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South Pacific

Music by Richard Rodgers
Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein's
Book by Oscar Hammerstein's and Joshua Logan

  1.Overture
  2.Dites-Moi
  3.A Cockeyed Optimist
  4.Twin Soliloquies (Wonder How It Feels)
  5.Some Enchanted Evening
  6.Bloody Mary
  7.There Is Nothing Like A Dame
  8.Bali Ha'i
  9.I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair
 10.A Wonderful Guy
 11.Younger Than Springtime
 12.Happy Talk
 13.Honey Bun
 14.You've Got To Be Carefully Taught
 15.This Nearly Was Mine
 16.Finale



       1.Overture  
          The Orchestra


       2.Dites-Moi  
          Ngana and Jerome:

          Dites-moi
          Pourquoi
          La vie est belle,
          Dies-moi
          Pourquoi
          La vie est gai,
          Dites-moi
          Pourquoi,
          Chere Mad'moiselle,
          Est-ce que
          Parce que
          Vous m'aimez?

          Dites-moi
          Pourquoi,
          Chere Mad'moiselle,
          Est-ce que
          Parce que
          Vous m'aimez?


          English Version
          NOT ON THE OCR

          Tell me why
          The sky is filled with music,
          Tell me why
          We fly on clouds above
          Can it be
          That we
          Can fly to music
          Just because,
          Just because
          We're in love?



       3.A Cockeyed Optimist  
          Nellie:
          When the skies are brighter canary yellow
          I forget ev'ry cloud I've ever seen,
          So they called me a cockeyed optimist
          Immature and incurably green.

          I have heard people rant and rave and bellow
          That we're done and we might as well be dead,
          But I'm only a cockeyed optimist
          And I can't get it into my head.

          I hear the human race
          Is fallin' on its face
          And hasn't very far to go,
          But ev'ry whippoorwill
          Is sellin' me a bill,
          And tellin' me it just ain't so.

          I could say life is just a bowl of Jello
          And appear more intelligent and smart,
          But I'm stuck like a dope
          With a thing called hope,
          And I can't get it out of my heart!
          Not this heart...


       4.Twin Soliloquies (Wonder How It Feels)  
          Nellie:
          Wonder how I'd feel
          Livin' on a hillside,
          Lookin' on an ocean,
          Beautiful and still.

          Emile:
          This is what I need,
          This is what I've longed for.
          Someone young and smilin'
          Climbin' up my hill!

          Nellie:
          We are not alike.
          Probably I'd bore him.
          He's a cultured Frenchman,
          I'm a little hick.

          Emile:
          Younger man than I,
          Officers and doctors.
          Probably pursue her,
          She could have her pick.

          Nellie:
          Wonder why I feel
          Jittery and jumpy!
          I'm like a school girl
          Waitin' for a dance.

          Emile:
          Can I ask her now?
          I'm like a school boy!
          What will be her answer?
          Do I have a chance?


       5.Some Enchanted Evening  
          Emile:
          Some enchanted evening
          You may see a stranger,
          you may see a stranger
          Across a crowded room
          And somehow you know,
          You know even then
          That somewhere you'll see her
          Again and again.

          Some enchanted evening
          Someone may be laughin',
          You may hear her laughin'
          Across a crowded room
          And night after night,
          As strange as it seems
          The sound of her laughter
          Will sing in your dreams.

          Who can explain it?
          Who can tell you why?
          Fools give you reasons,
          Wise men never try.

          Some enchanted evening
          When you find your true love,
          When you feel her call you
          Across a crowded room,
          Then fly to her side,
          And make her your own
          For all through your life you
          May dream all alone.

          Once you have found her,
          Never let her go.
          Once you have found her,
          Never let her go!


       6.Bloody Mary  
          Men:
          Bloody Mary is the girl I love.
          Bloody Mary is the girl I love.
          Bloody Mary is the girl I love.
          Now ain't that too damn bad!

          Her skin is tender as Dimaggio's glove.
          Her skin is tender as Dimaggio's glove.
          Her skin is tender as Dimaggio's glove.
          Now ain't that too damn bad!

          Bloody Mary's chewin' betel nuts.
          She is always chewin' betel nuts.
          Bloody Mary's chewin' betel nuts.
          And she don't use Pepsodent!
          Now ain't that too damn bad!

          [Instrumental]

          Bloody Mary is the girl I love.
          Bloody Mary is the girl I love.
          Bloody Mary is the girl I love.
          Now ain't that too damn bad!
          Now ain't that too damn bad!


