No. 7 - Trio - Nanna, Thora and Governor Griffenfeld

from "His Excellency"
Music by Frank Osmond Carr
Words by W. S. Gilbert
Sequenced by Colin Johnson
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By F. Osmond Carr
Generated by NoteWorthy Composer

[Trio:] Oh what a fund of joy jocund
Lies hid in harmless hoaxes!
What keen enjoyment springs
From cheap and simple things!
What deep delight from sources trite
Inventive humour coaxes,
That pain and trouble brew
For ev'ry one but you!
[Griffenfeld:] Gunpowder placed inside its waist
Improves a mild Havanah,
Its unexpected flash
Burns eyebrows and moustache.
[Nanna:] When people dine no kind of wine
Beats ipecacuanha,
But commonsense suggests
You keep it for your guests-
[Thora:] Then naught annoys the organ boys
Like throwing red-hot coppers,
[Nanna:] And much amusement bides
In common butter-slides:
[Griffenfeld:] And stringy snares across the stairs
Cause unexpected croppers.
[Thora:] Coal-scuttles, recollect,
Produce the same effect.
[Griffenfeld:] A man possessed
Of commonsense
Need not invest
At great expense-
[Nanna:] It does not call
For pockets deep,
[Thora:] These jokes are all
Extremely cheap.
[Trio:] If you commence with eighteen-pence,
It's all you have to pay;
You may command a pleasant and a most instructive day.

[Griffenfeld:] A good spring gun breeds endless fun,
And makes men jump like rockets.
[Thora:] And turnip-heads on posts
Make very decent ghosts.
[Griffenfeld:] Then hornets sting like anything,
when placed in waistcoat pockets.
[Nanna:] Burnt corks and walnut juice
Are not without their use.
[Griffenfeld:] No fun compares with easy chairs
Whose seats are stuffed with needles-
[Thora:] Live shrimps their patience tax
When put down people's backs-
[Griffenfeld:] Surprising too what one can do
With a pint of fat black-beetles-
[Nanna:] And treacle on a chair
Will make a Quaker swear!
[Thora:] Then sharp tin tacks
And pocket squirts,
[Griffenfeld:] And cobbler's wax
For ladies' skirts,
[Nanna:] And slimy slugs
On bedroom floors,
And water jugs
On open doors-
[Trio:] Prepared with these cheap properties,
Amusing tricks to play,
Upon a friend a man may spend
A most delightful day!

Karaoke version compiled by Colin Johnson

No. 7 - Trio
Soft karaoke
Words
Thora
Nanna
Griffenfeld
Right Hand
Left Hand
Karaoke Track