"What a Horrible Year" from THE DOLLMAKER

Dot Button, wife of John Button (owner of the Button Button Factory down near the wharf) complains of child bearing and life in general in Heather Megill's Christmas musical, "The Dollmaker", performed at the Broadway Theater (Vista, CA) in December 2021. Megill and Company
Dot Button: Caroline Nelms
John Button: Shayne Mims
Caleb Plummer: Greg Nicholas
Bertha Campbell: Elizabeth Plummer
Edward: Matthew Malecki
Mrs. Peerybingle: Renetta Lloyd
Directed by Roger Castellano
Book, Lyrics, and Music by Heather Megill
Lyrics:
JANUARY STARTED WITH
CONTENTED BLISS.
JOHN AND I WERE HAPPY.
NOTHING WAS AMISS.
BERTHA HAD DEAR EDWARD.
(HE WAS SUCH A CHARMING MAN.)
EVERYONE WAS LOOKING FORWARD.
LIFE WAS PROMISINGLY GRAND.
FEBRUARY BROUGHT THE NEWS
THAT I WAS WITH CHILD.
OUR GREATEST WISH WAS GRANTED
AND JOHN ACTUALLY SMILED.
MARCH AND APRIL CAME AND WENT,
DEAR BERTHA WAS ENGAGED,
BUT THEN THE WEATHER TOOK A TURN
AND IT BEGAN TO RAIN.
JUNE ARRIVED AND EDWARD WAS LOST TO US.
BERTHA TOOK A HORRIBLE BLOW.
MY STOMACH BEGAN TO GROW AND GROW,
AND GROW AND GROW AND GROW AND GROW...
AND OH! HOW MY BACK ACHED!
AND OH! HOW BERTHA SLIPPED INTO DESPAIR!
AND OH! HOW MY ANKLES PUFFED UP LIKE TWO LONELY SOULS
STUCK IN A DISGRUNTLED LOVE AFFAIR.
IN AUGUST, HOW THE HEAT DID NEARLY DO US IN.
I STARTED WALKING LIKE A CLUMSY PENGUIN.
SEPTEMBER, WELL I REALLY DON’T REMEMBER HOW IT WENT.
IT MUST HAVE BEEN A BLEAK AND DREARY MONTH OF DISCONTENT.
OCTOBER BROUGHT SUCH PROMISE
THAT THE END WAS NEAR.
BUT AS THE DAYS PASSED BY
WE FOUND IT INSINCERE.
JUST WHEN I BELIEVED
I COULDN’T TAKE IT ANYMORE.
WHEN IT SEEMED THE BATTLE HAD BEEN LOST,
HERE CAME THE ACTUAL WAR!
OTHERS
THE WAR! THE WAR! THE WAR!
SEVENTEEN HOURS OF UNBEARABLE PAIN! OOH!
A PAIN NO ONE COULD EVER FORETELL! NONE COULD FORETELL!
THERE WAS NO TURNING BACK, OOH!
I COULD ONLY GO FORWARD
THROUGH THE HIDEOUS NIGHT
INTO THE MOUTH OF HELL.
THE MOUTH OF HELL!
AND OH!
HOW I NEARLY DIED!
AND OH!
HOW I CRIED AND CRIED!
I SCREAMED AND PUSHED
AND STRUGGLED AND FOUGHT.
I LOST MY MIND AND HAD THE THOUGHT
THAT I COULD NOT POSSIBLY SURVIVE!
BUT JUST WHEN I THOUGHT
THAT I HAD DIED...
MY DAUGHTER, ROSY, PINK, AND PRECIOUS,
FRAGILE, SOFT, AND HELPLESS,
LYING ON MY BREAST.
MY HEART WAS TAKEN WITH HER CHARMS.
AS I HELD HER IN MY ARMS
I FELT TRULY BLESSED.
AND OH, HOW MY LIFE BEGAN ANEW.
AND OH, HOW MY SPIRIT DID SOAR.
AND OH, HOW HER LITTLE, TINY TOES REKINDLED
THE HOPE THAT I WAS LONGING FOR. OOH...
SLOWLY I REGAINED THE STRENGTH
THAT I HAD LOST.
WITH HANNAH HERE, JOHN’S HEART
HAS STARTED TO DEFROST.
OUR YEAR OF DARKNESS NOW IS CLOSED.
WE’RE HEADING TOWARD THE LIGHT.
AND WITH CHRISTMAS ‘ROUND THE CORNER,
THINGS ARE FINALLY GOING RIGHT.

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