Saga of Jenny

Lyrics

[CHARLEY, spoken] Miss Elliott, you've heard the charges against you. Have you made up your mind about any of these things? [LIZA, spoken] No, I haven't [CHARLEY, spoken] Do you intend to? [LIZA, spoken] I don't know.  [CHARLEY, spoken] Can you give this court any reasonable explanation as to why you cannot make up your mind? [LIZA, spoken] Yes, I can (sung) There once was a girl named Jenny Whose virtues were varied and many Excepting that she was inclined Always to make up her mind And Jenny points a moral With which one cannot quarrel As you will find [ENSEMBLE] Who's Jenny? Never heard of Jenny! Jenny is out of place [LIZA] But I am sure thе court'll Find Jenny is immortal And has a bearing on this case Jеnny made her mind up when she was three She herself was going to trim the Christmas tree Christmas Eve she lit the candles, tossed the tapers away Little Jenny was an orphan on Christmas Day Poor Jenny! Bright as a penny! Her equal would be hard to find She lost her dad and mother A sister and a brother But she would make up her mind Jenny made her mind up at twenty-two To get herself a husband was the thing to do She got herself all dolled up in her satins and furs And she got herself a husband, but he wasn't hers [ENSEMBLE] Poor Jenny! Bright as a penny! Her equal would be hard to find [LIZA] Deserved a bed of roses But history discloses That she would make up her mind Jenny made her mind up at thirty-nine She would take a trip to the Argentine She was only on vacation, but the Latins agree Jenny was the one who started the Good Neighbor Policy [ENSEMBLE] Poor Jenny! Bright as a penny! Her equal would be hard to find [LIZA] Oh, passion does not vanish In Portuguese or Spanish And she would make up her mind Jenny made her mind up at seventy-five She would get to be the oldest woman alive But gin and rum and destiny play funny tricks And poor Jenny kicked the bucket at seventy-six [LIZA & ENSEMBLE] Jenny points a moral With which you cannot quarrel Makes a lot of common sense [LIZA] Jenny and her saga Prove that you are gaga If you don't keep sitting on the fence [LIZA & ENSEMBLE] Jenny and her story Point the way to glory To all man- and womankind [LIZA] Anyone with vision Comes to this decision [LIZA & ENSEMBLE] Don't make up You shouldn't make up You mustn't make up Oh never make up Anyone with vision Comes to this decision: Don't make up your mind!