Doctor Crippen

Lyrics

[SAVORY, spoken] Gloria Kramer, your fiancée, has disappeared And police suspect foul play [SAVORY] Passion is not a laughing matter And in love you must not fall Unless for the sake of a woman You are ready to give your all Let me tell you about a lover Who made the sacrifice Let me tell you about a lover Who never loved but twice Here's to Doctor Crippen Hawley Harvey Crippen Lyin' in a felon's grave When they tried him in court He had one rеtort It was all for Ethel le Nevе [ENSEMBLE] Yes, it was absolutely all for Ethel le Neve [SAVORY] Harvey Crippen was a doctor Who'd be unknown to fame If he hadn't met an actress Belle Elmore was her name She had promised if he'd wed her She'd be the best of wives An unfortunate proposal Since it cost them both their lives [SAVORY, ENSEMBLE] Here's to Doctor Crippen (Here's to Doctor Crippen) Hawley Harvey Crippen (Hawley Harvey Crippen) Lyin' in a felon's grave (He's lyin' in a felon's grave) [SAVORY] But he told the guard In the prison yard It was all for Ethel le Neve [ENSEMBLE] He told the guard In the prison yard That it was absolutely all for Ethel le Neve [SAVORY] Belle Elmore was a vixen Belle Elmore was a shrew Nobody knows the embarrassment She subjected Doctor Crippen to He hired a secretary Ethel le Neve by name If she'd gone to work for somebody else She'd be unknown to fame [SAVORY, ENSEMBLE] (Ooh) Here's to Doctor Crippen (Ooh) Hawley Harvey Crippen (Ooh) Lyin' in a felon's grave [ENSEMBLE] The felon's grave [SAVORY] But as he swung He proudly sung It was all for Ethel le Neve [ENSEMBLE] But as he swung He proudly sung That it was absolutely all for Ethel le Neve [SAVORY] Doctor Crippen liked her typing Her lady-like self-control She had an understandable figure And an understanding soul He prescribed for Belle a tonic Dug a hole in the cellar floor And then he packed in quicklime What was left of Belle Elmore [SAVORY, ENSEMBLE] (Ooh) Here's to Doctor Crippen (Ooh) Hawley Harvey Crippen Lyin' in a felon's grave [ENSEMBLE] He's lyin' in a felon's grave [SAVORY] But he didn't mope When they cut the rope It was all for Ethel le Neve [ENSEMBLE] He didn't mope When they cut the rope And he gave absolutely all for Ethel le Neve [SAVORY] He put boy's clothes on his sweetheart They fled to a country far The law identified Belle Elmore Through an old abdominal scar He would never have been suspected Of the police he would have made fools But Ethel was observed at a party Wearing Belle Elmore's jewels— [MRS. KRAMER, spoken, pointing at RODNEY] He did it He killed her! [LIEUTENANT, spoken, grasping RODNEY] You're under arrest [RODNEY, spoken] Wha— what for? [LIEUTENANT, spoken] The murder of Gloria Kramer [MRS. KRAMER, spoken] What have you done with my baby, you fiend, you? [RODNEY, spoken] I haven't seen Gloria since she got off the bus! [VENUS, spoken] I dissolved her [MRS. KRAMER, spoken] You what? [VENUS, spoken] I dissolved her [LIEUTENANT, spoken] You're coming downtown, too [VENUS, spoken] Cheer up, Rodney darling, don't look so glum! This is our honeymoon [ENSEMBLE] Here's to Doctor Crippen Hawley Harvey Crippen Lyin' in a felon's grave [DR. CRIPPEN] I gave not only my life But that of my wife For the love of Ethel le Neve [ENSEMBLE] He gave not only his life But that of his wife For the love of Ethel le Neve