The Arcadians.

Seq - Dr. J.Pitt-Payne. Kar - Bunty Pritchard Jones. Apr 2001.

[Chorus] Come and see them, only see!
Never did anyone look so funny!

Like a circus as can be,
Only it's amateur, not for money!

All the London men and maids,
putting themselves into fancy dresses.

Some with pails and some with spades,
Dairy maids, reapers and shepherdesses.

Look there! See Here!
Look there! See Here!

Never has been such a thing seen,
Not come Michaelmas fifty year!

Never has been such a thing seen,
Michaelmas, Michaelmas, fifty year.

[Male Guests] As countrymen we truly are
Uncommonly peculiar,

In what a town costumier
informs us is a smock frock,

we don't know what to do with it,
but still we're going through with it,

although the prospect's gloomier,
than anything we've met yet!

[Chorus] Never has been such a thing seen,
Not since Michaelmas fifty year!

[Female Guests] Hither from Burlington Arcady straying,
Come we to work at the crook and the churn:

all the enjoyment of their employment,
we are exceedingly anxious to learn.

How do you handle a fork when you're haying?
How do you manage when milking a cow?

Isn't it charming going a~farming,
if you have somebody telling you how!

[Male Guests] As Hither from Burlington Arcady straying,
Come we to work at the crook and the churn:

all the enjoyment of their employment,
we are exceedingly anxious to learn.

How do you handle a fork when you're haying?
How do you manage when milking a cow?

Isn't it charming going a~farming,
if you have somebody telling you how!

[Chorus] Never has been such a thing seen,
such a thing seen.

[They all dance]

Soft karaoke
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The Arcadians 1902 seq Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK 19 Apr 2001

The Arcadians 1902 seq Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK 19 Apr 2001
The Arcadians 1902 A Country Girl (No.11)
Music by Lionel Monckton
Lyrics by Adrian Ross
sequenced by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK 19 Apr 2001
in association with Doug Grierson
Karaoke by Bunty Pritchard Jones