Why Speak of Money? / Who’s the Greatest (Reprise)

Lyrics

[LEAGUE] Why speak of money when there's love, love, love? Loveliest of your gender You're just the type that we keep dreaming of So sweetly tender We must surrender There's no one like you back in Copenhagen London or Paree So why speak of money when there's love, love, love? Love is the thing for we [INTERPRETERS, to WINTERGREEN] Why speak of money when thеre's love, love, lovе? Handsomest of your gender You're just the type that we keep dreaming of Virile but tender We must surrender There's no one like you back in Cincinnati Troy or Kankakee So why speak of money when there's love, love, love? Love is the thing for we [KRUGER, spoken] Stop! [KRUGER] This foolishness must stop Or else I'll call a cop Our money is at stake and we'll protect it The Army wants to say That you had better pay And you are designated to collect it [WINTERGREEN, spoken] Did you hear that? Pay! [LEAGUE] No comprenez, no capish, no versteh That's our theme song when you're wanting us to pay Every time you mention lucre We must give you this rebuker No comprenez, no capish, no versteh [WINTERGREEN, spoken] What happens if we insist on the money? [LEAGUE, spoken] It means war! [WINTERGREEN, spoken] But how can you have a war if we don't lend you the money? [LEAGUE, spoken] What? [FRANCE, spoken] You mean to say you would not lend us the money to fight you? [WINTERGREEN, spoken] Certainly! [LEAGUE, spoken] *Hiss* [WINTERGREEN, spoken] Things have come to a pretty pass When ten nations won't pay what they owe [KRUGER shows WINTERGREEN a bag of money from Finland.] Well, nine nations Nine nations! [WINTERGREEN] One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine— [WINTERGREEN, spoken] Say! Can you boys play baseball? [LEAGUE, spoken] You mean the great American pastime? [WINTERGREEN, spoken] Yes [LEAGUE, spoken] No, but we're willing to try [WINTERGREEN, spoken] Great! We'll have a ball game between the American Blue Shirts And the League of Nations for the war debts Double or nothing [LEAGUE, spoken] Hooray! [FRANCE, spoken] Ah, but suppose we lose? [WINTERGREEN, spoken] Well, suppose you do lose? [FRANCE, spoken] Oh, if we lose, we insist on another conference Do we get it? [WINTERGREEN, spoken] Yes, sir We'll even pay your expenses over [LEAGUE, spoken] It's a game! Play ball! [LEAGUE & INTERPRETERS] Who's the greatest leader That the world has ever known? [KRUGER] Napoleon? [ENSEMBLE] Wrong! [WINTERGREEN] Wintergreen! [LEAGUE & INTERPRETERS] Right! And who's the greatest statesman One who'll always stand alone? [KRUGER] Disraeli! [LEAGUE & INTERPRETERS] Wrong! [WINTERGREEN] Wintergreen! [LEAGUE & INTERPRETERS] Right! Who's the laddie Has something on the ball? Who's the daddy The daddy of them all? [WINTERGREEN] Who is always great or lousy Nothing in between? [LEAGUE & INTERPRETERS] Who's the man you mean? Nobody else Oh, nobody else Oh, nobody delse Oh, nobody, nobody Nobody else but Wintergreen!