Prologue - Call On Dolly lyrics

Music: Jerry Herman

Lyrics: Jerry Herman

Book: Michael Stewart

Premiere: Thursday, January 16, 1964

CHORUS:

Call on Dolly!

She's the one the spinsters recomend

Just name that kind of man your sister wants...

CHORUS:

Just name that kind of man your sister wants

And she’ll snatch them up

Don’t forget to bring your maiden aunts and

She’ll match ‘em up.

Call on Dolly!

If your eldest daughter needs a friend

CHORUS:

Call on Dolly!

(fade out)

Ambrose Kemper:

Tell me Missus Levi, what's in all this for you?

Dolly:

A living, Mr. Kemper. Some people paint, some sew--

I meddle--