《The Stately Homes Of England (From Operette)》歌词

歌曲： The Stately Homes Of England (From Operette)

所属专辑：More Compact Coward

歌手： Noel Coward

时长： 03:20

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The Stately Homes Of England - Noel Coward[00:00:01]

Lord Elderly Lord Borrowmere[00:00:05]

Lord Sickert and Lord Camp[00:00:07]

With every virtue every grace[00:00:10]

Ah what avails the sceptred race[00:00:12]

Here you see the four of us[00:00:16]

And there are so many more of us[00:00:19]

Eldest sons[00:00:21]

That must succeed[00:00:22]

We know how Caesar conquered Gaul[00:00:24]

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

Apart from this our education[00:00:28]

Lacks co-ordination[00:00:31]

Though we're young[00:00:33]

And tentative[00:00:34]

And rather rip-representative[00:00:35]

Scions of a noble breed[00:00:37]

We are the products of those homes[00:00:40]

Serene and stately[00:00:42]

That only lately[00:00:44]

Seem to have run to seed[00:00:47]

The stately homes of England[00:00:49]

How beautifully they stand[00:00:51]

To prove the upper classes[00:00:53]

Have still the upper hand[00:00:55]

Though the fact that they have to be rebuilt[00:00:57]

And frequently mortgaged to the hilt[00:00:59]

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

Off the gingerbread[00:01:04]

And certainly damps the fun[00:01:05]

Of the eldest son[00:01:07]

But still we won't be beaten[00:01:09]

We'll scrimp and scrape and save[00:01:11]

The playing fields of Eton[00:01:13]

Have made us frightfully brave[00:01:15]

And though if the Van Dycks have to go[00:01:17]

And we pawn the Bechstein Grand[00:01:19]

We'll stand by the stately homes of England[00:01:20]

Here you see[00:01:29]

The pick of us[00:01:30]

You may be heartily sick of us[00:01:31]

Still with sense[00:01:33]

We're all imbued[00:01:35]

Our homes command extensive views[00:01:36]

And with assistance from the Jews[00:01:38]

We have been able to dispose of[00:01:40]

Rows and rows and rows of[00:01:43]

Gainsboroughs and Lawrences[00:01:45]

Some sporting prints of Aunt Florence's[00:01:48]

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

Although we sometimes flaunt our family conventions[00:01:52]

Our good intentions[00:01:56]

Mustn't be misconstrued[00:01:59]

The stately homes of England[00:02:01]

We proudly represent[00:02:03]

We only keep them up[00:02:05]

For Americans to rent[00:02:06]

Though the pipes that supply the bathroom burst[00:02:09]

And the lavatory makes you fear the worst[00:02:11]

It was used by Charles first[00:02:13]

Quite informally[00:02:16]

And later by George IV[00:02:17]

On a journey north[00:02:19]

The state departments keep their[00:02:21]

Historical renown[00:02:23]

It's wiser not to sleep there[00:02:25]

In case they tumble down[00:02:27]

But still if they ever catch on fire[00:02:29]

Which with any luck they might[00:02:31]

We'll fight for the stately homes of England[00:02:33]

The stately homes of England[00:02:37]

Though rather in the lurch[00:02:39]

Provide a lot of chances[00:02:41]

For psychical research[00:02:43]

There's the ghost of a crazy younger son[00:02:45]

Who murdered in 1351[00:02:47]

An extremely rowdy nun[00:02:49]

Who resented it[00:02:52]

And people who come to call[00:02:53]

Meet her in the hall[00:02:55]

The baby in the guest wing[00:02:57]

Who crouches by the grate[00:02:59]

Was walled up in the west wing in 1428[00:03:01]

If anyone spots[00:03:05]

The Queen of Scots[00:03:06]

In a hand-embroidered shroud[00:03:07]

We're proud of the stately homes of England[00:03:08]