From the musical “Oklahoma”, 1943
Words by Oscar Hammerstein II
Music by Richard Rodgers
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
Why should a woman who is healthy and strong
Blubber like a baby if her man goes away?
A-weepin’ an’ a-wailin’ how he’s done her wrong
That’s one thing you’ll never hear me say
Never gonna think that the man I lose
Is the only man among men
I’ll snap my fingers to show I don’t care
I’ll buy me a brand-new dress to wear
I’ll scrub my neck and I’ll brush my hair
And start in over again
Refrain:
Many a new face will please my eye
Many a new love will find me
Never’ve I once looked back to sigh
Over the romance behind me
Many a new day will dawn before I do
Many a light lad may kiss and fly
A kiss gone by is bygone
Never’ve I asked an August sky
“Where has last July gone?”
Never’ve I wandered through the rye
Wonderin’ where has some guy gone
Many a new day will dawn before I do
Refrain:
Many a new face will please my eye
Many a new love will find me
Never’ve I once looked back to sigh
Over the romance behind me
Many a new day will dawn before I do
Many a light lad may kiss and fly
A kiss gone by is bygone
Never’ve I asked an August sky
“Where has last July gone?”
Never’ve I wandered through the rye
Wonderin’ where has some guy gone
Many a new day will dawn,
Many a red sun will set,
Many a blue moon will shine before I do