Variations on Themes
by Pat Darnell, and, Sho Nuff
Bryan TX | 01.11.2010
Frequent heartburn
... comes to call
Every time a spuddin' boy
... knocks on this stall
He sees my collections
... of things big and tall
Then, right then, decides he is in
... "Hiddy Mr D; can I see that guitar?"
You men out there
... who got no daughter at all
Is luckiest men ... by far.
'Cause then in comes Slasher
... right behind is Emo, then Bingo
Followed by this kid Gungus Din.
It isn't too purty ... what and all
"Defy all moral maxims"
Them boys is durty
... this shape youth's in
Li'l sister introduces them
... tall one, Short one,
And this one here is Slim
Her brothers all shake their hands
Her brothers all nice to 'em
Then Daughter gets nicer yet !
Frequent heartburn sets in,
Please don't do me like that
Frequent heartburn again,
Betrays what d'em boys is at!
Yep it 'tis Daddy's
... frequent heartburn
That sets up in his craw'
And sure 'nuff goes to town
Daddy's daughters and all
... being nice to boys ...
... twistin'things all around,
Makin' Frequent Heartburn climb
... right off'n the wall,
... so unkind ...
Humpty Dumpty it hurts!
Ohh, it hurts!
Say it ain't so!
Anyone have a TUMS?
... eeeerrrruupppp ...
Oh my God
It burns... it burns
That's it ... I'm dyin'...
Be home by Ten!
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BADMEN*
by Cole Porter, 1916
[Tenores:]
A thoro'ly roaring reckless lot in us you see.
We're everything that you would not desire to be.
All moral maxims we defy.
We gamble, swear and guzzle rye.
We are the pink of impropriety-ety-ety.
[Basses:]
Ha-ha! Ho-ho! What very wild oats we sow.
Ha-ha! Ho-ho! What terrible brutes we are.
Unheeding possible dangers,
We plunder innocent strangers.
Ha-ha! Ho-ho! Ha-ha! Ho-ho! Ha -ha!
[Tenores and Basses:]
Badmen, badmen, picturesquely clad men.
Badmen, badmen, dangerous as madmen.
Badmen, badmen, the world has seldom had men
So likely to hurt you,
So void of all virtue as we.
The very pink of impropriety are we.
*The original opening chorus. Manuscript in the Music division of the Library of Congress. Introduced by ensemble. No. 1 in the original sequence. (Kimball, Robert. 1992. pg 42,
complete lyrics of cole porter, the)
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Younger Sons of Peers*
by Cole Porter, 1916
We've a little secret to confess to you.
what we've been asserting isn't strictly true.
Don't be disappointed when you hear us say
That we are late arrivals in the U.S. A.
Don't be surprised
When we say we're aristocracy disguised.
Please believe your ears
When we tell you we are younger sons of peers
Sons of houses dated
From medieval years.
In Burke you'll find us rated
As younger sons of peers.
We're second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh,
Eigth, nine sons of peerless peers.
We're younger sons of England's most eminent peers.
Younger sons of English peers,
Younger sons of english peers.
'Three cheers!
*This number, the
Revelation Chorus of Badmen, might have been the second part of the original opening chorus. Manuscript at the Library of Congress. It might have been deleted before the New York opening. No. 2 in the original sequence. (Kimball, Robert. 1992. pg 43,
complete lyrics of cole porter, the)
