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Ain’t It Awful, The Heat Lyrics by Helen Arden, Hope Emerson, Ellen Repp

Street Scene

1949

[VOICE OFFSTAGE, spoken]
Charlie!
[MRS. FIORENTINO, spoken]
Good evening, Mrs. Jones
[MRS. JONES, spoken]
Good evening, Mrs. Fiorentino
Well, I hope it's hot enough for you
[MRS. FIORENTINO, spoken]
Terrible!
[MRS. JONES, spoken]
Have you ever seen such heat?
[MRS. FIORENTINO, spoken]
I get through with the supper dishes und I am wet from head to foot
[MRS. JONES, spoken]
Ain’t a dry stitch on me neither
[MRS. FIORENTINO]
So I just take off my corset and let myself spread
[MRS. JONES]
I think I'll take a nice hot bath before I go to bed
[MRS. FIORENTINO]
The trouble with a bath is that when you get done
You're just about as hot again as when you bеgun
[MRS. FIORENTINO & MRS. JONES]
Ain’t it awful the heat, ain't it awful
Don't know what I'm gonna do
[MRS. FIORENTINO]
Gosh, I'm sweatin'!
[MRS. JONES]
My dog's frеttin'
I’m a-soakin’ wet all through
[MRS. FIORENTINO & MRS. JONES]
Don't know what I’m gonna do
[MRS. OLSEN, spoken]
Good evening
[MRS. FIORENTINO & MRS. JONES, spoken]
Good evening, Mrs. Olsen
[MRS. OLSEN, spoken]
I think it's more cooler in the cellar
[MRS. FIORENTINO]
A heat like this I don't remember
[MRS. JONES]
We'll all be wishin’ for this in December
[MRS. OLSEN]
My baby is cryin', cryin' all day
[MRS. FIORENTINO]
They feel the heat more than we do I say
[MRS. JONES]
And my dog Queenie is just draggin' roun'
Her tail ain't waggin', just hangin' down
[MRS. OLSEN]
My baby gets teeth; it hurts her gums
[MRS. JONES]
My kids used to nearly chew off their thumbs
[MRS. FIORENTINO]
The heat's got me, I'm feelin' lazy
[NEGRO WOMAN]
Lawdy, mercy, I'm nearly crazy!
[MRS. FIORENTINO, MRS. JONES & MRS. OLSEN]
Ooh!
Ain't it awful the heat! Ain't it awful!
[MR. OLSEN]
Ain't it awful!
[MRS. FIORENTINO, MRS. JONES & MRS. OLSEN]
Don't know what I'm gonna do
[MR. OLSEN]
Oh, what a heat, oh!
[MRS. JONES]
Damn mosquito!
[MRS. FIORENTINO, MRS. JONES, MRS. OLSEN & MR. OLSEN]
Only hope I live it through
[MR. OLSEN]
Ain't it awful!
[MRS. FIORENTINO, MRS. JONES, MRS. OLSEN & MR. OLSEN]
Don't know what I'm gonna do
Don't know what I'm gonna do
Credits
Helen Arden

Helen Arden

Hope Emerson

Hope Emerson

Ellen Repp

Ellen Repp

About “Ain’t It Awful, The Heat” by Helen Arden

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