The Saga of Jenny-Gertrude Lawrence

[ti:The Saga of Jenny] [ar:Gertrude Lawrence] [al:A Retrospective Gertrude Lawrence] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Saga of Jenny - Gertrude Lawrence [00:09.94]There once was a girl named Jenny [00:12.55] [00:13.85]Whose virtues were varied and many [00:16.91] [00:17.76]Excepting that she was inclined [00:20.61] [00:22.05]Always to make up her mind [00:26.36]And Jenny points a moral [00:28.55]With which you cannot quarrel [00:30.75]As you will find [00:34.43]Jenny made her mind up when she was three [00:38.72]She herself was going to trim the Christmas tree [00:42.33]Christmas Eve she lit the candles tossed the taper away [00:46.47]Little Jenny was an orphan on Christmas Day [00:50.25] [00:50.83]Jenny made her mind up when she was twelve [00:54.59]That into foreign languages she would delve; [00:58.29]But at seventeen to Vassar it was quite a blow [01:02.15]That in twenty-seven languages she couldn't say no [01:05.70] [01:06.45]Poor Jenny Bright as a penny [01:10.72]Her equal would be hard to find [01:13.33] [01:14.16]To Jenny I'm beholden her heart was big and golden [01:18.14]But she would make up her mind [01:22.26] [01:24.52]Jenny made her mind up at twenty-two [01:27.38] [01:27.97]To get herself a husband was the thing to do [01:31.48]She got herself all dolled up in her satins and furs [01:35.68]And she got herself a husband but he wasn't hers [01:39.71]Jennt made her mind up at thirty-nine [01:43.49]She would take a trip to the Argentine [01:47.24]She was only on vacation but the Latins agree [01:50.96]Jenny was the one who started the Good Neighbour Policy [01:55.74]Poor Jenny Bright as a penny [01:59.14]Her equal would be hard to find [02:02.30] [02:03.05]Oh passion doesn't vanish [02:04.97]In Portuguese or Spanish [02:06.37] [02:06.91]But she would make up her mind [02:10.52] [02:12.92]Jenny made her mind up at seventy-five [02:16.71]She would live to be the oldest woman alive [02:20.49]But gin and rum and destiny play funny tricks [02:24.40]And Jenny kicked the bucket at seventy-six [02:28.55]Jenny points a moral [02:30.57]With which we cannot quarrel [02:32.33]Makes a lot of common sense [02:35.19] [02:36.10]Jenny and her saga [02:38.10]Prove that you are gaga [02:40.07]If you don't keep sitting on the fence [02:42.96] [02:43.85]Jenny and her story [02:45.78]Point the way to glory [02:47.75]To all man and womankind [02:51.46]Anyone with vision [02:53.41]Comes to this decision [02:55.46]Don't make up You shouldn't make up [02:57.41]You mustn't make up Oh never make up [02:59.56]Anyone with vision [03:01.22]Comes to this decision [03:02.87] [03:03.46]Don't make up your mind