Kansas City
Jimmy Johnston, Maureen Lipman, & Oklahoma! 1998 National Theatre Cast Recording Female Ensemble
5:29Peter Polycarpou & Oklahoma! 1998 National Theatre Cast Recording Male Ensemble
Oh! Trapped! Tricked! Hoodblinked! Ambushed! Friend Whut's on yer mind? Why do you walk Around and around With yer hands Folded behind And yer chin scrapin' the ground? O fellars I don't believe it! Twenty minutes ago I am free like the breeze Free like a bird in the woodland wild Free like a gypsy, free like a child I'm a happy man! 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 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! It's getting so you cain't have any fun! Every daughter has a father with a gun! It's a scandal, it's an outrage! How a gal gits 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! It's a scandal, it's an outrage! When her fambly surround you and say "You gotta make an honest womern outta Nell!" To make you make her honest, she will lie like hell! 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? Me? It's a scandal, it's an outrage! Jist a wink and a kiss and you're through! 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! It's a scandal, it's an outrage! Any farmer will tell you it's true A rooster in a chickencoop is better off'n men He ain't the special property of just one hen! 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! All right, boys! Revolve!