The Original Broadway Cast of Oklahoma! — Its a Scandal Its an Outrage

[PEDDLER] Oh! Trapped! Tricked! Hoodblinked! Ambushed! [MEN] Friend, what's on yer mind? Why do you walk around and around? With your hands folded behind And your chin scrapin' the ground? [PEDDLER] 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 am 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 am a happy man I am 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 [MEN] 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 gets a husband today [PEDDLER] 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 [MEN] It's a scandal, it's an outrage When her fambly surround you and say "You gotta take and make an honest womern outta Nell!" [PEDDLER] To make you make her honest, she will lie like hell [MEN] 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? [PEDDLER] Me? [MEN] Yes you It's a scandal, it's an outrage Jist a wink and a kiss and you're through [PEDDLER] 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 [MEN] It's a scandal, it's an outrage Any farmer will tell you it's true [PEDDLER] A rooster in a chickencoop is better off'n men He ain't the special property of just one hen [MEN] 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! [GIRLS] All right, boys! Revolve!