I Wonder What Happened To Him?-Noel Coward and Orchestra

[ti:I Wonder What Happened To Him?] [ar:Noel Coward and Orchestra] [al:The Very Best Of] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]I Wonder What Happened To Him? - Noel Coward and Orchestra [00:08.24]The india that one read about [00:10.00]And may have been misled about [00:11.72]In one respect has kept itself intact [00:13.81] [00:15.43]Though pukka sahib' traditions may have cracked [00:18.11]And thinned [00:19.06]The good old indian army's still a fact [00:21.92] [00:22.59]That famous monumental man [00:23.95] [00:24.48]The officer and gentleman [00:26.21]Still lives and breathes and functions from bombay to katmandu [00:29.18] [00:29.84]At any moment one can glimpse [00:31.67] [00:32.25]Matured or embryonic blimps' [00:33.93] [00:34.46]Vivaciously speculating as to what became of who [00:37.61] [00:38.47]Though eastern sounds may fascinate your ear [00:41.05] [00:42.86]When west meets west you're always sure to hear [00:46.26] [00:48.72]Whatever became of old bagot [00:50.46] [00:50.97]I haven't seen him for a year [00:52.78] [00:53.44]Is it true that young forbes had to marry that faggot [00:55.79]He met in the vale of kashmir [00:57.24] [00:58.25]Have you had any news [00:59.14]Or that chap in the blues [01:00.11]Was it prosser or pyecroft or pym [01:02.71] [01:03.90]He was stationed in simla or was it bengal [01:06.73] [01:07.82]I know he got blind at a ball in nepal [01:10.57] [01:11.40]And wrote several four-letter words on the wall [01:13.88]I wonder what happened to him [01:15.12] [01:18.33]Whatever became of old shelley [01:19.83] [01:20.88]Is it true that young briggs was cashiered [01:22.79] [01:23.82]For riding quite nude on a push-bike through delhi [01:26.13]The day the new viceroy appeared [01:28.13] [01:29.29]Have you had any word [01:29.98]Of that bloke in the third [01:31.27]Was it southerby sedgwick or sim [01:34.37] [01:35.77]They had him thrown out of the club in bombay [01:37.96] [01:38.71]For apart from his mess bill exceeding his pay [01:40.67] [01:42.01]He took to pig-sticking in quite the wrong way [01:44.88]I wonder what happened to him [01:46.32] [01:49.79]One must admit that by and large [01:51.34]Upholders of the british raj* [01:53.26]Don't shine in conversation as a breed [01:55.97] [01:57.07]Though indian army officers can read [01:59.25] [01:59.86]A bit [02:00.75]Their verbal wit-has rather run to seed [02:03.66] [02:04.37]Their splendid insularity [02:05.43] [02:06.21]And roguish jocularity [02:07.24] [02:08.05]Was echoing through India when victoria was queen [02:11.23] [02:11.74]In restaurants and dining-cars [02:13.82] [02:14.56]In messes clubs and hotel bars [02:16.53] [02:17.46]They try to maintain tradition in the way it's always been [02:20.74] [02:21.89]Though worlds may change and nations disappear [02:24.98] [02:27.12]Above the shrieking chaos you will hear [02:31.05] [02:33.24]Whatever became of old tucker [02:35.15] [02:36.21]Have you heard any word of young mills [02:37.98] [02:39.07]Who ruptured himself at the end of a chukka [02:40.75]And had to be sent to the hills [02:42.51] [02:43.36]They say that young lees [02:44.38] [02:45.23]Had a go of d t's' [02:47.00]And his hopes of promotion are slim [02:49.13] [02:50.00]According to stubbs who's a bit of a louse [02:53.24]The silly young blighter went out on a souse [02:55.95] [02:56.72]And took two old tarts into government house [02:59.46]I wonder what happened to him [03:00.79] [03:04.03]Whatever became of old archie [03:05.71] [03:06.88]I hear he departed this life [03:08.35] [03:09.35]After rounding up ten sacred cows in karachi [03:12.74]To welcome the governor's wife [03:14.05] [03:15.24]D'you remember munroe [03:16.32] [03:17.01]In the p a v o [03:18.69]He was tallish and mentally dim [03:20.65] [03:21.98]The talk of heredity can't be quite true [03:23.61] [03:24.82]He was dropped on his head by his ayah at two [03:27.61] [03:28.82]I presume that by now he'll have reached g h q [03:32.39]I'm sure that's what happened to him