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Letra 'If A Girl Isn't Pretty'

FUNNY GIRL is the life of vaudeville comedienne Fanny Brice
(1891-1951),
starting in 1910. Actually the show starts after she has become
a success
on stage and flashes back to her origins. It opens in Fanny s
dressing room.
She is waiting for her husband, Nick Arnstein, to return after
being in prison.
She looks back to when she was a 19-year old hopeful. Her
mother s poker
buddies think she s wasting her life trying to break into show business.

[Mrs. Strakosh:]
Fanny, when people pay good money in the the-ay-ter--
especially the male element--they want something to look at!

If a girl isn t pretty
Like a Miss Atlantic City,
All she gets in life
Is pity and a pat.

[Mrs. Brice:]
Is a nose with deviation
Such a crime against the nation?
Should I throw her into jail
Or drown the cat?

[Mrs. Strakosh, O Malley and Meeker:]
She must shine in ev ry detail
Like a ring you re buying retail,
Be a standard size that
Fits a standard dress.

[Mrs. Strakosh:]
When a girl s incidentals
Are no bigger than two lentils

[Mrs. Strakosh, O Malley and Meeker:]
Then to me that doesn t spell success.

Fanny auditions for Keeney s Music Hall but Keeney kicks
her out of the chorus because she doesn t look like the
others. Eddie Ryan, dance director for Keeney, agrees:

[Eddie:]
If a girl isn t pretty
Like a Miss Atlantic City,
She should dump the stage
And try another route.
Any guy who pays a quarter
For a seat just feels he oughter
See a figger that his wife can t
Substitute.

Kid, my heart ain t made of marble
But your rhythm s really horr ble
And that map of yours just ain t no
Valentine.
Everything you got s about right,
But the damn thing don t come out right
So forget it, kid,
And just resign.

[Chorus:]
If a girl isn t pretty,
If a girl isn t pretty,
If a girl isn t pretty,
If a girl isn t pretty,
If a girl isn t pretty,
She should get a job,
Go get a job--
Get any job
Get a weekly pay,
Cause if a girl isn t pretty
Like a Miss Atlantic City,
She s a real Miss Nobody, U.S.A.