Oklahoma!, Act 2: No. 22, All er Nothin'

Will (spoken)

You gotta stop havin' fun!

I mean with other fellers.

Will (sung)

You'll have to be a little more standoffish,

When fellers offer you a buggy ride.

Ado Annie

I'll give an imitation of a crawfish,

And dig myself a hole where I c'n hide.

Will

I heared how you was kickin' up some capers

When I was off in Kansas City, Mo.

I heared some things you couldn't print in papers,

From fellers who been talkin' like they know!

Ado Annie

Foot!

I only did the kind of things I orta – sorta,

To you I was as faithful as c'n be, fer me.

Them stories 'bout the way I lost my bloomers – Rumors!

A lot of tempest in a pot o' tea!

Will

The whole thing don't sound very good to me.

Ado Annie (spoken)

Well, y' see.

Will

I go and sow my last wild oat!

I cut out all shenanigans!

I save my money – don't gamble er drink,

In the backroom down at Flannigan's!

I give up lotsa other things,

A gentleman never mentions –

But before I give up any more,

I wanta know your intentions!

With me it's all er nuthin'!

Is it all er nuthin' with you?

It cain't be 'in between',

It cain't be 'now and then'.

No half-and-half romance will do!

I'm a one-woman man,

Home-lovin' type,

All complete with slippers and pipe.

Take me like I am er leave me be!

If you cain't give me all, give me nuthin' –

And nuthin's whut you'll git from me!

Ado Annie

Not even sump'n?

Will

Nuthin's whut you'll git from me!

(Will starts to walk away, nonchalantly, Ado Annie follows him.)

Ado Annie

It cain't be 'in between'?

Will

Uh-huh!

Ado Annie

It cain't be 'now and then'?

Will

No half-and-half romance will do!

Ado Annie

Would you build me a house,

All painted white,

Cute and clean and purty and bright?

Will

Big enough fer two but not fer three!

Ado Annie

Supposin' 'at we should have a third one?

Will

He better look a lot like me!

Ado Annie

The spit an' image!

Will

He better look a lot like me!

(Two girls enter and dance with Will.)

Ado Annie

Hey!

With you it's all er nuthin' –

All fer you and nuthin' fer me!

But if a wife is wise,

She's gotta realize,

That men like you are wild and free.

So I ain't gonna fuss,

Ain't gonna frown,

Have your fun, go out on the town,

Stay up late and don't come home till three,

And go right off to sleep if you're sleepy –

There's no use waitin' up fer me!

Will

Oh, Ado Annie!

Ado Annie

No use waitin' up fer me!

Will

Come on and kiss me.