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CiSRA Puzzle Competition 2010 - Solutions

2B. All That Jazz

All the lines are from songs in musicals:

LineSongMusical
Well I do the best I can:Matchmaker, MatchmakerFiddler on the Roof
Isn't it nice to know a lot?I Know Things NowInto the Woods
How can you measure the life of a woman or man?  Seasons of LoveRent
I'm big and strong and hot!He Is Not Dead YetSpamalot
Where nothing's over three stories high,Not For The Life of MeThoroughly Modern Millie
To the mountains of Peru,No Place Like LondonSweeney Todd
Makin' lazy circles in the sky,OkalahomaOkalahoma!
I get it the whole day through.Tea for TwoNo, No, Nanette
With a four-speed on the floor,Greased LightningGrease
You've got to pick a pocket or two.You've Got to Pick a Pocket or Two  Oliver!
What our God in Heaven has in store,One Day MoreLes Miserables
I'm not living without you.And I am Telling You I'm Not GoingDreamgirls
And the wind begins to moan,MemoryCats
It's nice to have you back where you belong.Hello, Dolly!Hello, Dolly!
Only drink when you're all alone,Belly Up To The Bar, BoysUnsinkable Molly Brown, The  
To right the unrightable wrong!The Impossible DreamMan of La Mancha

Reading down the first letter of each musical gives the message: "FIRST SONG OLD CHUM".

The "old chum" phrase is distinctively from the song Cabaret from the musical of the same name. The first song in the musical Cabaret is WILLKOMMEN. Since this is spelled incorrectly on the Internet distressingly often, we also accepted the mis-spelled WILKOMMEN.