Danny Kaye — Jenny

[LIZA] 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 you cannot quarrel As you will find Jenny 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 taper away Little Jenny was an orphan on Christmas Day [ENSEMBLE] Poor Jenny! Bright as a penny! Her equal would be hard to find [LIZA] Oh, she lost one dad and mothеr A sister and a brother But she would makе up her mind [ENSEMBLE] Jenny was an orphan on Christmas Day [LIZA] Jenny made her mind up when she was twelve That into foreign languages she would delve But at seventeen to Vassar it was quite a blow That in twenty-seven languages she couldn't say no (Ho ho ho ho) [ENSEMBLE] Poor Jenny! Bright as a penny! Her equal would be hard to find [LIZA] To Jenny I'm beholden Her heart was big and golden But she would make up her mind [ENSEMBLE] In twenty-seven languages she couldn't say no [LIZA] Jenny made her mind up at thirty-two To get herself a husband was the thing to do So 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] Could have had a bed of roses But history discloses That she would make up her mind [ENSEMBLE] She got herself a husband, but he wasn't hers [LIZA] Jenny made her mind up at seventy-five She would live to be the oldest woman alive But gin and rum and destiny play funny tricks And Jenny kicked the bucket at seventy-six [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 keep sitting on the fence [ENSEMBLE] Jenny and her story Point the way to glory To all man- and womankind [LIZA] Anyone with vision Comes to this decision Don't make up You shouldn't make up You mustn't make up Oh never make up [ENSEMBLE] Anyone with vision Comes to this decision Don't [LIZA] Don't [ENSEMBLE] Make [LIZA] Make [ENSEMBLE] Up [LIZA] Up [ENSEMBLE] Your [LIZA] Your [LIZA & ENSEMBLE] Mind!