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Pretty Little Picture
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Stephen Sondheim
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In the Tiber there sits a boat Gently dipping its bow Trim and tidy and built to float Pretty little picture? Now Put a boy on the starboard side Leaning out at the rail Next to him put a blushing bride Slim and slender and starry-eyed Down below put a tiny bed The sun gets pale The sea gets red And off they sail On the first high tide The bed and the boat And the boy and the bride! It's a pretty little picture Hey what! Pretty little picture Oh my! Pretty little picture Which one Twenty little men I will buy Feel the roll of the playful waves See the sails as they swell Hear the whips on the galley slaves— Pretty little picture? Well Let it carry your cares away Out of sight, out of mind Past the buoy and through the bay— Soon there's nothing but sea and spray Night descends and the moon's aglow Your arms entwined You steal below And far behind At the edge of day The bong of the bell of the buoy in the bay And the boat and the boy And the bride are away! It's a pretty little picture to view As our little boat sails to sea Twenty little men I will do Leave the little details to me! No worries No bothers No captains No fathers! In the sea sits a virgin isle Smooth and sandy and pink Uninhabited tropic style Pretty little picture? Think: In a house made of mango trees Seashells dotting the door Boy and bride live a life of ease Doing nothing but what they please Then at night when the stars appear There's nothing more To see or hear Just the shore Where the lovers lie The sand and the sea and the stars and the sky And the sound of a soft little satisfied sigh With your petty little cares at an end On the little isle far away Give a little thought to your friend Pseudolittleus save the day!
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