Remember? (Act One)

Does she look like her pictures? Who, dear? Desiree Armfeldt, of course How should I know, dear? Well, I only thought... You only thought- what? Desiree is not a common name I mean none of your typists and things are called Desiree Are they? Shh Tell me something about this remarkable Countess, Madame It is said that her power over men Is most extraordinary Her lovers are as many as the pearls In the necklace which she always wears The Countess Celimene de Francen de la Tour de Casa Remember? Remember? The old deserted beach that we walked Remember? Remember? The cafe in the park where we talked? Remember? Remember? The tenor on the boat that we charted Belching The Bartered Bride Ah, how we laughed Ah, how we cried Ah, how you promised And, ah, how I lied Why did she look at us? Shh Dear Madame Merville What a charming mischance To find you here this evening I don't think she looked especially at us Charming indeed, dear Celimene She did She peered, and then she smiled Oh, dear Countess I implore you to reveal to me The secret of your success With the hardier sex She smiled at us Dear Madame That can be summed up in one single word She's ravishingly beautiful Make up! Dignity! Dignity? Dignity We women have the right To commit any crime toward our husbands Our lovers Our sons As long as we do not hurt their dignity We should make men's dignity our best ally And caress it, cradle it Speak tenderly to it And handle it as our most delightful toy Then a man is in our hands At our feet And anywhere else we momentarily wish him to be I want to go home Anne I want to go home! Anne! Remember? Remember? Remember? (Remember?) Remember? The local village dance on the green Remember? Remember? The lady with the large tambourine? Remember? Remember? The one who played the harp in her boa Thought she was so adept! Ah. how we laughed Ah, how we wept Ah, how we polka'd And, ah, how we slept How we kissed and how we clung Remember, darling? We were foolish, we were young More than we knew Yellow gingham in the bed Remember, darling? And the canopy in red Or was it blue? The funny little games that we played Remember? Remember? The unexpected knock of the maid Remember? Remember? The wine that made us both rather merry And, oh so very frank Ah, how we laughed Ah, how we drank You acquiesced And the rest is a blank What we did with your perfume Remember, darling? The condition of the room When we were through Our inventions were unique Remember, darling? I was limping for a week You caught the flu I'm sure it was you