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No. 18: Duet (Bunthorne & Grosvenor)
"When I go out of door"
| Bunthorne. |
When I go out of door,
Of damozels a score
(All sighing and burning,
And clinging and yearning)
Will follow me as before.
I shall, with cultured taste,
Distinguish gems from paste,
And "High diddle diddle"
Will rank as an idyll,
If I pronounce it chaste! |
| Both. |
A most intense young man,
A soulful-eyed young man,
An ultra-poetical, super-aesthetical,
Out-of-the-way young man! |
| Grosvenor. |
Conceive me, if you can,
An ev'ryday young man:
A commonplace type,
With a stick and a pipe,
And a half-bred black-and-tan;
Who thinks suburban "hops"
More fun than "Monday Pops,"
Who's fond of his dinner,
And doesn't get thinner
On bottled beer and chops. |
| Both. |
A commonplace young man,
A matter-of-fact young man,
A steady and stolid-y, jolly Bank-holiday,
Every-day young man! |
| Bunthorne. |
A Japanese young man,
A blue-and-white young man,
Francesca di Rimini, miminy, piminy,
Je-ne-sais-quoi young man! |
| Grosvenor. |
A Chancery lane young man,
A Somerset House young man,
A very delectable, highly respectable,
Threepenny-bus young man! |
| Bunthorne. |
A pallid and thin young man,
A haggard and lank young man,
A greenery-yallery, Grosvenor Gallery,
Foot-in-the-grave young man! |
| Grosvenor. |
A Sewell and Cross young man,
A Howell and James young man,
A pushing young particle — "What's the next
article?" —
Waterloo House young man! |
| Bunthorne. |
Grosvenor. |
Conceive me, if you can,
A crotchety, cracked young man,
An ultra-poetical, super-aesthetical,
Out-of-the way young man! |
Conceive me, if you can,
A matter-of-fact young man,
An alphabetical,
arithmetical,
Every day young man! |
At the end, Grosvenor dances off. Bunthorne remains.
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25 January, 2005
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