The King's New Clothes-Philip Quast

The King's New Clothes Once upon a time there was a king who was absolutely insane about new clothes One day, two swindlers came to the king to sell him what they said was a magic suit of clothes Well, the truth of the matter is, there were no clothes there at all. But these two men were very smart, and they held up their hands like this And they said: "Your Majesty, this is a magic suit of clothes Naturally, because you are very wise and very intelligent, you can see what a beautiful raiment it is But to a fool it is absolutely invisible" "I see", said the king, and naturally, since he didn't want to appear a fool, he said "Isn't it grand! Isn't it fine! Look at the cut, the style, the line! The suit of clothes is all together But all together it's all together The most remarkable suit of clothes that I have ever seen These eyes of mine at once determined The sleeves are velvet, the cape is ermine The hose are blue and the doublet is a lovely shade of green (lovely shade of green) Somebody send for the Queen" Well, they quickly sent for the Queen and the Queen was quickly told how only wise people could see the magic suit Naturally, the Queen not wanting to appear a fool, said, "Well, isn't it oh! Isn't it rich! Look at the charm of every stitch! The suit of clothes is all together But all together it's all together The most remarkable suit of clothes that I have ever seen These eyes of mine at once determined The sleeves are velvet, the cape is ermine The hose are blue and the doublet is a lovely shade of green (lovely shade of green) Summon the court to convene" Well, the court convened, and you never in your life saw as many people as there were in that court All the ambassadors were there, the dukes, the earls, the counts, it was black with people And since none of them wanted to appear a fool, they all said "Isn't it ohhh! Isn't it ahhh! Isn't it absolutely wheee! The suit of clothes is all together But all together it's all together The most remarkable suit of clothes a tailor ever made Now quickly, put it all together With gloves of leather and hat and feather It's all together the thing to wear in Saturday's parade (Saturday's parade) Leading the royal brigade" Well, Saturday came and by then everyone had been told about the magic suit and what they were supposed to see So, the streets were lined with thousands, and thousands, and thousands of people And they all watched as the artillery came by, as the infantry marched by, as the cavalry galloped by And finally - the king! And since nobody wanted to appear a fool everyone began cheering like mad, boys Except one little boy... You see, he hadn't been told about the magic suit and he didn't know what he was supposed to see So when the King came by the little boy looked and, horrified, said "L-l-l-l-l-l-l-look at the King! Look at the King! Look at the King, the King, the King! The King is in the all together But all together the all together He's all together as naked as the day that he was born The King is in the all together But all together the all together It's all together the very least the King has ever worn" All the courts positioned to call an intermission His majesty is wide open to ridicule and scorn "The King is in the all together But all together the all together He's all together as naked as the day that he was born" And it's all together too chilly a morn!