John Kander
Alabama Ladies
[VICTORIA, spoken]
Follow me, do exactly as I do, and don’t fuck it up!
(singing)
We’re only two
[RUBY]
Two
[VICTORIA]
True
[RUBY]
True
[BOTH]
Alabama ladies
Loyal daughters of the solid south
[VICTORIA]
As you can see
[RUBY]
See
[VICTORIA]
When
[RUBY]
When
[BOTH]
You set your gaze upon us
[VICTORIA]
Even butta’
[RUBY]
Even butta’
[BOTH]
Wouldn’t melt in our mouth
[VICTORIA]
But then a negro threw himself upon me
I can still smell his hot black breath
[RUBY]
Another negro grabbed me by the boobies
Lord, it scared me half to death
[VICTORIA]
Another negro opened up his trousers
And I struggled like an alley cat
And then he rapеd me
[RUBY]
An Alabama lady doesn’t toleratе a thing like that
[VICTORIA]
Another
[BOTH]
Negro
[VICTORIA]
Slapped my on the keister
And he threw me to the box car floor
[RUBY]
The other
[BOTH]
Negros
[RUBY]
Took their turns upon me
And my privates, which were private
Weren’t private anymore
[BOTH]
Oh it’s appallin’
And really gallin’
When your deflowerer is some who’s black
They really hurt you
They take your virtue
[VICTORIA]
And when it’s taken
[RUBY]
When it’s taken
[BOTH]
There’s no takin’ it back