Nellie:
[referring to racial prejudice]
This is something that's born in me!
--Mitzi Gaynor (as Ensign Nellie Forbush, USN) in South Pacific
This is something that's born in me!
--Mitzi Gaynor (as Ensign Nellie Forbush, USN) in South Pacific
Nellie: (singing)
I'm as corny as Kansas in August /
I'm as normal as blueberry pie. /
No more a smart little girl with no heart /
I have found me a wonderful guy!
--Mitzi Gaynor (as Ensign Nellie Forbush, USN) in South Pacific
--Mitzi Gaynor (as Ensign Nellie Forbush, USN) in South Pacific
Nellie: (singing)
I'm gonna wash that man right outa my hair / I'm gonna wash that man right outa my hair / I'm gonna wash that man right outa my hair / And send him on his way.
--Mitzi Gaynor (as Ensign Nellie Forbush, USN) in South Pacific
--Mitzi Gaynor (as Ensign Nellie Forbush, USN) in South Pacific
Nellie: (singing)
If a man don't understand you / If you fly on separate beams / Waste no time, make a change / Ride that man right off your range. / Rub him out of the roll call /And drum him out of your dreams!
--Mitzi Gaynor (as Ensign Nellie Forbush, USN) in South Pacific
--Mitzi Gaynor (as Ensign Nellie Forbush, USN) in South Pacific