MARY:
I'm about to be a mother;
He's about to be a father;
We're about to have a baby.
I must tell it;
These doings compel it!
Oh, I'm about to be a mother;
He's about to be a father;
We're about to have a baby.
ENSEMBLE:
A baby!
MARY:
A baby to love and adore-
Who could ask for anything more?
ENSEMBLE:
She's about to be a mother;
He's about to be a father;
They're about to have a baby.
We can't bother
A budding young father!
WINTERGREEN:
[SPOKEN]
Mary, is it true? Am I going to have a baby?
MARY:
It's true, John, it's true.
WINTERGREEN:
Water!
[HE FAINTS]
ENSEMBLE:
[SINGS]
They're about to have a baby, a baby-
DIANA:
[SPOKEN]
It eez a fine situation-I am compromised and she has ze baby!
THROTTLE:
Gentlemen, gentlemen! This country has never yet
impeached an expectant father. What do you say?
SENATORS:
Not guilty!
THROTTLE:
[TO WINTERGREEN]
You can still be President and I'll go back to Vice!
FRENCH AMBASSADOR:
Sacré! I go to thc telegraph office to cable my report;
This is American trickery of the most reprehensible sort!
DIANA:
[SINGS]
I was ze most beautiful blossom...
[FRENCH AMBASSADOR TAKES HER BY THE HAND, LEADS HER OFF]
In all ze Southland.
ATLANTIC CITY GIRLS:
Strike up thc cymbals, drum, and fife,
One of us was to be the President's wife.
CHIEF JUSTICE:
[SPOKEN]
Great work, Jack; you'll be reinstated in the hearts of the
American people.
JONES:
Great work, Jack. You've got your duty by posterity.
WINTERGREEN:
Posterity - why, posterity is just around the corner.
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MARY:
I'm about to be a mother;
He's about to be a father;
We're about to have a baby.
I must tell it;
These doings compel it!
Oh, I'm about to be a mother;
He's about to be a father;
We're about to have a baby.
ENSEMBLE:
A baby!
MARY:
A baby to love and adore-
Who could ask for anything more?
ENSEMBLE:
She's about to be a mother;
He's about to be a father;
They're about to have a baby.
We can't bother
A budding young father!
WINTERGREEN:
[SPOKEN]
Mary, is it true? Am I going to have a baby?
MARY:
It's true, John, it's true.
WINTERGREEN:
Water!
[HE FAINTS]
ENSEMBLE:
[SINGS]
They're about to have a baby, a baby-
DIANA:
[SPOKEN]
It eez a fine situation-I am compromised and she has ze baby!
THROTTLE:
Gentlemen, gentlemen! This country has never yet
impeached an expectant father. What do you say?
SENATORS:
Not guilty!
THROTTLE:
[TO WINTERGREEN]
You can still be President and I'll go back to Vice!
FRENCH AMBASSADOR:
Sacré! I go to thc telegraph office to cable my report;
This is American trickery of the most reprehensible sort!
DIANA:
[SINGS]
I was ze most beautiful blossom...
[FRENCH AMBASSADOR TAKES HER BY THE HAND, LEADS HER OFF]
In all ze Southland.
ATLANTIC CITY GIRLS:
Strike up thc cymbals, drum, and fife,
One of us was to be the President's wife.
CHIEF JUSTICE:
[SPOKEN]
Great work, Jack; you'll be reinstated in the hearts of the
American people.
JONES:
Great work, Jack. You've got your duty by posterity.
WINTERGREEN:
Posterity - why, posterity is just around the corner.
I'm about to be a mother;
He's about to be a father;
We're about to have a baby.
I must tell it;
These doings compel it!
Oh, I'm about to be a mother;
He's about to be a father;
We're about to have a baby.
ENSEMBLE:
A baby!
MARY:
A baby to love and adore-
Who could ask for anything more?
ENSEMBLE:
She's about to be a mother;
He's about to be a father;
They're about to have a baby.
We can't bother
A budding young father!
WINTERGREEN:
[SPOKEN]
Mary, is it true? Am I going to have a baby?
MARY:
It's true, John, it's true.
WINTERGREEN:
Water!
[HE FAINTS]
ENSEMBLE:
[SINGS]
They're about to have a baby, a baby-
DIANA:
[SPOKEN]
It eez a fine situation-I am compromised and she has ze baby!
THROTTLE:
Gentlemen, gentlemen! This country has never yet
impeached an expectant father. What do you say?
SENATORS:
Not guilty!
THROTTLE:
[TO WINTERGREEN]
You can still be President and I'll go back to Vice!
FRENCH AMBASSADOR:
Sacré! I go to thc telegraph office to cable my report;
This is American trickery of the most reprehensible sort!
DIANA:
[SINGS]
I was ze most beautiful blossom...
[FRENCH AMBASSADOR TAKES HER BY THE HAND, LEADS HER OFF]
In all ze Southland.
ATLANTIC CITY GIRLS:
Strike up thc cymbals, drum, and fife,
One of us was to be the President's wife.
CHIEF JUSTICE:
[SPOKEN]
Great work, Jack; you'll be reinstated in the hearts of the
American people.
JONES:
Great work, Jack. You've got your duty by posterity.
WINTERGREEN:
Posterity - why, posterity is just around the corner.