No. 15 - Duet - Harold and Blanca

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
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[Harold:] There once was a corporal bold-
[Blanca:] Yes, gawky, round-shouldered, and lean-
[Harold:] No, very good-looking with plenty of dash,
In battle courageous, hot-headed, and rash,
With a small but extremely becoming moustache-
[Blanca:] Ah! it isn't the one that I mean.

(dialogue)

[Blanca:] There was once a Vivandiere-
[Harold:] Old, short, stumpy, red-headed, and vain-
[Blanca:] Not at all- very young with no sort of defect,
Exceedingly lovely and highly correct.
[Harold:] Oh, don't make her pretty- these girls, recollect,
Are always remarkably plain!

(dialogue)

[Harold:] The Regent one morning, by chance,
Observing the Corporal, said:
"It would be nothing short of a public disgrace
To keep such a trump in a Corporal's place,
So we'll make him a Colonel, all covered with lace."
[Blanca:] The Regent was weak in the head!
[Harold:] She, taking the facts at a glance,
To his bosom unblushingly flew-
[Blanca:] And he was so deeply in love, I declare,
That he married her then, and he married her there-
[Both:] So it ends with a wedding at Hanover Square,
And a three volume novel should do!

Karaoke version compiled by Colin Johnson

No. 15 - Duet - Harold and Blanca
Soft karaoke
Words
Blanca
Harold
Right Hand
Left Hand
Karaoke Track