       7.There Is Nothin' Like A Dame  
          Sailors, Seabees and Marines:
          We got sunlight on the sand,
          We got moonlight on the sea,
          We got mangoes and bananas
          You can pick right off the tree,
          We got volleyball and ping-pong
          And a lot of dandy games!
          What ain't we got?
          We ain't got dames!

          We get packages from home,
          We get movies, we get shows,
          We get speeches from our skipper
          And advice from Tokyo Rose,
          We get letters doused with perfume
          We get dizzy from the smell!
          What don't we get?
          You know darn well!

          We have nothin' to put on a clean white suit for
          What we need is what there ain't no substitute for...

          There is nothin' like a dame,
          Nothin' in the world,
          There is nothin' you can name
          That is anythin' like a dame!

          We feel restless, we feel blue,
          We feel lonely and in grief,
          We feel ev'ry kind of feelin',
          But the feelin' of relief
          We feel hungry as the wolf felt
          When he met Red Hiding-hood
          What don't we feel?
          We don't feel good!

          Lots of things in life are beautiful, but brother,
          There is one particular thing that is nothin' whatsoever
          In any way, shape or form like any other.

          There is nothin' like a dame,
          Nothin' in the world,
          There is nothin' you can name
          That is anythin' like a dame!

          Nothin' else was built the same,
          Nothin' in the world
          As the soft and wavy frame
          Like the silhouette of a dame!

          There is absolutely nothin' like a frame of a dame.

          So suppose that dame and bride
          Are completely free from flaws,
          Or as faithful as a bird dog,
          Or as kind as Santa Claus,
          It's a waste of time to worry
          Over things that they have not,
          We're thankful for the things they got!

          There is nothin' you can name
          That is anythin' like a dame!

          There are no books like a dame,
          And nothin' looks like a dame.
          There are no drinks like a dame,
          And nothin' thinks like a dame,
          Nothin' acts like a dame,
          Or attracts like a dame.
          There ain't a thing that's wrong with any man here
          That can't be cured by pullin' him near
          A girly, womanly, female, feminine dame!


       8.Bali Ha'i  
          Bloody Mary:
          Most people live on a lonely island,
          Lost in the middle of a foggy sea.
          Most people long for another island,
          One where they know they will like to be.

          Bali Ha'i may call you,
          Any night, any day,
          In your heart, you'll hear it call you:
          "Come away...Come away."

          Bali Ha'i will whisper
          In the wind of the sea:
          "Here am I, your special island!
          Come to me, come to me!"

          Your own special hopes,
          Your own special dreams,
          Bloom on the hillside
          And shine in the streams.
          If you try, you'll find me
          Where the sky meets the sea.
          "Here am I your special island
          Come to me, Come to me."

          Bali Ha'i,
          Bali Ha'i,
          Bali Ha'i!

          Someday you'll see me floatin' in the sunshine,
          My head stickin' out from a loaf nighin' cloud,
          You'll hear me call you,
          Singin' through the sunshine,
          Sweet and clear as can be:
          "Come to me, here am I, come to me."
          If you try, you'll find me
          Where the sky meets the sea.
          "Here am I your special island
          Come to me, Come to me."

          Bali Ha'i,
          Bali Ha'i,
          Bali Ha'i!


       9.I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair  
          Nellie:
          I'm gonna wash that man right outa my hair,
          I'm gonna wash that man right outa my hair,
          I'm gonna wash that man right outa my hair,
          And send him on his way.

          I'm gonna wave that man right outa my arms,

          Nellie and Girls:
          I'm gonna wave that man right outa my arms,
          I'm gonna wave that man right outa my arms,
          And send him on his way.

          Don't try to patch it up

          Girls:
          Tear it up, tear it up!

          Nellie:
          Wash him out, dry him out,

          Girls:
          Push him out, fly him out,

          Nellie:
          Cancel him and let him go!

          Girls:
          Yea, sister!

          Nellie:
          I'm gonna wash that man right outa my hair,
          I'm gonna wash that man right outa my hair,
          I'm gonna wash that man right outa my hair,
          And send him on his way.

          If a man don't understand you,
          If you fly on separate beams,
          Waste no time, make a change,
          Ride that man right off your range.
          Rub him out of the roll call
          And drum him out of your dreams.

