Just Let Me Look At You-Noel Coward and Orchestra

[ti:The Stately Homes of England] [ar:Noel Coward and Orchestra] [al:Dance, Little Lady] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Just Let Me Look At You - Noel Coward and Orchestra [00:05.52]Lord Elderly Lord Borrowmere [00:07.51]Lord Sickert and Lord Camp [00:09.17] [00:09.95]With every virtue every grace [00:11.71] [00:12.46]Ah what avails the sceptred race [00:15.03] [00:16.48]Here you see the four of us [00:19.47]And there are so many more of us [00:21.49]Eldest sons [00:22.45]That must succeed [00:23.26] [00:24.41]We know how Caesar conquered Gaul [00:26.97]And how to whack a cricket ball [00:28.65]Apart from this our education [00:29.89] [00:31.02]Lacks co-ordination [00:31.91] [00:33.12]Though we're young [00:34.48]And tentative [00:35.49]And rather rip-representative [00:37.24]Scions of a noble breed [00:39.22] [00:40.24]We are the products of those homes [00:42.99]Serene and stately [00:44.55]That only lately [00:45.57] [00:47.03]Seem to have run to seed [00:48.98]The stately homes of England [00:50.94]How beautiful they stand [00:52.25] [00:52.97]To prove the upper classes [00:54.96]Have still the upper hand [00:56.75]Though the fact that they have to be rebuilt [00:59.25]And frequently mortgaged to the hilt [01:00.87]Is inclined to take the gilt [01:02.14] [01:03.57]Off the gingerbread [01:04.70]And certainly damps the fun [01:06.05] [01:06.90]Of the eldest son [01:08.32] [01:08.84]But still we won't be beaten [01:10.70]We'll scrimp and scrape and save [01:12.21] [01:12.88]The playing fields of Eton [01:14.87]Have made us frightfully brave [01:16.30] [01:16.86]And though if the Van Dycks have to go [01:18.87]And we pawn the Bechstein Grand [01:20.45]We'll stand [01:21.47]By the stately homes of England [01:24.62] [01:29.15]Here you see the pick of us [01:31.70]You may be heartily sick of us [01:33.17]Still with sense we're all imbued [01:36.55]Our homes command extensive views [01:38.52]And with assistance from the Jews [01:40.56]We have been able to dispose of [01:42.52] [01:43.03]Rows and rows and rows of [01:45.13]Gainsboroughs and Lawrences [01:47.93]Some sporting prints of Aunt Florence's [01:49.76]Some of which were rather rude [01:51.61] [01:52.55]Although we sometimes [01:54.03]Flaunt our family conventions [01:55.68] [01:56.51]Our good intentions [01:58.57] [01:59.16]Mustn't be misconstrued [02:01.11]The stately homes of England [02:02.28] [02:02.97]We proudly represent [02:04.04] [02:04.95]We only keep them up [02:06.14] [02:06.89]For Americans to rent [02:08.04] [02:08.79]Though the pipes that supply the bathroom burst [02:10.90]And the lavatory makes you fear the worst [02:12.93]It was used by Charles I [02:14.22] [02:15.89]Quite informally [02:16.82]And later by George IV [02:18.08] [02:18.99]On a journey north [02:20.30] [02:20.90]The state departments keep their [02:22.37] [02:22.91]Historical renown [02:24.93]It's wiser not to sleep there [02:26.85]In case they tumble down [02:28.15] [02:28.82]But still if they ever catch on fire [02:30.77]Which with any luck they might [02:32.53]We'll fight [02:33.45]For the stately homes of England [02:35.93] [02:36.87]The stately homes of England [02:38.79]Though rather in the lurch [02:40.01] [02:40.79]Provide a lot of chances [02:42.08] [02:42.77]For psychical research [02:44.50]There's the ghost [02:45.86]Of a crazy younger son [02:47.09]Who murdered in 1351 [02:48.23] [02:48.74]An extremely rowdy nun [02:50.36] [02:51.73]Who resented it [02:52.90]And people who come to call [02:54.13] [02:54.94]Meet her in the hall [02:56.10] [02:56.64]The baby in the guest wing [02:58.86]Who crouches by the grate [03:00.06] [03:00.79]Was walled up in the west wing [03:02.73]In 1428 [03:04.23] [03:04.75]If anyone spots [03:05.87]The Queen of Scots [03:06.99]In a hand-embroidered shroud [03:08.62]We're proud [03:09.45]Of the stately homes of England