A Normal, Healthy American Boy-Chita Rivera/Dick Van Dyke/Louise Quick/Jessica Albright

[ti:A Normal, Healthy American Boy] [ar:Chita Rivera/Dick Van Dyke/Louise Quick/Jessica Albright] [al:Bye Bye Birdie! - Original Broadway Cast] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]A Normal, Healthy American Boy - Chita Rivera/Dick Van Dyke/Louise Quick/Jessica Albright [00:01.02]He's coming He's coming [00:02.70]Conrad Birdie is coming [00:04.36] [00:12.28]Hey Conrad how about answering a few questions [00:15.51]How do you feel about joining in the Army [00:17.12]Ah Ah Ah how does he feel [00:19.18] [00:19.90]You ask how he feels [00:20.95] [00:21.53]He's much too shy to tell you [00:23.00]So I'll tell ya how he feels [00:24.66]He feels brave and eager [00:26.34] [00:27.10]Strangely humble Proud to be a plain GI [00:30.72]He would gladly face those bullets [00:33.46] [00:34.17]For he's not afraid to die [00:36.26]For he's a fine upstanding [00:39.14]Patriotic healthy normal [00:42.43]American boy [00:43.47]And that's why he volunteered for [00:44.98]Volunteered I thought he was drafted [00:46.87]And he appealed three times [00:48.46] [00:48.99]Sing [00:49.44]We love you Conrad [00:51.09] [00:51.83]Oh yes we do [00:52.96] [00:53.56]We love you Conrad [00:55.37]And will be true [00:56.46] [00:57.11]When you're not near us [00:58.97]We're blue [01:00.95]Oh Conrad we love you [01:03.58]Very nice [01:04.53]Say what's the pitch [01:05.39]On that Hollywood starlet Conrad [01:06.60] [01:07.20]Are you two engaged [01:08.57]Ah Ah Is he engaged [01:10.26] [01:10.80]Is Conrad engaged [01:11.93] [01:12.46]There's absolutely nothing [01:14.02]To the rumor he's engaged [01:15.82]She's a real pal like a sister [01:19.25]But it doesn't mean a thing [01:21.96]And that eighteen carat diamond [01:25.44]It was just a "friendship" ring [01:28.36]For he's a fine upstanding patriotic [01:32.31] [01:32.99]Healthy normal American boy [01:35.65]And why was your husband so mad [01:37.31]Sing [01:38.04]We love you Conrad [01:40.03]Oh yes we do [01:41.33]We love you Conrad [01:42.47]And will be true [01:43.43] [01:44.16]Oh I'll never forget what Conrad said [01:45.81]When he found out he been accept by the arm forces [01:47.84] [01:48.54]Juese Mr Peterson he said eagerly [01:50.48]He suposse air long side met the front line 20th [01:53.17]That way you'll get myself in those dirty jearies [01:55.07]Ah ah Albert [01:55.87]They're whoever is dirty this time [01:57.25] [01:58.21]Hey Mr Peterson give us a scoop [02:00.28]Is Conrad still drinking a lot [02:02.51]What [02:03.02] [02:03.85]Now listen here This gossip must stop [02:07.03]He goes to church each Sunday [02:08.73]And he doesn't touch a drop [02:10.47]He's as decent as a minister [02:13.44]Absolutely [02:14.28]He's as sober as a judge [02:16.86] [02:18.04]He subscribes to ev'ry charity [02:20.75] [02:21.69]And his hobby's making fudge [02:24.18] [02:25.18]For he's a fine up standing patriotic [02:28.41] [02:29.16]Healthy normal American boy [02:31.84]Is it true that you found Conrad in a Reform School [02:35.15]Oh what [02:36.26]That's a lie [02:37.77]A lie thru' and thru' [02:38.79] [02:39.30]I'll tell you where he came from [02:41.03]Here's the story and it's true [02:42.30] [02:43.35]He was born in Indo china [02:45.54]He was born in old Virginia [02:47.17]Son of missionaries there [02:49.11]On a thousand acre farm [02:50.64]Very poor and very hungry [02:52.72]From a line of wealthy planters [02:54.19]What a cruel life to bear [02:56.15]Full of genteel southern charm [02:57.72]Soon he drifted down to Hong Kong [02:59.79]In the evening by the river [03:01.48]To a water front saloon [03:03.66]By the moonlight they would croon [03:05.08]That is where I heard him singing [03:07.42]That's where Conrad started singing [03:08.94]Underneath a Hong Kong moon [03:10.44]'Neath that sweet plantation moon [03:13.23]We love you Conrad [03:15.94] [03:16.53]Oh yes we do [03:18.00] [03:18.53]We love you [03:19.38]Conrad and we'll be true [03:22.47] [03:22.99]Oh oh Conrad we love you [03:26.75] [03:27.85]We love you [03:28.49]Conrad and we'll be true [03:31.73]For he's a fine upstanding [03:33.95] [03:34.65]Av'rage modest patriotic [03:37.20] [03:37.98]Healthy normal American [03:41.57] [03:42.16]American boy