《The Stately Homes Of England》歌词

歌曲： The Stately Homes Of England

所属专辑：I Went to a Marvellous Party

歌手： Noel Coward and Orchestra

时长： 03:28

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The Stately Homes Of England - Noel Coward and Orchestra/Gertrude Lawrence[00:00:00]

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[00:00:25]

And how to whack a cricket ball[00:00:27]

Apart from this our education[00:00:29]

Lacks co-ordination[00:00:31]

Though we're young[00:00:34]

And tentative[00:00:35]

And rather rip-representative[00:00:36]

Scions of a noble breed[00:00:38]

We are the products of those homes[00:00:41]

Serene and stately[00:00:44]

That only lately[00:00:46]

Seem to have run to seed[00:00:48]

The stately homes of England[00:00:50]

How beautiful they stand[00:00:52]

To prove the upper classes[00:00:54]

Have still the upper hand[00:00:56]

Though the fact that they have to be rebuilt[00:00:58]

And frequently mortgaged to the hilt[00:01:01]

Is inclined to take the gilt[00:01:03]

Off the gingerbread[00:01:05]

And certainly damps the fun[00:01:07]

Of the eldest son[00:01:09]

But still we won't be beaten[00:01:11]

We'll scrimp and scrape and save[00:01:13]

The playing fields of eton[00:01:15]

Have made us frightfully brave[00:01:17]

And though if the van dycks have to go[00:01:19]

And we pawn the bechstein grand[00:01:21]

We'll stand[00:01:23]

By the stately homes of England[00:01:24]

Here you see the pick of us[00:01:32]

You may be heartily sick of us[00:01:34]

Still with sense we're all imbued[00:01:36]

Our homes command extensive views[00:01:40]

And with assistance from the jews[00:01:42]

We have been able to dispose of[00:01:44]

Rows and rows and rows of[00:01:46]

Gainsboroughs and lawrences[00:01:49]

Some sporting prints of aunt florence's[00:01:51]

Some of which were rather rude[00:01:53]

Although we sometimes[00:01:56]

Flaunt our family conventions[00:01:58]

Our good intentions[00:02:00]

Mustn't be misconstrued[00:02:03]

The stately homes of England[00:02:05]

We proudly represent[00:02:07]

We only keep them up[00:02:09]

For americans to rent[00:02:11]

Though the pipes that supply the bathroom burst[00:02:13]

And the lavatory makes you fear the worst[00:02:16]

It was used by charles I[00:02:18]

Quite informally[00:02:21]

And later by george IV[00:02:22]

On a journey north[00:02:24]

The state departments keep their[00:02:26]

Historical renown[00:02:28]

It's wiser not to sleep there[00:02:30]

In case they tumble down[00:02:32]

But still if they ever catch on fire[00:02:34]

Which with any luck they might[00:02:36]

We'll fight[00:02:38]

For the stately homes of England[00:02:39]

The stately homes of England[00:02:43]

Though rather in the lurch[00:02:45]

Provide a lot of chances[00:02:47]

For psychical research[00:02:49]

There's the ghost[00:02:51]

Of a crazy younger son[00:02:52]

Who murdered in 1351[00:02:53]

An extremely rowdy nun[00:02:55]

Who resented it[00:02:58]

And people who come to call[00:02:59]

Meet her in the hall[00:03:01]

The baby in the guest wing[00:03:03]

Who crouches by the grate[00:03:06]

Was walled up in the west wing[00:03:08]

In 1428[00:03:10]

If anyone spots[00:03:12]

The queen of scots[00:03:13]

In a hand-embroidered shroud[00:03:14]

We're proud[00:03:16]

Of the stately homes of England[00:03:17]