Now the cur tain i s going up,
The entert ainer is ta king a bow,
Does his dance step and sings his s ong,
Even g ets all the audience to s ing a long ,
Yes, he k nows just what he must do,
Knows how to b ring down the h ouse when he's through,
Snappy patter and j okes, he knows what pleases the folks,
The entert ainer, the s tar of the s how.
It was in vaudeville and he was on the bill,
With all the s ingers, dancers, a crobats and c lowns,
There was a dancing bear, even a dog act there,
And a com edian who n ever let 'em d own,
But, when he came on to do his f av'rite song,
He really wowed 'em in the cities and the t owns ,
They came from n ear and f ar, to see the v audeville star,
The enter taine r !