Gypsy: A Musical Fable - Songs

Songs

Act I
  • "Overture" – Orchestra
  • "May We Entertain You?" – Baby June and Baby Louise
  • "Some People" – Rose
  • "Some People" (Reprise) – Rose
  • "Small World" – Rose and Herbie
  • "Baby June and Her Newsboys" – Baby June and Newsboys
  • "Mr. Goldstone, I Love You"† – Rose, Herbie, Ensemble
  • "Little Lamb" – Louise
  • "You'll Never Get Away From Me" – Rose and Herbie
  • "Dainty June and Her Farmboys" – June and Farmboys
  • "Broadway" – June and Farmboys
  • "If Momma Was Married" – June and Louise
  • "All I Need is the Girl" – Tulsa and Louise
  • "Everything's Coming up Roses" – Rose
Act II
  • "Entr'acte" - Orchestra
  • "Madame Rose's Toreadorables" – Louise, Rose and the Hollywood Blondes
  • "Together, Wherever We Go" ** – Rose, Herbie, and Louise
  • "You Gotta Get a Gimmick" – Mazeppa, Electra, and Tessie Tura
  • "Small World" (Reprise) – Rose
  • "Let Me Entertain You"”†† – Louise
  • "Rose's Turn" – Rose

Notes on the songs

† Titled "Mr. Goldstone" in the 2003 revival, and "Have an Eggroll, Mr. Goldstone" in the 2008 revival
†† Titled "The Strip" in the 2008 revival and on the recording of the 1989 revival.
** In the 1973 London and 1974 Broadway productions, this number featured an extended dance sequence in the middle of the song, which was not featured in the original score.

During the pre-Broadway tryout tour, several songs were cut, including a song for Herbie called "Nice She Ain't" (cut because it was given to Jack Klugman one week prior to opening and he could not memorize the keys and staging in time), and a song for Baby June and Baby Louise titled "Mama's Talkin' Soft". The latter song was cut because the staging required the little girls to stand on a platform elevated above the stage, and the young actress playing Baby Louise was terrified. It was also cut because the show was running too long. "Mama's Talkin' Soft" was later recorded by Petula Clark and released as a single in the UK in 1959. Other cut songs include "Mother's Day", a song for Baby June's act, "Smile, Girls", which involves Rose trying to teach the untalented girls to smile in order to make the act look good, "Who Needs Him?", which Rose sings to herself after Herbie leaves Rose, and "Three Wishes for Christmas", a burlesque number similar to one that would be performed at Minsky's Burlesque.

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