《Stately Homes Of England》歌词

歌曲： Stately Homes Of England

所属专辑：Great Shows

歌手： Noel Coward and Orchestra

时长： 06:31

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Stately Homes Of England - Noel Coward and Orchestra[00:00:00]

Lord Elderly, Lord Borrowmere[00:00:05]

Lord Sickert and Lord Camp[00:00:06]

With every virtue, every grace[00:00:09]

Ah, what avails the sceptred race[00:00:11]

Here you see the four of us[00:00:15]

And there are so many more of us[00:00:18]

Eldest sons[00:00:20]

That must succeed[00:00:21]

We know how Caesar conquered Gaul[00:00:23]

And how to whack a cricket ball[00:00:26]

Apart from this, our education[00:00:27]

Lacks co-ordination[00:00:30]

Though we're young[00:00:32]

And tentative[00:00:33]

And rather rip-representative[00:00:34]

Scions of a noble breed[00:00:36]

We are the products of those homes[00:00:39]

Serene and stately[00:00:42]

That only lately[00:00:43]

Seem to have run to seed[00:00:46]

The stately homes of England[00:00:48]

How beautiful they stand[00:00:50]

To prove the upper classes[00:00:52]

Have still the upper hand[00:00:54]

Though the fact[00:00:56]

That they have to be rebuilt[00:00:56]

And frequently mortgaged to the hilt[00:00:58]

Is inclined to take the gilt[00:01:00]

Off the gingerbread[00:01:03]

And certainly damps the fun[00:01:04]

Of the eldest son[00:01:06]

But still, we won't be beaten[00:01:08]

We'll scrimp and scrape and save[00:01:10]

The playing fields of Eton[00:01:12]

Have made us frightfully brave[00:01:14]

And though if the Van Dycks have to go[00:01:16]

And we pawn the Bechstein Grand[00:01:18]

We'll stand[00:01:19]

By the stately homes of England[00:01:20]

Here you see the pick of us[00:01:28]

You may be heartily sick of us[00:01:30]

Still, with sense we're all imbued[00:01:32]

Our homes command extensive views[00:01:35]

And with assistance from the Jews[00:01:37]

We have been able to dispose of[00:01:39]

Rows and rows and rows of[00:01:42]

Gainsboroughs and Lawrences[00:01:44]

Some sporting prints of Aunt Florence's[00:01:46]

Some of which were rather rude[00:01:49]

Although we sometimes[00:01:51]

Flaunt our family conventions[00:01:53]

Our good intentions[00:01:55]

Mustn't be misconstrued[00:01:58]

The stately homes of England[00:02:00]

We proudly represent[00:02:02]

We only keep them up[00:02:04]

For Americans to rent[00:02:06]

Though the pipes[00:02:08]

That supply the bathroom burst[00:02:08]

And the lavatory[00:02:10]

Makes you fear the worst[00:02:11]

It was used by Charles I[00:02:12]

(Quite informally)[00:02:15]

And later by George IV[00:02:16]

On a journey north[00:02:18]

The state departments keep their[00:02:20]

Historical renown[00:02:22]

It's wiser not to sleep there[00:02:24]

In case they tumble down[00:02:26]

But still, if they ever catch on fire[00:02:28]

Which, with any luck, they might[00:02:30]

We'll fight[00:02:31]

For the stately homes of England[00:02:32]

The stately homes of England[00:02:36]

Though rather in the lurch[00:02:38]

Provide a lot of chances[00:02:40]

For psychical research[00:02:42]

There's the ghost[00:02:43]

Of a crazy younger son[00:02:44]

Who murdered in 1351[00:02:46]

An extremely rowdy nun[00:02:48]

Who resented it[00:02:51]

And people who come to call[00:02:52]

Meet her in the hall[00:02:54]

The baby in the guest wing[00:02:55]

Who crouches by the grate[00:02:58]

Was walled up in the west wing[00:03:00]

In 1428[00:03:02]

If anyone spots[00:03:04]

The Queen of Scots[00:03:05]

In a hand-embroidered shroud[00:03:06]

We're proud[00:03:07]

Of the stately homes of England[00:03:08]