The Saga of Jenny

Lyrics

[LIZA] 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 you cannot quarrel As you will find [ENSEMBLE] Who's Jenny? Never heard of Jenny! Jenny is out of place! [LIZA] But I am sure the court'll Find Jenny is immortal And has a bearing on this case! [ENSEMBLE] As for instance? [LIZA] Well, for instance— Jenny 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 taper away Little Jenny was an orphan on Christmas Day [ENSEMBLE] Poor Jenny! Bright as a penny! Her equal would be hard to find [LIZA] She lost one dad and mother Her sister and a brother But she would make up her mind [ENSEMBLE] She was an orphan on Christmas Day [LIZA] Jenny made her mind up when she was twelve That into foreign languages she would delve But at seventeen to Vassar it was quite a blow That in twenty-seven languages she couldn't say no [ENSEMBLE] Poor Jenny! Bright as a penny! Her equal would be hard to find [LIZA] To Jenny I'm beholden Her heart was big and golden But she would make up her mind [ENSEMBLE] In twenty-seven languages she couldn't say no [LIZA] 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, oh, 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 [ENSEMBLE] She got a husband, but he wasn't hers [LIZA] 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 doesn't vanish In Portuguese or Spanish But she would make up her mind [ENSEMBLE] She instituted the Good Neighbor Policy [LiZA] Jenny made her mind up at fifty-one She would write her memoirs before she was done The very day her book was published, history relates There were wives who shot their husbands in some thirty-three states [ENSEMBLE] Poor Jenny! Bright as a penny! Her equal would be hard to find [LIZA] She could give cards and spadies To many other ladies But she would make up her mind [ENSEMBLE] There were wives who shot their husbands in some thirty-three states [LIZA] Jenny made her mind up at seventy-five She would live to be the oldest woman alive But gin and rum and destiny play funny tricks And poor Jenny kicked the bucket at seventy-six [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 [ENSEMBLE] Jenny and her story Point the way to glory To all man- and womankind [LIZA] Anyone with vision Comes to this decision [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 [LIZA] Don't [ENSEMBLE] Make [LIZA] Make [ENSEMBLE] Up [LIZA] Up [ENSEMBLE] Your [LIZA] Your [LIZA & ENSEMBLE] Mind! [CHARLEY, spoken] A most excellent defense, Miss Elliott. May I ask what you have there? [LIZA, spoken] Why, the circus cover.  [CHARLEY, spoken] May I see it? [LIZA, spoken] Of course.  [CHARLEY, spoken] Thank you. Gentlemen, look at this.  [ENSEMBLE] Hmm, hmm [LIZA, spoken] No, no! Don't, don't! Don't sing that! [CHARLEY, spoken] See? You're afraid. You're hiding something. You're afraid of that music, aren't you? Just as you're afraid to compete as a woman. Afraid to marry Kendall Nesbitt. Afraid to be the woman you want to be. Afraid! Afraid! Afraid! Afraid! [ENSEMBLE] Ha ha ha ha, ha ha ha ha, ha ha ha ha Ha ha ha ha, ha ha ha ha, ha ha ha ha, ha (spoken) Make up your mind! Make up your mind! Make up your mind! Make up your mind! Make up your mind! Make up your mind! Make up your mind! Make up your mind! Make up your mind! Make up your mind!