《The Stately Homes of England》歌词

[00:00:00] The Stately Homes of England - Noel Coward

[00:00:07] Lord elderly lord borrowmere

[00:00:09] Lord sickert and lord camp

[00:00:11] With every virtue every grace

[00:00:14] Ah what avails the sceptred race

[00:00:18] Here you see the four of us

[00:00:20] And there are so many more of us

[00:00:22] Eldest sons

[00:00:24] That must succeed

[00:00:26] We know how caesar conquered gaul

[00:00:28] And how to whack a cricket ball

[00:00:29] Apart from this our education

[00:00:32] Lacks co ordination

[00:00:34] Though we're young

[00:00:36] And tentative

[00:00:37] And rather rip representative

[00:00:38] Scions of a noble breed

[00:00:42] We are the products of those homes

[00:00:44] Serene and stately

[00:00:45] Which only lately

[00:00:48] Seem to have run to seed

[00:00:50] The stately homes of england

[00:00:52] How beautifully they stand

[00:00:54] To prove the upper classes

[00:00:56] Have still the upper hand

[00:00:58] Though the fact that they have to be rebuilt

[00:01:00] And frequently mortgaged to the hilt

[00:01:02] Is inclined to take the gilt

[00:01:05] Off the gingerbread

[00:01:06] And certainly damps the fun

[00:01:08] Of the eldest son

[00:01:10] But still we won't be beaten

[00:01:12] We'll scrimp and scrape and save

[00:01:14] The playing fields of eton

[00:01:16] Have made us frightfully brave

[00:01:18] And though if the van dycks have to go

[00:01:20] And we pawn the bechstein grand

[00:01:21] We'll stand by the stately homes of england

[00:01:30] Here you see

[00:01:31] The pick of us

[00:01:32] You may be heartily sick of us

[00:01:34] Still with sense

[00:01:35] We're all imbued

[00:01:37] Our homes command extensive views

[00:01:40] And with assistance from the jews

[00:01:41] We have been able to dispose of

[00:01:44] Rows and rows and rows of

[00:01:46] Gainsboroughs and lawrences

[00:01:49] Some sporting prints of aunt florence's

[00:01:50] Some of which were rather rude

[00:01:53] Although we sometimes flaunt our family conventions

[00:01:57] Our good intentions

[00:02:00] Mustn't be misconstrued

[00:02:02] The stately homes of england

[00:02:04] We proudly represent

[00:02:06] We only keep them up

[00:02:07] For americans to rent

[00:02:09] Though the pipes that supply the bathroom burst

[00:02:12] And the lavatory makes you fear the worst

[00:02:14] It was used by charles

[00:02:16] Quite informally

[00:02:18] And later by george iv

[00:02:20] On a journey north

[00:02:22] The state departments keep their

[00:02:24] Historical renown

[00:02:26] It's wiser not to sleep there

[00:02:28] In case they tumble down

[00:02:30] But still if they ever catch on fire

[00:02:31] Which with any luck they might

[00:02:33] We'll fight for the stately homes of england

[00:02:37] The stately homes of england

[00:02:39] Though rather in the lurch

[00:02:41] Provide a lot of chances

[00:02:43] For psychical research

[00:02:45] There's the ghost of a crazy younger son

[00:02:47] Who murdered in 1351

[00:02:49] An extremely rowdy nun

[00:02:52] Who resented it

[00:02:53] And people who come to call

[00:02:56] Meet her in the hall

[00:02:57] The baby in the guest wing

[00:02:59] Who crouches by the grate

[00:03:01] Was walled up in the west wing in 1428

[00:03:05] If anyone spots

[00:03:06] The queen of scots

[00:03:07] In a hand embroidered shroud

[00:03:09] We're proud of the stately homes of england