Original Off-Broadway Cast
Scene: “Oh, you gave me such a fright...” (”Corn!”)
[Narrator]
The landlord enters
[June]
Oh, you give me such a fright! Oh, Big Willy... this is...
[Jitter]
They call me Jitter!
[June]
Well, you come to collect the rent, I s'pose!
[Jitter]
That's right, Miss High-and-Mighty! And if I don't collect it by five o'clock today, I'm gonna marry you myself, you understand?
[Big Willy]
Hey! Leave the little lady alone!
[Jitter]
What's it to you, Mr. High-and-Mighty?
[Big Willy]
Well, you can't up and marry her just 'cause she can't pay her rent!
[Jitter]
Oh, cain't I? It says I can right here in this lease!
[Big Willy]
Hah! That lease'll never hold up in court!
[Jitter]
Yes, it will - and don't call me Liesal!
So either I see the rent - or I'll see you at the wedding!
And now... I'm goin' back to my dark and lonely room... to look at pictures! Pictures of dirty girls!
[June]
Oh, that Jitter is bad luck! He's a jink!
[Big Willy]
That's "jinx": you spell it with an 'x'
[June]
That's only when there's more than one
Well, anyway... I guess I'll HAVE to marry him, since you don't love me and I don't love you
[Big Willy]
Okay, okay, okay!
[June]
Don't throw Okays at me!
[Big Willy]
Well, if that's the way you want it, so long!
[June]
Farewell!
[Big Willy]
Auf Wiedersehen!
[June]
Goodbye!
[June and Big Willy]
I don't
Love
You
(ABBY enters)
[June]
(moans)
[Abby]
Oh, what's wrong, June?
[June]
Oh, Abby... Mother Abby.... I'm so confused! Should I follow my heart and marry Big Willy... or follow my head and marry Jitter?