Original Broadway Cast of Bye Bye Birdie
Telephone Hour
[Helen]
Hi, Nancy!

[Nancy]
Hi, Helen!

[Helen]
What's the story, morning glory?
What's the tale, nightingale?
Did you hear about Hugo and Kim?

[Alice]
Hi, Margie!

[Margie]
Hi, Alice!
What's the story, morning glory?

[Alice]
What's the word, humming bird?
Have you heard about Hugo and Kim?

[Helen, Nancy, Alice, Margie]
Did they really get pinned?
Did she kiss him and cry?
Did he pin the pin on?
Or was he too shy?
Well, I heard they got pinned

[Boys]
Yeah! Yeah!

[Girls]
I was hopin' they would!

[Boys]
Uh huh

[Girls]
Now they're livin' at last

[Boys]
He's gone

[Girls]
Goin' steady for good!

[Harvey Johnson]
Hello, Mister Henkel, this is Harvey Johnson
Can I speak to Penelope Ann?

[Penelope]
Is it true about Kim?
[Harvey]
Penelope!

[Penelope]
I just knew it somehow

[Harvey]
About the prom...

[Penelope]
I must call her right up!

[Harvey]
Saturday?

[Penelope]
I can't talk to you now!

[Girls]
Goin' steady

[Boys]
You know it

[Girls]
Goin' steady
[Boys]
Man, it's crazy, man!

[Girls]
Goin' steady

[Boys]
You know it

[Girl]
It won't last!

[Girl]
Not at all!

[Girl]
He's too thin!

[Girl]
She's too tall!

[Harvey]
Hello, Missus Miller, this is Harvey Johnson
Can I speak to Debra Sue?

[Boys]
Hiya, Hugo!
Hiya, stupid!
Whatcha wanna go get pinned for?

[Hugo]
You don't know how to live

[Boys]
Hey, ya meathead!

[Hugo]
You'd get pinned if you could!

[Boys]
Lost your marbles?

[Hugo]
Kim and I are in love

[Boys]
Are ya nutty?

[Hug]
Going steady for...

[Harvey]
Hello, Mrs Garfein, is Charity home from school yet?

[Girls]
Did they really get pinned?
Goin' steady
I was hopin' they would
Goin' steady
Now they're livin' at last
Goin' steady
Goin' steady for good!

[Boys]
If you gotta go, that's the way to go

[Girls]
Ooh

[Boys]
When they got you hooked
Then you're really cooked

[Girls]
Ooh

[Boys]
Whatcha gonna do?
Whatcha gonna do?

[Girls]
Well, I heard they got pinned!
I was thinking they would!
Now they're livin' at last
Goin' steady for good
Goin' steady, goin' steady
Goin' steady
Steady for good
Goin' steady, goin' steady
Goin' steady
Steady for good
He's in love with Kim
Kim's in love with him!
Well, oh well, do tell
Well, oh well, do tell
That's the way it should be!
They'll be happy, I know!
Going steady's for me
That's the way you should go!
Goin' steady, goin' steady
Goin' steady
Steady for good
Goin' steady
Goin' steady

[All]
Oh, yeah!