THE PAJAMA GAME - Act 1 : Page 34
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tience is about wore out.
HASLER I want to be fair but ...
PREZ I’m going to tell you the plain truth. We know the
company is doin’ one hell of a business. We don’t
have no education maybe but we got eyes and ears.
MAE Everybody in the industry has had a seven-and-a-half
cent raise.
HASLER As I said I want to be fair. That’s always been my
policy. So I don’t give you a yes, but 1 don’t give you
a no. I say we’ve got to examine it ... & I’ve got to talk
to the board and that’s the way we’re going to leave
it.
EXIT HASLER SR MAE What now, Prez?
PREZ Slow down!
MAE Atta boy. This is it. (GONG) There’s the bell This is
what we’ve been waiting for.
JOE We got to get started some place.
PREZ Slow down. You’re in charge of this room. Babe Go to
it. Slow down!
EXIT PREZ
HINES Something’s very wrong here. ...What’s the matter?
ENTER HINES SR
POOPSIE I guess I’m just overworked or something, Mr. Hines
. Ever since lunch I just can’t seem to get the hang of it.
HINES Well I think I get the hang of it and I’m going to see
the superintendent on what’s going on around here.
SONG: Racing with the clock reprise slowly
CHECK WHEN Hurry up, hurry up, hurry up, hurry up When you’re racing with the
HELPERS ENTER clock. When you’re racing with the clock And the se-cond hand
doesn’t un-derstand That your ba-ck may break and your fin-gers
ache (3 beats)
And your con-sti-tu-tion is-n’t made of rock (GIRLS stop suddenly)
SID & HINES ENTER
SL
SID: All right girls . Just a minute. Now listen to me. This is
a nice little show you’re putting on here but I don’t like
HELPER ENTER SL
it. My job is to turn out goods and that’s what we’re