Sequenced by Chris Bailward

BUT.: Things are seldom what they seem,
Skim milk masquerades as cream;
Highlows pass as patent leathers;
Jackdaws strut in peacock's feathers.
CAPT.: Very true,
So they do.
BUT.: Black sheep dwell in every fold;
All that glitters is not gold;
Storks turn out to be but logs;
Bulls are but inflated frogs.
CAPT.: So they be,
Frequentlee.
BUT.: Drops the wind and stops the mill;
Turbot is ambitious brill;
Gild the farthing if you will,
Yet it is a farthing still.
CAPT.: Yes, I know.
That is so.
Though to catch your drift I'm striving,
It is shady, it is shady;
I don't see at what you're driving,
Mystic lady, mystic lady.
BOTH: Stern conviction's o'er him/me stealing,
That the mystic lady's dealing
In oracular revealing.
CAPT.: Yes, I know.
BUT.: That is so.
CAPT.: Though I'm anything but clever,
I could talk like that for ever:
Once a cat was killed by care;
Only brave deserve the fair.
BUT.: Very true,
So they do.
CAPT.: Wink is often good as nod;
Spoils the child who spares the rod;
Thirsty lambs run foxy dangers;
Dogs are found in many mangers.
BUT.: Frequentlee,
I agree.
CAPT.: Paw of cat the chestnut snatches;
Wornout garments show new patches;
Only count the chick that hatches;
Men are grownup catchycatchies.
BUT.: Yes, I know,
That is so.
Though to catch my drift he's striving,
I'll dissemble, I'll dissemble;
When he sees at what I'm driving,
Let him tremble, let him tremble!
BOTH: Though a mystic tone I/you borrow,
He/I will learn the truth with sorrow,
Here today and gone tomorrow;
CAPT.: Yes, I know.
BUT.: That is so.
CAPT: Though a mystic tone you borrow,
I shall learn the truth with sorrow,
Here today and gone tomorrow;
BOTH: Yes I know,
That is so.

Things are seldom what they seem,
Skim milk masquerades as cream;
Highlows pass as patent leathers;
Jackdaws strut in peacock's feathers.
Black sheep dwell in every fold;
All that glitters is not gold;
Storks turn out to be but logs;
Bulls are but inflated frogs.
Drops the wind and stops the mill;
Turbot is ambitious brill;
Gild the farthing if you will,
Yet it is a farthing still.
Stern conviction's o'er him stealing,
That the mystic lady's dealing
In oracular revealing.
That is so.
Very true,
So they do.
Frequentlee,
I agree.

Very true,
So they do.
So they be,
Frequentlee
Yes, I know.
That is so.
Though to catch your drift I'm striving,
It is shadyit is shady;
I don't see at what you're driving,
Mystic ladymystic lady.
Stern conviction's o'er me stealing,
That the mystic lady's dealing
In oracular revealing.
Yes, I know.
Though I'm anything but clever,
I could talk like that for ever:
Once a cat was killed by care;
Only brave deserve the fair.
Wink is often good as nod;
Spoils the child who spares the rod;
Thirsty lambs run foxy dangers;
Dogs are found in many mangers.
Paw of cat the chestnut snatches;
Wornout garments show new patches;
Only count the chick that hatches;
Men are grownup catchycatchies.
Though a mystic tone you borrow,
I shall learn the truth with sorrow,
Here today and gone tomorrow;
Yes I know

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