Alice Is at It Again (Live)-Noel Coward and Orchestra

[ti:Alice Is at It Again (Live)] [ar:Noel Coward and Orchestra] [al:Noel Coward, Vol. 1] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Alice Is at It Again (Live) - Noel Coward and Orchestra [00:18.99]In a dear little village [00:19.93]Remote and obscure [00:21.39]A beautiful maiden resided [00:22.99] [00:23.77]As to whether or not [00:24.71]Her intentions were pure [00:25.81] [00:26.43]Opinions were sharply divided [00:28.16] [00:29.38]She loved to lie [00:30.79]Out 'neath the darkening sky [00:32.15] [00:32.71]And allow the night breeze [00:33.74]To entrance her [00:34.54] [00:35.71]She whispered her dreams [00:37.04]To the birds flying by [00:38.10] [00:39.68]But seldom received any answer [00:41.29] [00:44.50]Over the field and along the lane [00:46.44] [00:47.47]Gentle Alice would love to stray [00:49.94] [00:50.71]When it came to the end of the day [00:54.13]She would wander away [00:55.38] [00:56.21]Unheeding [00:56.83] [00:58.23]Dreaming her innocent dreams she strode [01:00.45] [01:01.13]Quite unaffected by heat or cold [01:03.25] [01:04.03]Frequently freckled or soaked with rain [01:06.60] [01:08.01]Alice was out in the lane [01:10.39] [01:11.77]Who she met there [01:14.78]Every day [01:15.45] [01:16.34]Was a question [01:17.59]Answered by none [01:18.33] [01:19.51]But she'd get there [01:20.42] [01:21.22]And she'd stay there [01:22.13] [01:22.85]'Til whatever she did [01:23.76] [01:24.41]Was undoubtedly done [01:25.58] [01:26.77]Over the field and along the lane [01:28.54] [01:29.58]Both her parents would call in vain [01:31.65] [01:33.17]Sadly sorrowfully they'd complain [01:36.02] [01:37.80]'Alice is at it again' [01:39.93] [01:46.18]Although that dear little village [01:47.36]Surrounded by trees [01:48.46]Had neither a school nor a college [01:50.54]Gentle Alice acquired [01:51.27]From the birds and the bees [01:52.96] [01:53.54]Some exceedingly practical knowledge [01:55.78] [01:56.79]The curious secrets that nature revealed [01:59.66]She refused to allow to upset her [02:01.26] [02:02.29]But she thought [02:02.97] [02:03.65]When observing the beasts of the field [02:05.32] [02:06.53]That things might have been organized better [02:09.63] [02:13.27]Over the field and along the lane [02:16.77]Gentle Alice would make up [02:18.45]And take up her stand [02:20.07] [02:21.30]The road was not exactly arterial [02:23.21] [02:24.29]But it led to a town nearby [02:26.48]Where quite a lot of masculine material [02:28.94]Caught her rolling eye [02:30.60]She was ready to hitchhike [02:31.92] [02:32.66]Cadillac or motorbike [02:33.81]She wasn't proud or choosy [02:35.11] [02:36.14]All she [02:36.57] [02:37.17]Was aiming to be [02:38.01]Was a pinked up [02:38.90]Minked up [02:39.67]Fly by night floozy [02:40.78]When old Rogers [02:41.59]Gave her pearls as large as [02:43.22]Nuts on a chestnut tree [02:44.44] [02:45.38]All she'd say was [02:46.42]'Fiddle di dee [02:47.64]The wages of sin will be the death of me' [02:50.35]Over the field and along the lane [02:53.47] [02:53.98]Gentle Alice's parents [02:55.86]Would wait hand in hand [02:57.42] [03:00.45]Her dear old white headed mother [03:02.54] [03:03.50]Wistfully sipping champagne [03:05.62] [03:07.62]Said 'We've spoiled our child [03:09.30]Spared the rod [03:10.67]Open up the caviar and say [03:12.25]Thank God [03:13.20]We've got no cause to complain [03:16.32] [03:17.87]Alice is at it again'