The Scottsboro Boys Cast - That's Not The Way We Do Things Lyrics

SAMUEL LEIBOWITZ (MR. TAMBO)
It�s a whole new world up North! And by gum, it�s time the South started seeing things our way too!
I WAS PASSING BY TWO WATER FOUNTAINS SATURDAY NIGHT
ONE WAS MARKED �FOR COLORED ONLY�
AND THE OTHER FOR WHITE
WELL, I KNOW THAT
THAT�S THE CUSTOM HERE IN ALABAMA
BUT THAT�S NOT THE WAY
WE DO THINGS IN NEW YORK
I WAS WAITING IN THE COURTHOUSE FOR THE TRIAL TO BEGIN
WHEN I NOTICED IN THE MEN�S ROOM
ONLY WHITE MEN CAME IN
WELL, I KNOW THAT
THAT�S THE CUSTOM HERE IN ALABAMA
BUT THAT�S NOT THE
WAY WE DO THINGS IN NEW YORK
BACK IN MANHATTAN ASK ANYONE
THERE�S NO BIGGER VOICE
FOR EQUAL RIGHTS THAN ME
I FIGHT FOR IT!
I LIVE FOR IT!
JUST ASK MY MAID, MAGNOLIA
AND I�M SURE SHE�D AGREE
LET ME SAY THE FOLKS UP NORTH
ALL WANT TO SHOW THEIR SUPPORT
SO I�M HERE TO HELP YOU
THROUGH YOUR TRYING HOUR IN COURT
ALTHOUGH THE LAW MAY BE MYOPIC HERE IN ALABAMA
THAT IS NOT THE WAY WE SEE THINGS
THAT�S NOT THE WAY WE FEEL THINGS
THAT�S NOT THE WAY WE DO THINGS IN NEW YORK
BACK IN MANHATTAN ASK ANYONE
THERE�S NO BIGGER VOICE
FOR EQUAL RIGHTS THAN ME

I FIGHT FOR IT!
I LIVE FOR IT!
JUST ASK MY COOK, JEMIMA

JEMIMA (ROY)
Mammy just loves you, Mr. Sammy!

SAMUEL LEIBOWITZ (MR. TAMBO)
JUST ASK MY CHAUFFER, RUFUS

CHAUFFEUR (ANDY)
What a mensch!

SAMUEL LEIBOWITZ (MR. TAMBO)
JUST ASK OUR COLORED LAUNDRESS
AND I�M SURE THEY�LL AGREE

LAUNDRESS (CLARENCE)
That�s right! Give �em hell, Mr. L!

SAMUEL LEIBOWITZ (MR. TAMBO)
AS I SAID, THE FOLKS UP NORTH
ALL WANT TO SEE YOU GO FREE
SO THEY�VE SENT YOU DOWN THE VERY BEST
THAT�S RIGHT! THEY SENT ME!
ALTHOUGH THE LAW MAY BE DISGUSTING
HERE IN ALABAMA
THAT IS NOT THE WAY WE SEE THINGS
THAT�S NOT THE WAY WE FEEL THINGS
THAT�S NOT THE WAY WE DO THINGS
IN NEW YORK

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