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

[ti:Sigh No More - I wonder What Happened to Him] [ar:Noel Coward] [al:COWARD, Noel: I Wonder What Happened to Him (1944-1951)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.71]I wonder What Happened to Him - Noel Coward [00:02.59]Written by：Noel Coward [00:03.58] [00:08.88]The India that we read about [00:10.51]And may have been misled about [00:12.34]In one respect has kept itself intact [00:14.55] [00:15.96]Though 'pukka sahib' traditions may have cracked [00:18.23]And thinned [00:18.93] [00:19.52]The good old Indian army was a fact [00:23.06]That famous monumental man [00:24.97]The officer and gentleman [00:26.74]Still lives and breathes and functions from Bombay to Katmandu [00:29.79] [00:30.35]At any moment one can glimpse [00:32.14] [00:32.70]Matured or embryonic 'blimps' [00:34.46] [00:35.11]Vivaciously speculating as to what became of who [00:38.18] [00:38.85]Though Eastern sounds may fascinate your ear [00:41.60] [00:43.33]When West meets West you're always sure to hear [00:47.03] [00:49.16]Whatever became of old Bagot [00:51.44]I haven't seen him for a year [00:52.95] [00:53.82]Is it true that young Forbes had to marry that faggot [00:56.24]He met in the vale of Kashmir [00:57.59] [00:58.43]Have you had any news [00:59.57]Or that chap in the blues [01:00.80]Was it Southerby Sedgwick or Sim [01:03.14] [01:04.33]He was stationed in Simla or was it Bengal [01:06.90] [01:08.18]But I know he got blind at a ball in Nepal [01:10.69] [01:11.76]And wrote several four letter words on the wall [01:13.87]I wonder what happened to him [01:15.51] [01:18.64]Whatever became of old Shelley [01:20.12] [01:21.22]Is it true that young Briggs was cashiered [01:23.09] [01:24.34]For riding quite nude on a push bike through Delhi [01:26.68]The day the new viceroy appeared [01:28.13] [01:29.51]Have you had any word [01:30.37]Of that bloke in the 'third' [01:31.47]Was it Prosser or Pyecroft or Pym [01:34.57] [01:36.04]They had him thrown out of the club in Bombay [01:37.94] [01:38.94]For apart from his mess bill exceeding his pay [01:41.02] [01:42.25]He took to pig sticking in quite the wrong way [01:45.37]I wonder what happened to him [01:46.93] [01:50.03]One must admit that by and large [01:51.91]Upholders of the British Raj [01:53.50]Don't shine in conversation as a breed [01:55.99] [01:57.29]Though Indian army officers can read [01:59.11] [01:59.80]A bit [02:00.89]Their verbal wit has rather run to seed [02:03.86] [02:04.46]Their splendid insularity [02:05.68] [02:06.25]And roguish jocularity [02:08.08]Was echoing through India when Victoria was queen [02:11.90]In restaurants and dining cars [02:13.63] [02:14.62]In messes clubs and hotel bars [02:16.68] [02:17.54]They try to maintain tradition in the way it's always been [02:20.90] [02:21.95]Though worlds may change and nations disappear [02:25.50] [02:27.34]Above the shrieking chaos you will hear [02:30.87] [02:33.37]Whatever became of old tucker [02:35.38] [02:36.18]Have you heard any word of young mills [02:38.33] [02:38.98]Who ruptured himself at the end of a chukka [02:41.10]And had to be sent to the hills [02:42.49] [02:43.36]They say that young lees [02:44.48] [02:45.19]Had a dose of D T's' [02:47.11]And his hopes of promotion are slim [02:49.05] [02:50.02]According to Stubbs who's a bit of a louse [02:52.61] [02:53.20]The silly young blighter went out on a 'souse' [02:55.85] [02:56.72]And took two old tarts into government house [02:59.45]I wonder what happened to him [03:00.76] [03:04.03]Whatever became of old Archie [03:05.79] [03:06.81]I hear he departed this life [03:08.45] [03:09.24]After rounding up ten sacred cows in Karachi [03:12.72]To welcome the Governor's wife [03:13.94] [03:15.11]D'you remember Munroe [03:16.19] [03:16.90]In the p a v o [03:18.58]He was tallish and mentally dim [03:20.54] [03:21.60]The talk of heredity can't be quite true [03:23.71] [03:24.48]He was dropped on his head by his ayah at two [03:27.43] [03:28.63]I presume that by now he'll have reached g h q [03:31.51] [03:32.19]I'm sure that's what happened to him