Ben Grosscup - "Nancy on the MedSurg Floor"
Channel: PeoplesMusicNetwork
Date: 2019-02-08

Written by Ben Grosscup
Based on John O'Connor's and Phil Hoose's parody of "Charlie on the MTA" by Jacqueline Steiner & Bess Lomax Hawes


Well, let me tell you of the story
Of a nurse named Nancy
And the way that she’s been ignored
She grabbed her stethoscope and scrubs
Kissed her husband and family
Went to work on the Med-Surg floor

CHORUS:
But did she ever return?
No, she never returned
And her fate is still unlearned (what a pity)
She may work forever
In the Med Surg unit
She’s the nurse who never returned

Nancy worked all night
From seven to seven 
Never letting her attention drift 
Then the morning sun deceived her
There was no one to relieve her
Nancy couldn’t get off her shift 

CHO:  (poor ol’ Nancy)

Nancy worked all day
Giving medicines and comfort 
But she never could get a break 
She took care of seven patients 
Who had many complications
And somehow had to stay awake

CHO  (She may work forever)

Nancy told her boss,
“Hey! We need more nurses
To care for the patients here.”
He said we think the pace is fine  
If our profits pass the baseline,
Which was fifty million just last year 

Does she read tax returns?
Yes, she reads their returns
And she’s seen the profits they earn (shame and scandal)
Though her boss would never
Treat her fair, she fought him.
She’s a nurse who reads tax returns

Now you hard working nurses
Don’t you think it’s a scandal
That the bosses gotta be so cheap
Stay with our picket line
‘til the contract has been signed
So Nancy can go home
And sleep

CHORUS:
Or else she’ll never return
No, she’ll never return
And her fate will be unlearned (like poor ol’  Charlie)
She may work forever
In the Med Surg unit
She’s the nurse who never returned

But did she ever return?
No, she never returned
And her fate is still unlearned
She may work forever
In the Med Surg unit
She’s the nurse who never returned