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.