Street Scene: Ain't It Awful, The Heat

Charlie!

Good evening, Mrs. Jones

Good evening, Mrs. Fiorentino

Well, I hope it's hot enough for you

Terrible!

Have you ever seen such heat?

I get through with the supper dishes und I am wet from head to foot

Ain't a dry stitch on me neither

So I just take off my corset and let myself spread

I think I'll take a nice hot bath before I go to bed

The trouble with a bath is that when you get done

You're just about as hot again as when you begun

Ain't it awful the heat, ain't it awful

Don't know what I'm gonna do

Gosh, I'm sweatin'!

My dog's frettin'

I'm a-soakin' wet all through

Don't know what I'm gonna do

Good evening

Good evening, Mrs. Olsen

I think it's more cooler in the cellar

A heat like this I don't remember

We'll all be wishin' for this in December

My baby is cryin', cryin' all day

They feel the heat more than we do I say

And my dog Queenie is just draggin' roun'

Her tail ain't waggin', just hangin' down

My baby gets teeth; it hurts her gums

My kids used to nearly chew off their thumbs

The heat's got me, I'm feelin' lazy

Lawdy, mercy, I'm nearly crazy!

Ooh!

Ain't it awful the heat! Ain't it awful!

Ain't it awful!

Don't know what I'm gonna do

Oh, what a heat, oh!

Damn mosquito!

Only hope I live it through

Ain't it awful!

Don't know what I'm gonna do

Don't know what I'm gonna do