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Meeskite
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Meeskite was released on February 9, 1999 by JAY Records as a part of the album Cabaret (Complete Recording of the Score (Original Studio Cast)
February 9, 1999
LabelJAY Records
LanguageEnglish
BPM129
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy

Lyrics

Quiet, everyone. 
Now the only word you have to know in order to understand my little song
Is the Yiddish word "Meeskite."
"Meeskite" means ugly. 
"Meeskite means funny-looking. 
"Meeskite" means—
Meeskite, meeskite
Once upon a time there was a meeskite, meeskite
Looking in the mirror he would say, "What an awful shock
I've got a face that could stop a clock"
Meeskite, meeskite
Such a pity on him, he's a meeskite, meeskite
God up in his heaven left him out on a shaky limb
He put a meeskite on him
But listen, he grew up
Even meeskites grow up
And soon in the Cheder (That means Hebrew school)
He sat beside this little girl
And when he asked her name, she replied
"I'm Pearl"
He ran to the Zayda (That means grandfather)
And said in that screechy voice of his
"You told me I was the homeliest
Well, gramps, you're wrong. Pearl is."
Meeskite, meeskite
No one ever saw a bigger meeskite, meeskite
Everywhere a flaw and maybe that is the reason why
I'm going to love her until I die
Meeskite, meeskite
Oy, is it a pleasure, she's a meeskite, meeskite
She's the one I'll treasure
For I thought there could never be
A bigger meeskite than me
So, they were married
And in a year she turned and smiled
"I'm afraid I'm going to have
A child"
Nine months she carried
Worrying how that child would look
And all the cousins were worried too
But what a turn fate took
Gorgeous, gorgeous
They produced a baby that was gorgeous, gorgeous
Crowding round the cradle all the relatives aahed and oohed
"He ought to pose for a baby food"
Gorgeous, gorgeous
Would I tell a lie? He's simply gorgeous, gorgeous
Who'd have ever thought that we would see such a flawless gem
Out of two meeskites like them?
Sing with me, somebody
Fräulein Schneider, Clifford, we make a duet, huh?
Sally, we make a duet with Sally
Come
Meeskite, meeskite
Once upon a time there was a meeskite, meeskite
Looking in the mirror he would say, "What an awful shock
I've got a face that could stop a clock"
Meeskite, meeskite
What's the good denying I'm a meeskite, meeskite
God up in his heaven made a joke for the world to see
He made a meeskite of me
But wait, my story has a moral. 
All my stories have morals. 
Moral, moral
Yes indeed, the story has a moral, moral
Though you're not a beauty it is nevertheless quite true
There may be beautiful things in you
Meeskite, meeskite
Listen to the fable of the meeskite, meeskite
Anyone responsible for loveliness, large or small
Is not a meeskite at all!
Herr Ludwig, this is for you. 
Written by: Fred Ebb, Joe Masteroff, John Kander
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