Sobbin' Women (from "Seven Brides For Seven Brothers")
ADAM
Tell ya 'bout them sobbin' women
Who lived in the Roman days.
It seems that they all went swimmin'
While their men was off to graze.
Well, a Roman troop was ridin' by
And saw them in their "me oh my",
So they took 'em all back home to dry.
Least that's what Plutarch says.
Oh yes!
Them a woman was sobbin', sobbin', sobbin'
Fit to be tied.
Ev'ry muscle was throbbin', throbbin'
From that riotous ride.
Seems they cried and kissed and kissed and cried
All over that Roman countryside
So don't forget that when you're takin' a bride.
Sobbin' fit to be tied
From that riotous ride!
They never did return their plunder
The victor gets all the loot.
They carried them home, by thunder,
To rotundas small but cute.
And you've never seens so,
They tell me, such downright domesticity.
With a Roman baby on each knee
Named "Claudius" and "Brute"
ALL
Oh yes!
Them a women was sobbin', sobbin', sobbin' passin' them nights.
ADAM
While the Romans was goin' out hobbin', nobbin'
Startin' up fights.
They kept occupied by sewin' lots of little old togas
For them tots and sayin' "someday women folk'll have rights."
SIX BROTHERS
Passin' all o' them nights.
ADAM
Just sewin'!
ALL
While the Romans had fights.
CALEB
Now when their men folk went to fetch 'em
Them women would not be fetched.
FIL
It seems when the Romans ketch 'em
That their lady friends stay ketched.
ADAM
Now let this be - because it's true,
A lesson to the likes of you,
Treat 'em rough like them there Romans do
Or else they'll think you're tetched.
SIX BROTHERS
Them a women was sobbin', sobbin',
Sobbin' buckets of tears
On account o' old dobbin',
Dobbin' really rattled their ears.
ADAM
Oh that aint all
Oh they acted angry and annoyed
GIDEON
But secretly they was overjoyed
ADAM
You might recall that when corralin' your streer
BROTHERS
Oh, oh, oh, oh them poe little dears.
SIX BROTHERS
Them a women was sobbin', sobbin', sobbin'
Weepin' a ton
ADAM
Oh yeah
Then sobbin' women
ALL
Just remember what Robin, Robin, Robin
Hood woulda done.
ADAM
Them sobbin women.
ALL
We'll be just like them three merry men
And make 'em all merry once again.
ADAM
And though they'll be a sobbin' for a while
ALL
Oh yes!
We're gonna make them sobbin' women smile
Tell ya 'bout them sobbin' women
Who lived in the Roman days.
It seems that they all went swimmin'
While their men was off to graze.
Well, a Roman troop was ridin' by
And saw them in their "me oh my",
So they took 'em all back home to dry.
Least that's what Plutarch says.
Oh yes!
Them a woman was sobbin', sobbin', sobbin'
Fit to be tied.
Ev'ry muscle was throbbin', throbbin'
From that riotous ride.
Seems they cried and kissed and kissed and cried
All over that Roman countryside
So don't forget that when you're takin' a bride.
Sobbin' fit to be tied
From that riotous ride!
They never did return their plunder
The victor gets all the loot.
They carried them home, by thunder,
To rotundas small but cute.
And you've never seens so,
They tell me, such downright domesticity.
With a Roman baby on each knee
Named "Claudius" and "Brute"
ALL
Oh yes!
Them a women was sobbin', sobbin', sobbin' passin' them nights.
ADAM
While the Romans was goin' out hobbin', nobbin'
Startin' up fights.
They kept occupied by sewin' lots of little old togas
For them tots and sayin' "someday women folk'll have rights."
SIX BROTHERS
Passin' all o' them nights.
ADAM
Just sewin'!
ALL
While the Romans had fights.
CALEB
Now when their men folk went to fetch 'em
Them women would not be fetched.
FIL
It seems when the Romans ketch 'em
That their lady friends stay ketched.
ADAM
Now let this be - because it's true,
A lesson to the likes of you,
Treat 'em rough like them there Romans do
Or else they'll think you're tetched.
SIX BROTHERS
Them a women was sobbin', sobbin',
Sobbin' buckets of tears
On account o' old dobbin',
Dobbin' really rattled their ears.
ADAM
Oh that aint all
Oh they acted angry and annoyed
GIDEON
But secretly they was overjoyed
ADAM
You might recall that when corralin' your streer
BROTHERS
Oh, oh, oh, oh them poe little dears.
SIX BROTHERS
Them a women was sobbin', sobbin', sobbin'
Weepin' a ton
ADAM
Oh yeah
Then sobbin' women
ALL
Just remember what Robin, Robin, Robin
Hood woulda done.
ADAM
Them sobbin women.
ALL
We'll be just like them three merry men
And make 'em all merry once again.
ADAM
And though they'll be a sobbin' for a while
ALL
Oh yes!
We're gonna make them sobbin' women smile
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