Saga of Jenny

[CHARLEY, spoken]
Miss Elliott, you've heard the charges against you. Have you made up your mind about any of these things?

[LIZA, spoken]
No, I haven't

[CHARLEY, spoken]
Do you intend to?

[LIZA, spoken]
I don't know. 

[CHARLEY, spoken]
Can you give this court any reasonable explanation as to why you cannot make up your mind?

[LIZA, spoken]
Yes, I can

(sung)
There once was a girl named Jenny
Whose virtues were varied and many
Excepting that she was inclined
Always to make up her mind
And Jenny points a moral
With which one cannot quarrel
As you will find

[ENSEMBLE]
Who's Jenny?
Never heard of Jenny!
Jenny is out of place

[LIZA]
But I am sure thе court'll
Find Jenny is immortal
And has a bearing on this case

Jеnny made her mind up when she was three
She herself was going to trim the Christmas tree
Christmas Eve she lit the candles, tossed the tapers away
Little Jenny was an orphan on Christmas Day

Poor Jenny! Bright as a penny!
Her equal would be hard to find
She lost her dad and mother
A sister and a brother
But she would make up her mind

Jenny made her mind up at twenty-two
To get herself a husband was the thing to do
She got herself all dolled up in her satins and furs
And she got herself a husband, but he wasn't hers

[ENSEMBLE]
Poor Jenny! Bright as a penny!
Her equal would be hard to find

[LIZA]
Deserved a bed of roses
But history discloses
That she would make up her mind

Jenny made her mind up at thirty-nine
She would take a trip to the Argentine
She was only on vacation, but the Latins agree
Jenny was the one who started the Good Neighbor Policy

[ENSEMBLE]
Poor Jenny! Bright as a penny!
Her equal would be hard to find

[LIZA]
Oh, passion does not vanish
In Portuguese or Spanish
And she would make up her mind

Jenny made her mind up at seventy-five
She would get to be the oldest woman alive
But gin and rum and destiny play funny tricks
And poor Jenny kicked the bucket at seventy-six

[LIZA & ENSEMBLE]
Jenny points a moral
With which you cannot quarrel
Makes a lot of common sense

[LIZA]
Jenny and her saga
Prove that you are gaga
If you don't keep sitting on the fence

[LIZA & ENSEMBLE]
Jenny and her story
Point the way to glory
To all man- and womankind

[LIZA]
Anyone with vision
Comes to this decision

[LIZA & ENSEMBLE]
Don't make up
You shouldn't make up
You mustn't make up
Oh never make up
Anyone with vision
Comes to this decision:
Don't make up your mind!