Musical: Gypsy
Song: Gypsy Strip (Let Me Entertain You)
M.C.:
Wichita's one and only burlesque theater presents...
Miss Gypsy Rose Lee!
Gypsy (meekly):
Let me entertain you,
Let me make you smile...
Momma Rose:
Sing out, Louise!
Gypsy:
Let me do a few tricks,
Some old and then some new tricks;
I'm very versatile;
And if you're real good,
I'll make you feel good,
I want your spirit to climb;
So let me entertain you,
We'll have a real good time,
Yes sir!
We'll have... A real good time!
Theater Manager:
Do something!
Momma Rose:
Yeah!
Theater Manager:
Take something off!
Gypsy:
Momma!
Momma Rose:
A ... glove! But say something!
Gypsy
Hello! Hello...everybody!
My name is Gypsy Rose Lee...
...What's yours..?!!
Mr. Conductor, if you please!
[Sung:]
So, let me entertain you...
And we'll have a real good time,
yes, sir!
We'll have... A real good time!
M.C.:
And now, Minsky's world famous Burlesque
presents the Queen of the Strip-Tease, the incomparable...
Miss Gypsy Rose Lee in our salute to the Garden of Eden!
Gypsy:
Pack up your apples, girls, and back to the trees!
Bon soir, monsieur et monsieur!
Je m'appelle Gypsy Rose Lee!
And that concludes my entire performance... in French.
I've been too busy learning Greek.
Where were you last night?
Some men accuse me of being an ecdysiast...
Do you know what that means? Do you?
Do YOU? Oh, you do!
Aha! He's embarrassed!
Don't be embarrassed... I like man without hair!
An ecdysiast is one who or that which
sheds its skin... in vulgar parlors: a stripper!
But I'm not a stripper!
At these prices I'm an ECDYSIAST!!
[Sung:]
And if you're real good,
I'll make you feel good;
I want you spirit to climb;
Let me entertain you
And we'll have a real good time,
yes, sir!
We'll have... A real good time!
