Chin Up, Ladies

So you see, boys
Our main purpose in being here in Israel
Is to form a marriage
Between the two cultures
Male and female

Mrs. Segal
Cincinnati
Finds it oh, such a comfort to believe
Though she came here Mrs. Segal, Cincinnati
She may come home Mrs. Levy, Tel Aviv
(Tel Aviv) Mrs. Levy (Tel Aviv) Mrs. Levy
She may come home Mrs. Levy, Tel Aviv

Mrs. Perlman
Jersey City
Has been thinking
How lovely it would be
To send home a postal card to Jersey City
And to sign it "Mrs. Cohen, Galilee"
(Galilee) Mrs. Cohen (Galilee) Mrs. Cohen
And to sign it "Mrs. Cohen, Galilee"

And Mrs. Kessler
Found out that Mrs. Strauss
Is wearing gold Bugattas
And a borrowed blouse
And Mrs. Breslin
Has been as busy as a bee
Rehearsing an Israeli lyric for "Oh, promise me"

Mrs. Weinstein
Chattanooga
Likes authentic Israeli atmosphere
When the tour is behind her
She'd have something to remind her
If she carried home a six-foot souvenir

Now Mrs. Breslin
Would like a dark roue
And Mrs. Strauss likes temples that are turning gray
And Mrs. Kessler would like a mustache and a cleft
(And what would you like, Clara?)
I'd like anything that's left!

You are a wonderful group of ladies
If all of us were not married
We would never let you go back home
Shalom! (Shalom)

Shalom, boys, shalom
Again, no luck!
So what is it?
The end of the world?
Pull in your belts!
Throw out your chests!

And chin up, ladies
Look around the horizon
Head high, ladies
Don't give up the ship
Look for the silver lining
You gotta go on with the show
Climb every mountain
To find your Mr. Snow

And always hip up
Ladies
There's a brighter tomorrow
Stiff upper lip up, ladies
Do or die is the plan
Don't ever be discouraged
Don't ever be perplexed
There's always another country
Russia may be next
So keep your chins up, ladies
Somewhere over the rainbow there's a man

Chin up, ladies
Look around the horizon
Head high, ladies
Don't give up the ship
Look for the silver lining
You gotta go on with the show
Climb every mountain
To find your Mr. Snow

And always hip up, ladies
There's a brighter tomorrow
Stiff upper lip up, ladies
Do or die is the plan
When the trip is over
To prove that we were here
We'd like to carry home a
Six-foot souvenir
So keep your chin up, ladies
Somewhere over the rainbow there's a man

For the leelo
And the li-lo
And the lee-lo-li-lo-lum
With the cheer up
And the clear up
And the don't be, won't be glum
With a smile whenever you're able
And a laugh whenever you can
Somewhere over the rainbow there's a man! Ha!