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No. 33 - Song - Imari - The Wedding
MIDI File
| Imari: | Then come and join the beautiful feast It isn't the time to tarry. |
| Chorus: | It isn't the time to tarry. |
| Imari: | For all the best of West and of East Is spread on the day I marry. |
| Chorus: | Is spread on the day I marry. |
| Imari: | So follow me in and lift the latch, And drink good health to the present match, And clear the board with a happy despatch, That isn't a hari-kari! |
| Chorus: | That isn't a hari-kari! |
| Imari: | Then merrily pour a glass of champagne, I've tried it before, I'll try it again, I'll try it |
| Chorus: | He'll try it |
| Imari: | As diet, |
| Chorus: | as diet he's tried it before, And he'll try it again, and he'll try it, |
| Imari: | I'll try it |
| Chorus: | he'll try it, |
| Imari: | I'll try it again! |
| Imari: | Perhaps you British think me a brute, In your manner philanthropic. |
| Chorus: | In your manner philanthropic. |
| Imari: | At present I must decline dispute On the marriage problem topic. |
| Chorus: | The marriage problem topic. |
| Imari: | I grant experience may have shown, That taking one wife and one alone Is very well in the temperate zone, But I am a trifle tropic! |
| Chorus: | But he is a trifle tropic! |
| Imari: | From having one more why should I refrain, I've done it before, I'll do it again, I'll do it |
| Chorus: | He'll do it, |
| Imari: | Go thro' it, |
| Chorus: | go thro' it he's done it before, And he'll do it again, and he'll do it, |
| Imari: | I'll do it |
| Chorus: | he'll do it |
| Imari: | I'll do it again! |
| Imari: | For why should a dainty English girl A silly young British tar kiss, |
| Chorus: | A silly young British tar kiss. |
| Imari: | When she can marry a belted Earl Or a most magnificent Markiss? |
| Chorus: | A most magnificent Markiss? |
| Imari: | She may be skittish and make a scene, But I shall smile in a style serene, And she will be as the rest have been, As willing as any Barkis. |
| Chorus: | As willing as any Barkis. |
| Imari: | For when I adore, it is not in vain, I've been there before, and I'm going again, I'm going |
| Chorus: | He's going |
| Imari: | So knowing, |
| Chorus: | so knowing he's been there before, And he's going again, and he's going, |
| Imari: | I'm going |
| Chorus: | he's going, |
| Imari: | I'm going again! I'm going, I'm going, I'm going again! |
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