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The Kings’ Barcarolle
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Leonard Bernstein
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I do hereby make a motion In hopes of your approval That after our removal From this most unpleasant ocean We all say farewell To vanity and strife And in some dale (Or in some dell) Pursue the simple life What a royal, royal notion! I second Charles's motion I thank you, noble Prussian Let us open the discussion Yo-ho! Sh! Charles Edward's plan appeals to me What good are pomp and riches? Let's wash our hands of luxury In irrigation ditches I'm sick of plot and counterplot They never fail to thicken Let's find a humble rustic spot And cultivate the chicken Ah, what pregnant observations! I thank you for your patience Point of order, Mister Chairman The floor is yours, King Hermann Yo-ho! Ugh. Ugh. Sh! We kings live so unpleasantly Our lives are hard and lonely Let's form a happy peasantry For former monarchs only I'll trade my kingdom for a hoe My scepter for a shovel And make the red, red roses grow Around our happy hovel What a very sweet suggestion! I hereby move the question I second Charles's move, sirs Say "Aye" if you approve, sirs Yo-ho! Aye! Aye! Aye! Ugh! Yo ho! Aye! Aye! Aye! Ugh! Yo ho! Aye, aye, aye, aye, aye, aye, aye, aye, aye Aye, aye, aye, aye, aye, aye, aye! Aye! Ugh! We have pa**ed Charles Edward's motion And now if we can manage Without excessive damage The motion of this ocean We'll all say farewell To vanity and strife And in some dale (Or in some dell) Pursue the simple life Yo-ho for the simple life Yo-ho for the simple life Yo-ho for the simple life Yo-ho for the simple life Yo-ho for the simple life Yo-ho for the simple life Yo-ho for the simple life Yo-ho ho ho ho ho ho ho ho ho ho ho ho ho ho Yo-ho Ugh. Ugh. Yo-ho Ugh. Ugh. Ugh. Ugh. Yo-ho Yo-ho Ugh. Ugh. Ugh. Ugh. Yo-ho Yo-ho Ugh. Ugh. Ugh. Ugh. Yo-ho Yo-ho Ugh. Ugh. Yo-ho
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