Act 2 - Opening Chorus.

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

[Chorus] From seventeen ninety five,
to seventeen ninety nine,

Republican France would dress for a dance,
in fashions extremely fine.

And keeping their style alive,
arrayed in the garb we are,

the brave and the fair
would probably wear,
in days of the Directoire.

The brave and the fair would probably wear
in the days of the Directoire.

[Ladies in Greek Dress] The Ladies
accounted the smartest
would put on a garb that was Greek,

as planned by some patriot artist,
whose classics were sadly to seek.

And some of the beauties between us,
who dressed by the classical rule,

assumed a costume à la Venus,
consisting of tights and of tulle.

We haven't the cheek,
to be so antique,

so this is our style
of Directory Greek.

They haven't the cheek, to be so antique,
so this is their style of Directory Greek!

[Ladies 'Incroyables'] Nous sommes les incroyables,
[Gentlemen 'Dandies] Nous sommes les Muscadins,

[Ladies] Très belles et très aimables.
[Gents] Très élégants et très fins,

[Ladies] Douces comme Cytheree,
nous charmons les citadins.

[Gents] Nous, les jeunes sedorée,
As sommons les Jacobins.

[Both] Par les deux et les diables,
nous sommes les incroyables!

[Soldiers] When the Fatherland's in danger,
from the legions of the foe,

we will go to face the stranger,
you will cheer us as we go,
as we tramp to the camp and the foe!

[All] We come, we come, to the drum,
as it rattles rat~tat~tat~a~tat~a~tat!

We're a soldier band in heart and hand,
and we in our heart and hat,

so march to war and glory,
and a name in song and story.

That was the road
that the soldier showed,
in the days of the Directory!

So march to war and glory,
and a name in song and story.

That was the road
that the soldier showed,
in the days of the Directory!

Soft karaoke
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Act 2 Opening Chorus 1902 seq Dr. Pitt-Payne 23 Apr 2001

Act 2 Opening Chorus 1902 seq Dr. Pitt-Payne 23 Apr 2001
Act 2 Opening Chorus 1902 (No.16)
Music by Lionel Monckton
Lyrics by Adrian Ross
copyright 1902 by Chappell and co
sequenced by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK 23 Apr 2001
in association with Doug Grierson
Karaoke by Bunty Pritchard Jones