Letra de Cornet man

Fanny convinces eddie she has talent and he agrees to teach
her the specialty
For the next audition. she gets the job.

Fanny:
Well--
I just put the kids to sleep
And swept the shack,
Took my sweet man´s satchel down
And watched him pack,
I said, darlin´, while the stove still smolders,
Unpin your woman´s hair and rub her shoulders.
I threw myself across the doorway
Beggin´, stay, sweet man, stay,
But there´s more in my man´s life
Than this old hag.
It´s jelly roll morton, and a shiny cornet,
And jazzin´ the rag!
The lady ain´t been born
Can take the place of a horn,
With a cornet man.
A-goin´ where there´s blowin´,
Trav´lin´ cornet man.
Just anytime they call him
He´ll leave his wife and kiddies
Sittin´ with their tongues out
To play for peanuts in a dive
And blow his lungs out.
He´ll hop a choo-choo on a moment´s notice
To play some dates with billy bates
Or rag-time otis!
The lady ain´t see light
Can give a horn a fair fight
With a cornet man
A rootin´, shootin´, ever-tootin´ dapper dan
Who carries in his satchel
A powder-blue norfolk suit,
A silver-plated wah-wah mute,
There is whiskey, gamblin´--each one is a curse,
But I´m up against a devil that´s worse.
Yes, a horn is my thorn,
My trav´lin´ cornet man!

Kill yourself! tell me about it! yeah! yeah!

A powder-blue norfolk suit,
I said a silver-plated wah-wah mute,
Oh he´s shy on height,
He´s short on weight,
But he´s the only man can make my coffee perculate,
A dapper dan,
My cornet-playin´ man.

After the performance, nick arnstein comes backstage,
elegant in formal dress,
To pay off a gambling debt to keeney. nick
has seen the show and tells fanny
She´s going to be a big star some day.
fanny asks how much keeney is paying her,
And nick manages to jack up her
salary by pretending to bid on behalf of a competitor.
He gives her his card and kisses her hand.
eddie asks fanny out for a date,
But she only wants to be friends; already she
has fallen for nick, but imagines she´ll
Never see him again.