The Strip - Tyne Daly, Gypsy, Broadway Cast

Wichita’s one and only

Burlesque theater presents

Mama, Miss Gypsy Rose Lee

Gypsy Rose Louise

Let me entertain you

Let me make you smile

Sing out, Louise

Let me do a few tricks

Some old and then some new tricks

I’m very versatile

And if you’re real good

I’ll make you feel good

I’d want your spirits to climb

So let me entertain you

And we’ll have a real good time

Yes sir, we’ll have a real good time

Do something, yeah, yeah

Take something off, momma

A glove, give him a glove, say something

Hello everybody

My name is Gypsy Rose Lee

What’s yours?

Sir, Mr. Conductor, if you please

So let me entertain you

And we’ll have a real good time

Yes sir, we’ll have a real good time

The Alhambra theater of Philadelphia

The city of brotherly love

Brings all you brothers

A liberty bell you’ll want to ring and ring and ring

Let me entertain you

Let me make you smile

I’m beginning to like this

Ooh, I like that, I think I’ll do that again

My mother, who got me into this business

Always told me, ‽Make them beg for more

And then don’t give it to themâ€

But I’m not my mother

So if you beg for more

I’ll give it to you

And we’ll have a real good

Beg

And now ladies and gentlemen

Minsky’s well famous Burlesque

Takes great pride and pleasure

In presenting in her personal flesh

The one and only, the now and forever

Miss Gypsy Rose Lee and our salute

To the Garden of Eden

Pack up your apples girls and back to the trees

Bon soir, monsieur et monsieur

Je m’appelle Gypsy Rose Lee

And that concludes my entire performance in French

I’ve been too busy learning Greek

Some men accused me of being an ecdysiast

Do you know what that means?

Ah he does

He’s embarrassed, don’t be embarrassed

I like man without hair

Don’t worry, fellas, I know you’re up there, up there

You know what ecdysiast means

An ecdysiast is one who or that which

Sheds its skin in vulgar parlams, a stripper

Huh, but I’m not a stripper

At these prices I’m an ecdysiast

And if you’re real good I’ll make you feel good

I want you spirit to climb

Let me entertain you

And well have a real good time

Yes sir, we’ll have a real good time