No. 8 - Opening Chorus and solo - Act II

from "Thespis"
Music by Colin Johnson
Words by W. S. Gilbert
Copyright © 2001 by Colin Johnson
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By Colin Johnson
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[Chorus:] Of all symposia
The best by half
Upon Olympus, here await us.
We eat ambrosia.
And nectar quaff,
It cheers but don't inebriate us.
We know the fallacies,
Of human food
So please to pass Olympian rosy,
We built up palaces,
Where ruins stood,
And find them much more snug and cosy.

[Sillimon:] To work and think, my dear,
Up here would be,
The height of conscientious folly.
So eat and drink, my dear,
I like to see,
Young people gay- young people jolly.
Olympian food, my love,
I'll lay long odds,
Will please your lips- those rosy portals,
What is the good, my love,
Of being gods,
If we must work,
[Chorus:] If we must work,
[Sillimon:] If we must work like common mortals?

[Chorus:] Of all symposia
The best by half
Upon Olympus, here await us.
We eat ambrosia.
And nectar quaff,
It cheers but don't inebriate us.
We know the fallacies,
Of human food
So please to pass Olympian rosy,
We built up palaces,
Where ruins stood,
And find them much more snug and cosy.

Karaoke version compiled by Colin Johnson

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Sillimon
Sopranos
Contraltos
Tenors
Basses
Flute
Percussion
Violins
Viola
'Cello
Double Bass
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