Show Synopsis:
Leora Goodhue conspired to get her husband Alonzo the post of American ambassador to the Soviet Union but he hates living in Stalinist Russia and wants to go home to Kansas. Buckley Thomas's publisher wants the ambassador job and asks Thomas to slander Goodhue, who agrees to be slandered if it means he can return to America. Goodhue tries to act like an incompetent diplomat but it backfires and people love him - he even accidentally assassinates a hated counter-revolutionary aristocrat. Buckley falls in love with Goodhue's daughter Colette and tries to break up with his girlfriend Dolly, who is also involved with his boss. Goodhue gives up and tries to be a good diplomat, but of course fails and gets transferred back home to America.

Character:
Dolly Winslow, a free-spirited young woman who relies on the rich and powerful men in her life for social mobility.

Song Context:
Dolly has been stranded at a railroad station in Siberia, and the men are starting to notice her beauty. As she playfully takes off all her furs, she insists that she will always have special affection for her sugar-daddy.

Fun Facts:
1. This musical was based on the bookwriters' 1932 play Clear All Wires. 
2. This musical is best known for being the Broadway debut of Mary Martin, who performed this song. 
3. This song has been performed by multiple notable female performers in various movies - Martin herself in Love Thy Neighbor and Night and Day, Marilyn Monroe in Let's Make Wine, and Anna Nicole Smith in a music video tribute to Marilyn Monroe.