I Must Get On That Ship

[PITMAN]
Third class passengers
Proceed at once to the gangway!
Please bring your boarding documents
And await further instructions!

[MURPHEY, spoken]
Holy Mother of God! Is that a ship or a mountian?

[MCGOWAN, spoken]
It looks long enough so a body could walk to America! I'm Katherine McGowan, but everyone calls me Kate.

[MULLINS, spoken]
I'm Kate, too. Kate Mullins.

[MURPHEY, spoken]
And I'm Kate three! Kate Murphey-

[MULLINS, spoken]
It must be fate, then!

[MCGOWAN, spoken]
It's not fate. It's Irish.

[MULLINS, spoken]
You travellin' alone?

[MCGOWAN, spoken]
Not me, I've got a feller. See that good-looking one up ahead?
(indicating FARRELL)
I'm planning to marry him.

[MURPHEY, spoken]
When's that gonna be?

[MCGOWAN]
(spoken)
Soon as I meet him.

(sung)
Get me aboard

[THREE KATES]
Call out my name

[3RD CLASS PASSENGERS]
It's to America we aim
To find a better life
We prayed to make this trip!

Let all our children's children know
That this day long ago
We dreamt of them
And came aboard this ship!

[3RD CLASS PASSENGERS AND ALL ONSTAGE]
For the maiden voyage!
For the maiden voyage!
Get us all aboard!

[PITMAN]
Second class passengers
Proceed to "C", "D" and "E" decks.
Please contact the ship's purser
To arrange dining assignments.

[CHARLES]
No account in the National Press
Has quite done justice to this!

[EDGAR]
It's a sight for once in a lifetime!

[EDGAR, ALICE, CHARLES & CAROLINE]
Yes, a sight for once in a lifetime!

[CHARLES]
And the chance to run away
And marry now
We two daren't miss!

[CAROLINE]
It's a chance for once in a lifetime!

[2ND CLASS PASSENGERS]
Yes, a chance for once in a lifetime!

Can't wait to board that ship today
Be with her when she pulls away
And takes her maiden sail
I must get on that ship!

The largest, grandest on the earth
And I've reserved a berth
To be aboard, now point me toward
That ship!

[ALICE]
The finest people will attend
The best among them we'll befriend
They'll stand right next to us
Be at my fingertip!

[ALL ON STAGE]
Great heads of state and millionaires
Who run the world's affairs
Will all be there
I must get on that ship!

For the maiden voyage!
For the maiden voyage!
Get us all aboard!