There Lived A King, As I've Been Told-Chorus

[ti:There Lived A King, As I've Been Told] [ar:Chorus] [al:Patience & Gondoliers] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]There Lived A King, As I've Been Told - Chorus [00:05.54]There lived a King as I've been told [00:08.18]In the wonder-working days of old [00:11.24]When hearts were twice as good as gold [00:13.84]And twenty times as mellow [00:16.63]Good-temper triumphed in his face [00:19.37]And in his heart he found a place [00:22.25]For all the erring human race [00:25.16]And every wretched fellow [00:27.86]When he had Rhenish wine to drink [00:30.77]It made him very sad to think [00:33.69]That some at junket or at jink [00:36.28]Must be content with toddy [00:39.19]With toddy must be content with toddy [00:44.04] [00:44.70]He wished all men as rich as he [00:47.65](And he was rich as rich could be) [00:50.78]So to the top of every tree [00:53.47]Promoted everybody [00:56.26]Now that's the kind of King for me [00:59.09]He wished all men as rich as he [01:02.04]So to the top of every tree [01:04.55]Promoted everybody [01:07.30]Lord Chancellors were cheap as sprats [01:10.21]And Bishops in their shovel hats [01:13.25]Were plentiful as tabby cats [01:16.20]In point of fact too many [01:18.97]Ambassadors cropped up like hay [01:21.77]Prime Ministers and such as they [01:24.66]Grew like asparagus in May [01:27.51]And Dukes were three a penny [01:30.51]On every side Field-Marshals gleamed [01:33.62]Small beer were Lords-Lieutenant deemed [01:36.29]With Admirals the ocean teemed [01:39.31]All round his wide dominions [01:42.03] [01:42.55]All round his wide dominions [01:47.85]And Party Leaders you might meet [01:50.97]In twos and threes in every street [01:53.92]Maintaining with no little heat [01:56.52]Their various opinions [01:59.56]Now that's a sight you couldn't beat [02:02.29]Two Party Leaders in each street [02:05.21]Maintaining with no little heat [02:07.71]Their various opinions [02:10.59]That King although no one denies [02:13.27]His heart was of abnormal size [02:16.35]Yet he'd have acted otherwise [02:19.40]If he had been acuter [02:21.99]The end is easily foretold [02:24.78]When every blessed thing you hold [02:27.76]Is made of silver or of gold [02:30.73]You long for simple pewter [02:33.55]When you have nothing else to wear [02:36.67]But cloth of gold and satins rare [02:39.47]For cloth of gold you cease to care [02:42.26]Up goes the price of shoddy [02:44.91]Up goes the price of shoddy [02:50.31]In short whoever you may be [02:54.63]To this conclusion you'll agree [02:57.63]When every one is somebody [03:00.54] [03:01.06]Then no one's anybody [03:03.89]Now that's as plain as plain can be [03:06.67]To this conclusion we agree [03:09.58]When every one is somebody [03:12.29] [03:12.88]Then no one's anybody