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No. 5 - Song - Lady Virginia and Chorus
| Lady Virginia: | I am favourably known As a high-class chaperone, For my services there's quite a competition; And I frequently escort — To bombard the social fort — Charming débutantes of beauty and position. They're an "Open Sesame" And a never failing key To the houses where I look with aspiration, When I often find it hard To obtain a single card On the merits of my social reputation. Do you see my object? |
| Chorus: | Rather! |
| Lady Virginia: | Tho' Society may quiz, If you don't call that good bus'ness I should like to know what is! |
| Chorus:] | Do you see her object? Rather! Tho' Society may quiz, If you don't call that good bus'ness I should like to know what is! |
| Lady Virginia: | When a gentleman I see Who I think will do for me, Then I never let my charges spoil my chances; And you'll very often find That I leave the girls behind At particularly nice At-homes and dances. And I'm much inclined to flirt In a manner most expert With the boys whom ev'ry chaperone is sweet on. If they happen to be rich, I secure them early, which As a rule is shortly after leaving Eton. Do you think that's dodgy? |
| Chorus: | Rather! |
| Lady Virginia: | When I see a likely man, If Virginia cannot catch him I should like to know who can! |
| Chorus: | Do you think that's dodgy? Rather! When she sees a likely man, If Virginia cannot catch him I should like to know who can! |
| Lady Virginia: | Though for reasons of my own I prefer to chaperone Any girl who's not supposed to be an heiress; Being greatly in request, I will always do my best For a genuine American millionairess; For I know these Yankee girls, So I give them dukes and earls Who are penniless and broken-down and done for. But the coronets which show Where the gilt's come off, you know, Well, they're not the sort of coronets I run for! Do you guess my meaning? |
| Chorus: | Rather! |
| Lady Virginia: | When my efforts end in fizz, If you don't call that annoying, I should like to know what is! |
| Chorus: | Do you guess her meaning? Rather! When her efforts end in fizz, If you don't call that annoying, I should like to know what is! |
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Page modified 4 December 2016