《There Lived A King》歌词

歌曲： There Lived A King

所属专辑：Gondoliers (1927)

歌手： Sullivan&GILBERT&D’Oyly C

时长： 02:43

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There Lived A King - Henry A Lytton/The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company[00:00:00]

There lived a King as I've been told[00:00:04]

In the wonder working days of old[00:00:06]

When hearts were twice as good as gold[00:00:09]

And twenty times as mellow[00:00:11]

Good temper triumphed in his face[00:00:13]

And in his heart he found a place[00:00:16]

For all the erring human race[00:00:18]

And every wretched fellow[00:00:20]

When he had rhenish wine to drink[00:00:23]

It made him very sad to think[00:00:25]

That some at junket or at jink[00:00:27]

Must be content with toddy[00:00:29]

With toddy must be content with toddy[00:00:32]

He wished all men as rich as he[00:00:36]

And he was rich as rich could be[00:00:39]

So to the top of every tree[00:00:41]

Promoted everybody[00:00:43]

Now that's the kind of King for me[00:00:46]

He wished all men as rich as he[00:00:48]

So to the top of every tree[00:00:50]

Promoted everybody[00:00:52]

Lord chancellors were cheap as sprats[00:00:54]

And bishops in their shovel hats[00:00:57]

Were plentiful as tabby cats[00:00:59]

In point of fact too many[00:01:02]

Ambassadors cropped up like hay[00:01:04]

Prime ministers and such as they[00:01:06]

Grew like asparagus in May[00:01:08]

And dukes were three a penny[00:01:11]

On every side field marshals gleamed[00:01:13]

Small beer were lords lieutenant deemed[00:01:16]

With Admirals the ocean teemed[00:01:18]

All round his wide dominions[00:01:20]

All round his wide dominions[00:01:25]

And party leaders you might meet[00:01:27]

In twos and threes in every street[00:01:30]

Maintaining with no little heat[00:01:32]

Their various opinions[00:01:34]

Now that's a sight you couldn't beat[00:01:36]

Two party leaders in each street[00:01:39]

Maintaining with no little heat[00:01:41]

Their various opinions[00:01:43]

That King although no one denies[00:01:45]

His heart was of abnormal size[00:01:47]

Yet he'd have acted otherwise[00:01:50]

If he had been acuter[00:01:52]

The end is easily foretold[00:01:54]

When every blessed thing you hold[00:01:57]

Is made of silver or of gold[00:01:59]

You long for simple pewter[00:02:01]

When you have nothing else to wear[00:02:04]

But cloth of gold and satins rare[00:02:06]

For cloth of gold you cease to care[00:02:08]

Up goes the price of shoddy[00:02:10]

Giuseppe[00:02:13]

Up goes the price of shoddy[00:02:15]

In short whoever you may be[00:02:17]

To this conclusion you'll agree[00:02:20]

When every one is somebody[00:02:23]

Then no anybody[00:02:25]

Now that's as plain as plain can be[00:02:28]

To this conclusion we agree[00:02:30]

When every one is somebody[00:02:32]

Then no one's anybody[00:02:35]