This song was sung my Natalie Wood in the musical 'Gypsy' - based on the life of the famous stripper Gypsy Rose Lee.
Gypsy had been performing in vaudeville with her sister and other children. To keep the act going, her mother kept putting back the ages of her girls and dressing them as children when they were already in their teens.
On her birthday, Gypsy sings this song to animals from the act to convey her confusion about her real age.
This song was sung my Natalie Wood in the musical 'Gypsy' - based on the life of the famous stripper Gypsy Rose Lee. Gypsy had been performing in vaudeville with her sister and other children. To keep the act going, her mother kept putting back the ages of her girls and dressing them as children when they were already in their teens. On her birthday, Gypsy sings this song to animals from the act to convey her confusion about her real age.