Cornet Man Lyrics by Barbra Streisand

Cornet Man

Fanny convinces eddie she has talent and he agrees to teach her the specialty
For the next audition. she gets the job.

Fanny:
Well
I just put the kids to sleep
And swept the shack,
Took my sweet mans satchel down
And watched him pack,
I said, "darlin, while the stove still smolders,
Unpin your womans hair and rub her shoulders."
I threw myself across the doorway
Beggin, "stay, sweet man, stay,"
But theres more in my mans life
Than this old hag.
Its jelly roll morton, and a shiny cornet,
And jazzin the rag!
The lady aint been born
Can take the place of a horn,
With a cornet man.
A-goin where theres blowin,
Travlin cornet man.
Just anytime they call him
Hell leave his wife and kiddies
Sittin with their tongues out
To play for peanuts in a dive
And blow his lungs out.
Hell hop a choo-choo on a moments notice
To play some dates with billy bates
Or rag-time otis!
The lady aint see light
Can give a horn a fair fight
With a cornet man
A rootin, shootin, ever-tootin dapper dan
Who carries in his satchel
A powder-blue norfolk suit,
A silver-plated wah-wah mute,
There is whiskey, gamblineach one is a curse,
But Im up against a devil thats worse.
Yes, a horn is my thorn,
My travlin cornet man!

Kill yourself!tell me about it! yeah! yeah!

A powder-blue norfolk suit,
I said a silver-plated wah-wah mute,
Oh hes shy on height,
Hes short on weight,
But hes the only man can make my coffee perculate,
A dapper dan,
My cornet-playin man.

After the performance, nick arnstein comes backstage, elegant in formal dress,
To pay off a gambling debt to keeney. nick has seen the show and tells fanny
Shes going to be a big star some day. fanny asks how much keeney is paying her,
And nick manages to jack up her salary by pretending to bid on behalf of a competitor.
He gives her his card and kisses her hand. eddie asks fanny out for a date,
But she only wants to be friends; already she has fallen for nick, but imagines shell
Never see him again.