Don't Tell Mama
DON'T TELL MAMA

Emcee: MEINE DAMEN UND HERREN, MESDAMES ET MESSIEURS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. THE KIT KAT KLUB IS PROUD TO PRESENT A MOST TALENTED YOUNG LADY FROM ENGLAND. YES, ENGLAND. I GIVE YOU (AND DON'T FORGET TO GIVE HER BACK WHEN YOU'RE FINISHED WITH HER) THE TOAST OF MAYFAIR: FRAULEIN SALLY BOWLES! HERE'S SALLY! ISN'T SHE BEAUTIFUL? AND SHE IS HOT, HOT, HOT!
Sally: MAMA THINKS I'M LIVING IN A CONVENT. A SECLUDED LITTLE CONVENT, IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF FRANCE. MAMA DOESN'T EVEN HAVE AN INKLING THAT I'M WORKING IN A NIGHTCLUB, IN A PAIR OF LACY PANTS.
SO, PLEASE, SIR, IF YOU RUN INTO MY MAMA, DON'T REVEAL MY INDISCRETIONS, GIVE A WORKING GIRL A CHANCE.
HUSH UP, DON'T TELL MAMA, SHUSH UP, DON'T TELL MAMA. DON'T TELL MAMA WHATEVER YOU DO. IF YOU HAD A SECRET, YOU BET I WOULD KEEP IT, I WOULD NEVER TELL ON YOU.
I'M BREAKING EVERY PROMISE THAT I GAVE HER. SO WON'T YOU KINDLY DO A GIRL A GREAT BIG FAVOR. SO PLEASE MY SWEET POTATER, KEEP THIS FROM THE MATER, THOUGH MY DANCE IS NOT AGAINST THE LAW.
YOU CAN TELL MY PAPA, THAT'S ALL RIGHT, CAUSE HE COMES IN HERE EVERY NIGHT, BUT DON'T TELL MAMA WHAT YOU SAW.
Sally & Kit Kat Girls: MAMA, THINKS I'M ON A TOUR OF EUROPE, WITH A COUPLE OF MY SCHOOL CHUMS, AND A LADY CHAPERONE (Sally: HELLO DARLINGS). MAMA DOESN'T EVEN HAVE AN INKLING THAT I LEFT THEM ALL IN ANTWERP AND I'M TOURING ON MY OWN.
SO, PLEASE SIR, IF YOU RUN INTO MY MAMA, DON'T REVEAL MY INDISCRETION.
Sally: JUST LEAVE WELL ENOUGH ALONE.
HUSH UP,
All: DON'T TELL MAMA.
Sally: SHUSH UP,
All: DON'T TELL MAMA. DON'T TELL MAMA, WHATEVER YOU DO.
Sally: IF YOU HAD A SECRET YOU BET I WOULD KEEP IT.
All: I WOULD NEVER TELL ON YOU. YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO GET ME IN A PICKLE.
Sally: AND HAVE HER GO AND CUT ME OFF WITHOUT A NICKEL.
All: SO, LET'S TRUST ONE ANOTHER KEEP THIS FROM MY MOTHER, THOUGH I'M STILL AS PURE AS MOUNTAIN SNOW.
Sally: YOU CAN TELL MY UNCLE HERE AND NOW, CAUSE HE'S MY AGENT ANYHOW.
All: BUT DON'T TELL MAMA WHAT YOU KNOW.
Sally: YOU CAN TELL MY GRANDMA, SUITS ME FINE, JUST YESTERDAY SHE JOINED THE LINE.
All: BUT DON'T TELL MAMA WHAT YOU KNOW.
Sally: YOU CAN TELL MY BROTHER, THAT AIN'T GRIM, CAUSE IF HE SQUEALS ON ME I'LL SQUEAL ON HIM.
All: BUT DON'T TELL MAMA, BITTE, DON'T TELL MAMA PLEASE SIR, DON'T TELL MAMA WHAT YOU KNOW.
Sally: IF YOU SEE MY MUMMY, MUM'S THE WORD!
Emcee: SALLY BOWLES! THANK YOU, SALLY! ISN'T SHE BEAUTIFUL? AND THANK YOU ROSIE, LULU, FRENCHIE, TEXAS, FRITZIE UND HELGA!