well, Daisy, who've you got on your line? [DAISY, spoken] Bertie Bassett [JOSEPHINE, spoken] Bertie Bassett? I'm surprised at you [DAISY, spoken] I'm trying to be a good influence I admit he's a pretty desperate case [BERTIE, spoken] I say, Daisy, about this punch— [JOSEPHINE, spoken] What about the punch, Mr. Bassett? [BERTIE, spoken] Well, of course I know it's gasoline But what have you put in it? [DAISY, spoken] Oh, Jo— [JOSEPHINE, spoken] I see he's drinking just as badly as ever Really, this is intolerable [DAISY, spoken] Oh, Bertie And you promised me If I brought you to this party you would behave yourself You said you wanted me to help you reform [BERTIE, spoken] I do, Duckie, I do But I don't want to reform too darn fast It might make you lose interest If there wasn't something about me for you to pick on [DAISY, spoken] Don't worry, I'll always find something And believe me, reforming you is going to be a lifelong job [BERTIE, spoken] And as long as you keep working at it, I'll know that you love me