Frank Loesser
Entr’acte / Take Back Your Mink
[Part I: Entr'acte]
[MASTER OF CEREMONIES, spoken]
And now for the feature number of the evening
The Hot Box proudly presents
Miss Adelaide and her Debutantes
[Part II: Take Back Your Mink]
[ADELAIDE]
He bought me the fur thing five winters ago
And the gown the following fall
Then the necklace, the bag, the gloves, and the hat
That was late '48, I recall
Then last night in his apartment
He tried to remove them all
And I said as I ran down the hall
"Take back your mink
Take back your pearls
What made you think
That I was one of those girls?
Take back the gown
The gloves and the hat
I may be down
But I'm not flat as all that
"I thought that each expensive gift you'd arrange
Was a token of your esteem
But when I think of what you want in exchange
It all seems a horrible dream (Eek)
So take back your mink
To from whence it came
And tell them to Hollanderize it
For some other dame"
[ADELAIDE & HOT BOX GIRLS]
"Take back your mink
Take back your pearls
What made you think
That I was one of those girls?
Take back the gown
The gloves and the hat
I may be down
But I'm not flat as all that
"I thought that each expensive gift you'd arrange
Was a token of your esteem
But when I think of what you want in exchange
It all seems a horrible dream (Ah!)
Take back your mink
Those old worn out pelts
And go shorten the sleeves
For somebody else"
[Dance break.]
[ADELAIDE & HOT BOX GIRLS, spoken]
Well?
Wouldn't you?