No. 10 - Song - Rupert - "I've heard it said..."

from "Haddon Hall"
Music by Arthur Sullivan
Words by Sydney Grundy
Sequenced by Colin Johnson

By Arthur Sullivan
Generated by NoteWorthy Composer

[Rupert:] I've heard it said,
And it may be read
In many a trusty tome,
How, when augurs met
On the parapet
Of the walls of ancient Rome,
As the two passed by,
Each winked an eye
With a candour confidential,
Or stroked his nose-
Which, goodness knows-
But it isn't at all essential.
For every man,
Since the world began,
Had his idiosyncrasee,
And to lunch off a moan
And to dine on a groan
With a trickling tear for tea-
Well, it may suit you
From your point of view,
But it doesn't at all suit me!
As I don't rejoice
In a deep bass voice-
Well, it doesn't at all suit me.
Though the world be bad,
It's the best to be had;
And therefore, Q. E. D.,
Though it mayn't suit you
And a chosen few,
It's a good enough world for me.
It's a good enough world for me.

Examples show
That we needn't go
So far as to ancient Rome,
For it just occurs
Unto me, good sirs,
There are humbugs nearer home.
When you style the spheres
A vale of tears,
Don't you rather beg the question?
Remember, bards,
It's on the cards,
It is nothing but indigestion.
For every man,
Since the world began,
Had his little infirmitee,
And is apt to mistake
What is only an ache
For profound philosophee.
He is not the sphinx
He sublimely thinks,
But a man very much like me!
Not a demon fell,
Or an archangel,
But a man very much like me.
Though the world be bad,
It's the best to be had;
And therefore Q. E. D.,
Though it mayn't suit you
And a chosen few,
It's a good enough world for me.
It's a good enough world for me.

Karaoke version compiled by Colin Johnson

No10 - Song - Rupert
Soft karaoke
Words
Rupert
Right Hand
Left Hand