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loyal husband. (To FOGARTY.) I shot him. Put that down inyour book.

AMOS. That's right. She shot him. I didn't have anythingto do with it, Officer.

FOGARTY. Ah, now, we're getting to the real story.ROXIE. And you wanna know why? He was tryin' to walk

out on me. The louse.FOGARTY. That's a pretty cold blooded murder, Mrs. Hart.

They're liable to hang you for that one,ROXIE. Hang me?FOGARTY, (With a laugh.) "Not so tough anymore, are you?ROXIE, Amos, did you hear what he said? (AMOS exits.) Son-

of-a-bitch , . . (She quickly reaches into an open bureaudrawer by the side of the bed, and pulls out a rosary.) HailMary full of grace . . . (LIGHTS DIM OUT, come upimmediately on a MASTER OF CEREMONIES s. L. )

MASTER OF CEREMONIES. And now, the six merry mur-deresses of the Cook County jail in their rendition of the CellBlock Tango.

SCENE 3

SCENE: Limbo.

AT RISE: We see VELMA and five other WOMEN PRISONERSbehind bars. Music under throughout.

SONG: "CELL BLOCK TANGO"

FIRST GIRL. (Liz.)POP.

SECOND GIRL. (ANNIE.)SIX.

THIRD GIRL. (JUNE.)SQUISH. .

FOURTH GIRL. (HUNYAK.)UH TJH.

FIFTH GIRL, (VELMA.)CICERO,

:MC

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