The Strip

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 We'll have a real good time, Yes sir! We'll have... A real good time! Do something! Dip. Dip. Take something off! Momma! A ... glove! Give 'em 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 Hembrum Theater of Philadelphia... The city of brotherly love... Brings all of 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... Oh, 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 them, But I'm not my mother! So if you beg for more, I'll give it to ya. 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! Pick up your apples girls and back to the trees! Bon soir, monsieur et monsieur! Je m'appelle Gypsy Rose Lee Et je suis dans le jardin de ma mere et Minksy. 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? He does He's embarrassed! Don't be embarrassed... I like men without hair! Don't worry fellas I know you're up there And up there you know what ecdysiast means. An ecdysiast is one who or that which Sheds its skin in vulgar parlors: a stripper 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!