          Girls:
          Oho! If you laugh at different comics,
          If you root for different teams,
          Waste no time, weep no more,
          Show him what the door is for.
          Rub him out of the roll call
          And drum him out of your dreams.

          Nellie:
          You can't light a fire when the woods are wet,

          Girls:
          No!

          Nellie:
          You can't make a butterfly strong,

          Girls:
          Hmm, hmm!

          Nellie:
          You can't fix an egg when it ain't quite good,

          Girls:
          And you can't fix a man when he's wrong!

          Nellie:
          You can't put back a petal when it falls from a flower,
          Or sweeten up a fellow when he starts turnin' sour

          Girls:
          Oh no! Oh no!

          Nellie and Girls:
          If his eyes get dull and fishy,
          When you look for glints and gleams,
          Waste no time,
          Make a switch,
          Drop him in the nearest ditch!
          Rub him out of the roll call,
          And drum him out of your dreams
          Oho! Oho!

          Nellie:
          I went to wash that man right outa my hair,
          I went to wash that man right outa my hair,
          I went to wash that man right outa my hair,
          And sent him on his way.

          Girls:
          She went to wash that man right outa my hair,
          She went to wash that man right outa my hair,
          She went to wash that man right outa my hair,

          Nellie and Girls:
          And send him on his way!


      10.A Wonderful Guy  
          Nellie:
          I expect everyone of my crowd to make fun
          Of my proud protestations of faith in romance,
          And they'll say I'm naïve as a babe to believe
          Every fable I hear from a person in pants.

          Fearlessly I'll face them and argue their doubts away,
          Loudly I'll sing about flowers in spring,
          Flatly I'll stand on my little flat feet and say
          Love is a grand and a beautiful thing!
          I'm not ashamed to reveal
          The world famous feelin' I feel.

          I'm as corny as Kansas in August,
          I'm as normal as blueberry pie.
          No more a smart little girl with no heart,
          I have found me a wonderful guy!

          I am in a conventional dither,
          With a conventional star in my eye.
          And you will note there's a lump in my throat
          When I speak of that wonderful guy!

          I'm as trite and as gay as a daisy in May,
          A cliché comin' true!
          I'm bromidic and bright
          As a moon-happy night
          Pourin' light on the dew!

          I'm as corny as Kansas in August,
          High as a flag on the Fourth of July!
          If you'll excuse an expression I use,
          I'm in love, I'm in love,
          I'm in love, I'm in love,
          I'm in love with a wonderful guy!

          I'm as trite and as gay as a daisy in May,
          A cliché comin' true!
          I'm bromidic and bright
          As a moon-happy night
          Pourin' light on the dew!

          Girls
          I'm as corny as Kansas in August,
          High as a flag on the Fourth of July!

          Nellie:
          If you'll excuse an expression I use,
          I'm in love,

          Girls
          I'm in love,

          Nellie:
          I'm in love,

          Girls
          I'm in love,

          Nellie:
          I'm in love,

          Girls
          I'm in love,

          Nellie:
          I'm in love,

          Girls
          I'm in love,

          Nellie:
          I'm in love,

          Girls
          I'm in love,

          Nellie:
          I'm in love,

          Girls
          I'm in love,

          Nellie and Girls
          I'm in love with a wonderful guy!


      11.Younger Than Springtime  
          Cable:
          I touch your hands
          And my heart goes strong,
          Like a pair of birds
          That burst with song.
          My eyes look down
          At your lovely face,
          And I hold a world
          In my embrace.

          Younger than springtime, are you
          Softer than starlight, are you,
          Warmer than winds of June,
          Are the gentle lips you gave me.
          Gayer than laughter, are you,
          Sweeter than music, are you,
          Angel and lover, heaven and earth,
          Are you to me.

          And when your youth
          And joy invade my arms,
          And fill my heart as now they do,
          Then younger than springtime, am I,
          Gayer than laughter, am I,
          Angel and lover, heaven and earth,
          Am I with you!

          And when your youth
          And joy invade my arms,
          And fill my heart as now they do,

          Then younger than springtime, am I,
          Gayer than laughter, am I,
          Angel and lover, heaven and earth,
          Am I with you.


      12.Happy Talk  
          Bloody Mary:
          Happy talk, keep talkin' happy talk,
          Talk about things you'd like to do.
          You got to have a dream,
          If you don't have a dream,
          How you gonna have a dream come true?

          Talk about the moon floatin' in the sky
          Lookin' at a lily on the lake;
          Talk about a bird learnin' how to fly.
          Makin' all the music he can make.

