[STEPHEN SONDHEIM, spoken]
Jule Styne and I realized with Gypsy that Ethel Merman, the star
Really had no solo in the second act
Except for her big climactic number at the end of the show
So Jule and I wrote a song in Philadelphia called "Smile, Girls"
Which is Ethel, or Madame Rose, in the desert
Telling her ragtag group of performers how to perform
It was in for exactly one performance
Because we realized it held up thе story