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No. 1 - Opening Chorus - Happy Japan
| Men: | Dawns the day in Eastern sky, |
| Girls: | Here we hasten pitter-patter Where the tiny teacups clatter; |
| Men: | Mounts the golden Sun-God high. |
| Girls: | Shaded from his fury heated Still at tea you'll find us seated. |
| Men: | Passes day towards the west, |
| Girls: | Comes the night and calls to rest, Then we leave with sigh and sorrow No more tea until tomorrow |
| All: | No more tea until tomorrow. |
| Happy Japan, Garden of glitter! Flower and fan, Flatter and flitter, Land of bamboo, (Juvenile whacker), Porcelain too, Tea-tray and lacquer, Happy Japan, Happy Japan. |
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| Geisha girls: | Shall we sing you
while they bring you Tea or coffee, Sirs, Dainty lyric panegyric Of the gentlemen We've a solo touching polo For the officers And a rondo rather fond, O Sentimental men Of a hymn in praise of women Are you fanciers, Or a sonnet to a bonnet Supercilious? We've a ditty of the city For financiers And a ballad of a salad For the bilious! Merry little geisha we! Come along at once and see Ample entertainment free, Given as you take your tea. |
| Chorus: | Charming little geisha they Come along and hear them play All of it is free, they say, Nothing in the world to pay. All of it is free, they say, and nothing in the world to pay. Happy Japan, Garden of glitter! Flower and fan, Flatter and flitter, Land of bamboo, (Juvenile whacker), Porcelain too, Tea-tray and lacquer, Happy Japan, Happy Japan, Happy Japan. |
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Page modified 4 December 2016