Imagine the Duchess's Feelings-Noel Coward and Orchestra

[ti:Imagine The Duchess's Feelings!] [ar:Noel Coward and Orchestra] [al:CD C: London Pride, 1936-1943] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Imagine the Duchess's Feelings - Noel Coward and Orchestra [00:15.89]The duchess had manner for dignity lurks [00:18.45]In the shadows of Debret [00:20.86]But fate threw a spanner smack into the works [00:23.39]Tarnishing her coronet [00:26.58]Three large sons were born to her [00:29.22]But one sad morn to her [00:30.75]There came a premonition of regret [00:33.95]Said the duchess Well [00:36.41]Something doesn't gel [00:38.96]Said the duchess Well [00:41.24]Hell [00:42.31]Imagine the duchess's feelings [00:43.69] [00:44.82]On having hatched out her brood [00:47.54]To find her first son was weak though well-mannered Her second rather stupid [00:51.82]And the third plain rude [00:53.59]Her eldest son when in trouble went white [00:55.86]Her second son looked blue and hung his head [00:58.69]But imagine the duchess's feelings [01:01.38]When her youngest son went red [01:08.93]She sent them to Etton traditional youth [01:11.00] [01:11.66]Was theirs whatever else they've got [01:14.25]But nothing could sweeten the bitterest truth [01:17.00]That baby wasn't quite so hot [01:20.26]High life gave no joy to him [01:22.77]The hoi polloi to him [01:24.04]Provided something that his peers did not [01:27.96]Said her grace aghast [01:30.44]Is it going to last [01:33.12]Said her grace aghast [01:35.25]Blast [01:36.54]Imagine the Duchess's feelings [01:38.18] [01:39.18]You could have pierced her with swords [01:41.93]When she discovered her youngest liked Lenin [01:45.19]And sold the Daily Worker near the House of Lords [01:47.30]Her eldest son went to Boodle's and White's [01:50.03] [01:50.57]Her second joined the blues his father led [01:53.23]But imagine the Duchess's feelings [01:56.12]When her youngest son went Red [01:58.87]Imagine the duchess's feelings [02:01.12]Her overwhelming despair [02:03.80]To find her third son hobnobbed with the butler [02:06.89]And sang The Internationale in Belgrave square [02:09.46]Her first son's debts bled the family white [02:12.32]Her second son blu'd everything and fled [02:14.36]But imagine the Duchess's feelings [02:18.01]When the apple of the eye went Red [02:20.32]Poor mammy [02:21.03]Her youngest son went red