The Travelling Salesman
Robert Preston
Shirley Jones & Pert Kelton
Shirley Jones
Robert Preston
Buffalo Bills
Robert Preston
Hermione Gingold & The Biddys & Buffalo Bills
Robert Preston
Shirley Jones
Robert Preston
Shirley Jones & The Buffalo Bills
Ron Howard & Shirley Jones & Pert Kelton
Buddy Hackett
Shirley Jones
Ensemble
The Travelling Salesman
[HILL, spoken]
No wide-eyed, eager, wholesome, innocent
Sunday-school teacher for me
That kinda gal spins webs no spider ever... now, listen boy...
A gal who trades on all that purity
Merely wants to trade my independence for her security
(Sung)
The only affirmative she will file
Refers to marching down the aisle
No golden, glorious, gleaming pristine goddess, no sir
For no Diana do I play faun, I can tell you that right now
I snarl, I hiss, how can ignorance be compared to bliss?
I spark, I fizz, for the lady who knows what time it is
I cheer, I rave, for the virtue I'm too late to save
The sadder but wiser girl for me
No bright-eyed, blushing, breathless baby-doll baby, no sir
That kinda child ties knots no sailor ever knew
I prefer to take a chance on a more adult romance
No dewy young miss who keeps resisting
All the time she keeps insisting
No wide-eyed, wholesome, innocent female, no sir
Why, she's the fisherman, I'm the fish, you see? Plop
I flinch, I shy when the lass with the delicate air goes by
I smile, I grin when the gal with a touch of sin walks in
I hope, and I pray for Hester to win just one more 'A'
The sadder but wiser girl's the girl for me
The sadder but wiser girl for me
The Sadder But Wiser Girl (Film Version) was written by Meredith Willson.
The Sadder But Wiser Girl (Film Version) was produced by Morton DaCosta.