          Happy talk, keep talkin' happy talk,
          Talk about things you'd like to do.
          You got to have a dream,
          If you don't have a dream,
          How you gonna have a dream come true?

          Talk about the sparrow lookin' like a toy
          Pickin' through the broaches of a tree;
          Talk about the girl, talk about the boy
          Countin' all the ripples on the sea.

          Happy talk, keep talkin' happy talk,
          Talk about things you'd like to do.
          You got to have a dream,
          If you don't have a dream
          How you gonna have a dream come true?

          Talk about the boy sayin' to the girl:
          "Golly, baby, I'm a lucky cause."
          Talk about the girl sayin' to the boy:
          "You an' me is lucky to be us!"

          Happy talk, keep talkin' happy talk,
          Talk about things you'd like to do.
          You got to have a dream,
          If you don't have a dream
          How you gonna have a dream come true?

          If you don't talk happy,
          And you never have dream,
          Then you'll never have a dream come true!

          [Spoken]
          It's good idea, you like?


      13.Honey Bun  
          Nellie:
          My doll is as dainty as a sparrow,
          Her figure is somethin' to applaud.
          Where she's narrow she's as narrow an arrow,
          And she's broad where a broad should be broad.

          A hundred and one pounds of fun,
          That's my little honey bun!
          Get a load of honey bun tonight.

          I'm speakin' of my Sweetie Pie,
          Only sixty inches high,
          Ev'ry inch is packed with dynamite!

          Her hair is blond and curly,
          Her curls are hurly-burly.
          Her lips are pips!
          I call her hips 'Twirly' and 'Whirly.'

          She's my baby, I'm her pap!
          I'm her booby, she's my trap!
          I am caught and I don't wanna run,
          'Cause I'm havin' so much fun with honey bun!

          I am caught and I don't wanna run,
          'Cause I'm havin' so much fun with honey bun!

          Believe me sonny!
          She a cookie who can cook you 'till you're done,
          Ain't bein' funny!
          Sonny, put your money on my honey bun!


      14.You've Got To Be Carefully Taught  
          Cable:
          You've got to be taught
          To hate and fear,
          You've got to be taught
          From year to year,
          It's got to be drummed
          In your dear little ear
          You've got to be carefully taught.

          You've got to be taught to be afraid
          Of people whose eyes are oddly made,
          And people whose skin is a diff'rent shade,
          You've got to be carefully taught.

          You've got to be taught before it's too late,
          Before you are six or seven or eight,
          To hate all the people your relatives hate,
          You've got to be carefully taught!


      15.This Nearly Was Mine  
          Emily:
          One dream in my heart,
          One love to be livin' for,
          One love to be livin' for
          This nearly was mine.

          One girl for my dream,
          One partner in paradise,
          This promise of paradise
          This nearly was mine.

          Close to my heart she came
          Only to fly away,
          Only to fly as day flies from moonlight
          Now, now I'm alone,
          Still dreamin' of paradise,
          Still sayin' that paradise
          Once nearly was mine.

          I'll keep rememberin' kisses
          From lips I've never owned,
          And all that lovely adventures
          That we have never known.

          One dream in my heart,
          One love to be livin' for,
          One love to be livin' for
          This nearly was mine.

          Close to my heart she came
          Only to fly away,
          Only to fly as day flies from moonlight.

          Now, now I'm alone,
          Still a-dreamin' of paradise,
          Still sayin' that paradise
          Once nearly was mine!


      16.Finale  
          Nellie and kids:
          Dites-moi
          Pourquoi
          La vie est belle,
          Dies-moi
          Pourquoi--

          Emile:
          La vie est gai,
          Dites-moi
          Pourquoi,
          Chere Mad'moiselle,
          Est-ce que
          Parce que
          Vous m'aimez?

          Nellie:
          Born on the opposite sides of the sea,
          We are as diff'rent as people can be.

          Emile:
          It's true

          Nellie:
          And yet you want to marry me.

          Emile:
          I do!

          Nellie:
          I've known a few short weeks and yet
          Somehow you made my heart forget
          All other men I have ever met of view, but you...

          Emile:
          Some enchanted evening
          When you find your true love,
          When you feel her call you
          Across a crowded room,
          Then fly to her side,
          And make her your own
          For all through your life you
          May dream all alone.

          Nellie:
          Once you have found her,
          Never let her go.

          Emile:
          Once you have found her,
          Never let her go!