Richard Rodgers
It’s a Scandal! It’s a Outrage!
[PEDDLER]
Trapped!
Tricked!
Hoodblinked!
Ambushed!

[MEN]
Friend what's on your mind?
Why you walk around and around
With your head fully behind
And your chin scraping the ground?

[PEDDLER]
Twenty minutes ago I am free like a breeze
Free like a bird in the woodland wild
Free like a gypsy, free like a child
I'm unattached

Twenty minutes ago I can do what I please
Flick my cigar ashes on a rug
Dunk with a donut, drink from a jug
I'm a happy man

I'm minding my own business like I oughter
Ain't meanin' no harm to anyone
I'm talking to a certain farmer's daughter—
Then I'm looking into the muzzle of a gun
[MEN]
It's getting so you cain't have any fun
Every daughter has a father with a gun

[PEDDLER]
It's a scandal, it's an outrage
How a gal gets a husband today
If you make one mistake when the moon is bright
Then they tie you to a contract
So you'll make it ev'ry night

[MEN]
It's a scandal, it's an outrage
When her family surround you and say
"You gotta make an honest women outta Nell!"

[PEDDLER]
To make you make her honest, she will lie like hell

[MEN]
It's a scandal, it's an outrage
On our manhood, it's a blot
Where is the leader who will save us?
And be the first man to be shot?

[PEDDLER]
Me?
[ANNIE]
Yes, you

[MEN]
It's a scandal, it's an outrage
Just a wink and a kiss and you're through

[PEDDLER]
You're in a mess, and in less than a year, by heck
There's a baby on your shoulder making bubbles on your neck

[MEN]
It's a scandal, it's an outrage
Any farmer will tell you it's true

[PEDDLER]
A rooster in a chickencoop is better off'n men
He ain't the special property of just one hen

[MEN]
It's a scandal, it's an outrage
When it's gonna be the day
We're gonna lead the liberation
And we will lead the way?

It's problem we must solve
We gotta start a revolution
[WOMAN]
All right, boys! Revolve!