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Which character in "Meet Me in St. Louis" said...

So you think you are a fan of "Meet Me in St. Louis." Let's see how well you know it. Match the following lines with the characters that spoke them. Can you get them all right?

  1. Just when was I voted out of this family?

  2. [to Esther] You've got a mighty strong grip for a girl.

  3. [to her Grandpa] You're the first human being I've danced with all evening. It's our last dance in St. Louis. I feel like I'm going to cry.

  4. [to Mrs. Smith] Aren't you afraid to stay here alone with a criminal? That's what I'm being treated like.

  5. Poor Margaretta!

  6. [on having to live in an aprtment in New York] Rich people have houses. People like us live in flats, hundreds of flats in one building.

  7. [singing] Clang, clang, clang went the trolley, Ding, ding, ding went the bell. Zing, zing, zing went my heartstrings, As we started for Huntingdon dell.

  8. My dear, when you get to be my age, you'll find out there are more important things in life than boys.

  9. [to Esther] Did he [Santa Claus] come yet? I've been waiting such a long time. And I haven't seen a thing. How will he know how to find us next year? He's so used to coming here.

  10. A lie's a lie, and dressed in white don't help it.

  11. [singing] The moment I saw him smile I knew he was just my style. My only regret is we've never met, Though I dream of him all the while.

  12. [to Esther and Rose, who are singing "Meet Me in St. Louis"] For heaven's sakes, stop that screeching! That song. The fair won't open for seven months. That's all everybody sings about or talks about. I wish everybody would meet at the fair and leave me alone.