Original Broadway Cast of Bye Bye Birdie — English Teacher

[Rosie] His going in the Army It's the best thing he could do Now you're free to start to do What you wanted to Albert, Albert, A-A-A-Albert! I remember how you told me I should trust you for a year It would just be for a year But it's eight years, Albert! Eight long years, Albert! [Albert] Rosie, it takes time to build a business [Rosie] It was only a sideline That's what you said You just needed some money That's what you said You were going to college, and get ahead Instead of being a music business bum You were going to NYU And become, an English teacher! An English teacher, an English teacher If only you'd been an English teacher We'd have a little apartment in Queens You'd get a summer vacation And we would know what life means A man who's got his masters Is really someone How proud I'd be if you had become one It could have been such a wonderful life I could have been Mrs. Peterson Mrs. Albert Peterson Mrs. Phi Beta Kappa Peterson The English teacher's wife! [Albert] Oh Rosie, I told you as soon as I get a few bucks ahead... [Rosie] You said it before, Albert! And along came Conrad Birdie And it was goodbye, Jeffery Josser Hello, William Morris Goodbye, NYU Hello AlMaeLou 'Cause, when you wrote Conard's first hit Agha-bagha-boo Then I knew, that was it You were through, with English Forever An English teacher, is really someone How proud I'd be, if you had become one! It could have been such a wonderful life I could have been Mrs. Peterson Mrs. Albert Peterson Mrs. Phi Beta Kappa Peterson The English teacher's wife!