There Lived A King-Henry A Lytton/The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company

[ti:There Lived A King] [ar:Henry A Lytton] [al:Gondoliers (1927)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]There Lived A King - Henry A Lytton/The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company [00:04.65]There lived a King as I've been told [00:06.96]In the wonder working days of old [00:09.34]When hearts were twice as good as gold [00:11.63]And twenty times as mellow [00:13.65]Good temper triumphed in his face [00:16.29]And in his heart he found a place [00:18.51]For all the erring human race [00:20.85]And every wretched fellow [00:23.01]When he had rhenish wine to drink [00:25.44]It made him very sad to think [00:27.72]That some at junket or at jink [00:29.94]Must be content with toddy [00:32.23]With toddy must be content with toddy [00:36.81]He wished all men as rich as he [00:39.13]And he was rich as rich could be [00:41.65]So to the top of every tree [00:43.74]Promoted everybody [00:46.08]Now that's the kind of King for me [00:48.19]He wished all men as rich as he [00:50.57]So to the top of every tree [00:52.57]Promoted everybody [00:54.59]Lord chancellors were cheap as sprats [00:57.18]And bishops in their shovel hats [00:59.47]Were plentiful as tabby cats [01:02.04]In point of fact too many [01:04.03]Ambassadors cropped up like hay [01:06.60]Prime ministers and such as they [01:08.91]Grew like asparagus in May [01:11.38]And dukes were three a penny [01:13.65]On every side field marshals gleamed [01:16.31]Small beer were lords lieutenant deemed [01:18.41]With Admirals the ocean teemed [01:20.79]All round his wide dominions [01:23.45] [01:25.18]All round his wide dominions [01:27.55]And party leaders you might meet [01:30.01]In twos and threes in every street [01:32.33]Maintaining with no little heat [01:34.51]Their various opinions [01:36.96]Now that's a sight you couldn't beat [01:39.00]Two party leaders in each street [01:41.34]Maintaining with no little heat [01:43.46]Their various opinions [01:45.67]That King although no one denies [01:47.99]His heart was of abnormal size [01:50.41]Yet he'd have acted otherwise [01:52.71]If he had been acuter [01:54.96]The end is easily foretold [01:57.35]When every blessed thing you hold [01:59.70]Is made of silver or of gold [02:01.86]You long for simple pewter [02:04.14]When you have nothing else to wear [02:06.44]But cloth of gold and satins rare [02:08.63]For cloth of gold you cease to care [02:10.97]Up goes the price of shoddy [02:13.25]Giuseppe [02:15.57]Up goes the price of shoddy [02:17.40]In short whoever you may be [02:20.85]To this conclusion you'll agree [02:23.12]When every one is somebody [02:25.41] [02:25.95]Then no anybody [02:28.45]Now that's as plain as plain can be [02:30.45]To this conclusion we agree [02:32.64]When every one is somebody [02:34.52] [02:35.33]Then no one's anybody