Oh, Lady, Be Good!

Lyrics

[WATTY, spoken] Susie, there you are I need a little favor I have this client A Mexican girl who's inherited some money But she can't come to collect it [SUSIE, spoken] Why not? [WATTY, spoken] Well, she's doing five years in Canto Canto [SUSIE, spoken] Canto Canto? [WATTY, spoken] Yes, that's Mexican for Sing Sing Now why can't-o, can't-o you Pretend to be this little señorita And go and collect her money for her? [SUSIE, spoken] What? [WATTY, spoken] There's fifty thousand dollars for you if you'll do it [WATTY] What a killing we could make Oh, lady, oh, please come through Susie, oh, for goodness' sake It isn't so hard to do In this moment of distress Hear my S.O.S.  All my future is at stake And Susie, it's up to you So— Oh, sweet and lovely lady, be good Oh, Susie, be good to me I am so awfully misunderstood So Susie, be good to me Oh, please have some pity I'm all alone in this big city I tell you I'm just a lonesome babe in the wood So Susie, be good to me [SUSIE, spoken] Oh, Watty, I can't [WATTY, spoken] Susie, come back! Ah, Susie! [WOMAN 1, spoken] What's wrong, Mr. Watkins? You look so glum [WATTY] Listen to my tale of woe It's terribly sad but true All dressed up, no place to go Each evening I'm awfully blue I must win some winsome miss Can't go on like this I could blossom out, I know With somebody just like you So— Oh, sweet and lovely lady, be good Oh, lady, be good to me I am so awfully misunderstood Oh, lady, be good to me This is tulip weather [WATTY & WOMEN] So let's put two and two together [WATTY] I tell you I'm just a lonesome babe in the wood So lady, be good to me [WOMAN 2, spoken] Hi, Mr. Watkins! [WATTY, spoken] Who says construction in America is falling behind? My, my, my, you are winsome You win some of this [WOMAN 3, spoken] Oh, Mr. Watkins [WATTY] I tell you I'm just a lonesome babe in the wood So lady, be good— [WATTY, spoken] Five minutes with me and they're a woman with a past [WATTY] —To me!