I'LL NEVER BE JEALOUS AGAIN
Richard Adler / Jerry Ross  
1952


from "The Pyjama Game" 
1957 film with
Eddie Foy Jr as Hines & Reta Shaw as Mabel


Eddie Foy Jr & Reta Shaw (film soundtrack)


[mabel]
Hinesy!  Hinesy!
[Hines]
I've learned my lesson;
I'll never be jealous again!
[Mabel]
You stick to that now!
[Hines]
Absolutely!
[Mabel]
That's easier said than done!
[Hines]
I can do it!
[Mabel]
I knew it, but let's take an example, just for fun;

Picture this, you're waitin' three hours for her to come
 home from a date.
[Hines]
There I am, I'm waiting three hours for her to come 
home from a date.
[Mabel]
Here she comes, her lipstick is smeared
And she can't seem to walk very straight.
[Hines]
Here she comes, her lipstick is smeared
And she can't seem to walk very straight.
[Mabel]
Then she drops a bottle of rye
And not battin' an eye,
Says a train wreck made her late!
Well Hinesy, what would you do then?
[Hines]
I would trust her,
I would trust her,
By George I swear I would trust her;
No, I'll never be jealous again!

[Mabel]
Nice work, Hinesy!
[Hines]
I know what I'm doin' Mabel,
I know what I'm doin'!
[Mabel]
Now let's take another example.
[Hines]
Sure, Mabel.

[Mabel]
Picture this, you've nothin' to do so you drop in to 
chat for a while.
[Hines]
There I am, with nothin' to do so I drop in to chat 
for a while.
[Mabel]
Somethin's up, the window is open and Gladys is 
forcin' a smile!
[Hines]
Somethin's up, the window is open and Gladys is 
forcin' a smile!
[Mabel]
Then you see a hat and tie and a pair of socks in a 
nice neat little pile!
Well, Hinesy?
[Hines]
I would trust her,
I would trust her,
By George I swear I would trust her;
No, I'll never be jealous,
I'll never never never never never nevern ever 
never, never be jealous again!

[Mabel]
That's the stuff Hinesy, you're practically cured!
[Hines]
There will be no more nightmares to sleep through,
No more keyholes to peep through!
[Mabel]
No more bushes to creep through?
[Hines]
That's my plan!
[Mabel]
Now that you're a new man;

Picture this, you go to your sweetie's apartment, 
you borrow the keys.
[Hines]
Picture this, I go to my sweetie's apartment, 
I borrow the keys.
[Mabel]
There she is, she's givin' a sailor a very 
affectionate squeeze!
[Hines]
There she is, she's giving a sailor a very 
affectionate squeeze!
[Mabel]
Then, to boot, she tells you she was in the 
arms of a cousin who's back from overseas!
[Hines]
A cousin back from overseas!
Do you expect me to believe that?
[Mabel]
Hinesy!
[Hines]
I would trust her,
I would trust her,
By George I swear I would trust her;
No, I'll never be jealous,
I'll never never never never never, 
never never never never, 
never never never never, 
never never never never,
never be jealous again!
[Mabel]
Good!



(Transcribed by Peter Akers - October 2012)