Sigh No More - I Wonder What Happened to Him (我想知道他发生了什么)-Noel Coward/Norman Hackforth

[ti:Sigh No More - I Wonder What Happened to Him] [ar:Noel Coward/Norman Hackforth] [al:COWARD, Noel: I Wonder What Happened to Him (1944-1951)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.15]I Wonder What Happened to Him - Noel Coward/Norman Hackforth [00:02.36]Written by：Noel Coward [00:03.36] [00:10.79]The India that we read about [00:12.37]And may have been misled about [00:14.21]In one respect has kept itself intact [00:16.29] [00:17.56]Though 'pukka sahib' traditions may have cracked [00:20.04]And thinned [00:20.97]The good old Indian army was a fact [00:24.19]That famous monumental man [00:26.13]The officer and gentleman [00:27.66]Still lives and breathes and functions from Bombay to Katmandu [00:30.56] [00:31.09]At any moment one can glimpse [00:32.83]Matured or embryonic 'blimps' [00:34.19] [00:34.95]Vivaciously speculating as to what became of who [00:38.29]Though Eastern sounds may fascinate your ear [00:40.68] [00:41.90]When West meets West you're always sure to hear [00:44.80] [00:46.86]Whatever became of old Bagot [00:48.58]I haven't seen him for a year [00:49.77] [00:50.56]Is it true that young Forbes had to marry that faggot [00:52.75]He met in the vale of Kashmir [00:54.11] [00:54.87]Have you had any news [00:55.85]Or that chap in the blues [00:56.98] [00:57.58]Was it Prosser or Pyecroft or Pym [00:59.74] [01:00.56]He was stationed in Simla or was it Bengal [01:03.20] [01:04.31]But I know he got blind at a ball in Nepal [01:06.25] [01:06.99]And wrote several four letter words on the wall [01:09.17]I wonder what happened to him [01:10.45] [01:13.60]Whatever became of old Shelley [01:15.12] [01:15.77]Is it true that young Briggs was cashiered [01:17.57] [01:18.20]For riding quite nude on a push bike through Delhi [01:21.21] [01:21.72]The day the new viceroy appeared [01:23.33] [01:24.13]Have you had any word [01:25.03]Of that bloke in the 'third' [01:26.13]Was it Southerby Sedgwick or sim [01:27.72] [01:28.83]They had him thrown out of the club in Bombay [01:30.65] [01:31.50]For apart from his mess bill exceeding his pay [01:33.52] [01:34.47]He took to pig sticking in quite the wrong way [01:36.78] [01:37.73]I wonder what happened to him [01:39.20] [01:47.82]One must admit that by and large [01:49.51]Upholders of the British Raj [01:51.20]Don't shine in conversation as a breed [01:53.38] [01:54.55]Though Indian army officers can read [01:57.15]A bit [01:57.89]Their verbal wit has rather run to seed [02:00.82] [02:01.35]Their splendid insularity [02:02.96]And roguish jocularity [02:04.60]Was echoing through India when Victoria was queen [02:07.56] [02:08.15]In restaurants and dining cars [02:09.66] [02:10.26]In messes clubs and hotel bars [02:12.15] [02:12.87]They try to maintain tradition in the way it's always been [02:16.59]Though worlds may change and nations disappear [02:19.93] [02:21.53]Above the shrieking chaos you will hear [02:24.92] [02:27.17]Whatever became of old tucker [02:28.90] [02:30.31]Have you heard any word of young mills [02:32.03] [02:32.68]Who ruptured himself at the end of a chukka [02:34.37]And had to be sent to the hills [02:35.75] [02:37.12]They say that young lees [02:38.08] [02:38.96]Had a dose of D T's' [02:40.29]And his hopes of promotion are slim [02:41.91] [02:42.94]According to Stubbs who's a bit of a louse [02:44.83] [02:45.43]The silly young blighter went out on a 'souse' [02:47.81] [02:48.93]And took two old tarts into government house [02:51.47]I wonder what happened to him [02:53.07] [02:55.57]Whatever became of old keeling [02:57.62] [02:59.36]And frightened three nuns in a train in Darjeeling [03:01.48] [03:08.43]D'you remember Munroe [03:09.35]In the p a v o [03:10.58]He was tallish and mentally dim [03:12.53] [03:14.07]The talk of heredity can't be quite true [03:16.07] [03:17.05]He was dropped on his head by his ayah at two [03:19.48] [03:20.68]I presume that by now he'll have reached g h q [03:24.04]I'm sure that's what happened to him