barbra streisand
cornet man
 well-- 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.