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No. 5 - Song - Josephine and Girls - "Her Ladyship."
| Josephine: | Oh, since first I could toddle I've had as my model All persons of breeding and birth. For it's been my ambition To gain a position Among the great folks of the earth. Now my efforts at last have been crowned with success, I'm marrying into the ancient noblesse; And soon I'll be one of the crême de la crême, A lady of fashion and fame. When her ladyship goes a-walking How the people will stare! They'll remark on the grace Of her figure and face And notice her Ladyship's dignified air. Though the gossips will all be talking Let them say what they please, For they'll have to admit That I've beauty and wit When I'm Madame la belle Marquise! |
| I'll have jewels and dresses That even Princesses Might envy with jealousy green. In a mansion resplendent With lackeys attendant I'll reign like a regular Queen. Of admirers and courtiers I'll have quite a host, My name ev'ry night will be drunk as a toast; And poets will rapture with praise to the skies My lips or my cheeks or my eyes. When her ladyship goes a-riding In her carriage and pair, Common people all round Will bow down to the ground As soon as they know that her Ladyship's there. Oh, it won't take them long deciding When to fall to their knees, For they'll have to obey Ev'ry word that I say When I'm Madame la belle Marquise! |
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| Girls: | When her Ladyship goes a-riding In her carriage and pair, Common people all round Will bow down to the ground As soon as they know that her Ladyship's there. Oh, it won't take them long deciding When to fall to their knees, |
| Josephine: | For they'll have to obey Ev'ry word that I say. |
| All: | When I'm/she's Madame la belle Marquise! |
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