I'm Romantic - 03 - The Toreador - 1901

Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK - 15 Oct 2001

[Mrs. Hoppins] I have always had a passion
for a man of rank and fashion,
like the heroes of the stories in the 'Herald';
or the high and haughty nobles of
the Novelette and 'BowBells',
like Sir Rupert, or the Viscount of Fitzgerald.
I expected to discover
I was followed by a lover
who was Marquis, Duke,
or even Royal Highness,
So I looked across my shoulder
just to make him rather bolder,
but he never seemed
to overcome his shyness.
I'm romantic!
[All] She's romantic,
[Mrs. Hoppins] I should like to
ride to marriage in a coroneted carriage.
I'm romantic,
but I never yet
have been wedded by the hero
of a penny novelette.
[All] She's romantic! So romantic!
She would like to ride to marriage
in a coroneted carriage. She's romantic,
But she never yet has been wedded to
the hero of a penny novelette.

[Mrs. H] Once I met a handsome creature,
quite a lord in ev'ry feature,
who impress'd me with a sentimental feeling;
And his manner did unnerve me
as he ask'd if he could serve me,
and before my very feet I saw him kneeling.
But I thought it rather shocking
when he said "remove your stocking!"
So I told him his request was hardly modest;
then he answer'd, "I assure you,
if you don't I cannot cure you,"
and I found that he was just a chiropodist.
I'm romantic!
[All] She's romantic,
[Mrs. Hoppins] But I felt a perfect ninny
when he said, "my fee's a guinea!"
I'm romantic, and I shan't forget
How I took him for
the hero of a penny novelette.
[All] She's romantic! So romantic!
But she felt a perfect ninny
when he said my fee's a guinea!
She's romantic, but she won't forget,
how she took him for
the hero of a penny novelette!

[Mrs. Hoppins] Then a foreign party
eyed me and would try to walk beside me,
and I thought his look
was full of love unspoken;
And I wonder'd what he needed
but I didn't know if he did,
for his English was uncommon badly broken.
Till he said, "Oh, Signorina,
I can play ze concertina
but I plaiza very bad
and not in one key;
lenda me uno sovrano for
mecanico piano, and I give your namea
to ze blooming monkey."
I'm romantic,
[All] She's romantic,
[Mrs. Hoppins] It was such a sharp reminder,
finding him an organ grinder!
I'm romantic, but it's safe to bet
that I'm not the silly maiden
of the penny novelette.
[All] She's romantic! So romantic!
It was such a sharp reminder
finding him an organ grinder!
She's romantic, but it's safe to bet
that she's not the silly maiden
of the penny novelette!

[Mrs. Hoppins] I was courted
by a party looking
pretty strong and hearty
though he said he lived on
beans and soda water.
He was always on the topic of
his mission philanthropic,
that would put an end
to crime and war and slaughter.
And of course it wasn't funny
that the cause demanded money,
he was always on the beg or on the borrow;
and I stood it up to twenty,
then I said that it was plenty,
and he promised he would
pay me back tomorrow!
I'm romantic,
[All] She's romantic,
[Mrs. Hoppins] But I caught the worthy hero,
supping at The Trocadero!
I'm romantic, but the girl he met
was the golden haired Delilah
of the penny novelette.
[All] She's romantic! So romantic!
But she caught the worthy hero
supping at The Trocadero!
She's romantic, but the girl he met was
the golden haired Delilah
of the penny novelette.

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I'm Romantic - 03 - The Toreador

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I'm Romantic - 03 - The Toreador
From The Toreador - 1901
Music by Lionel Monckton
Words by Adrian Ross
sequenced for 'The Gaiety'
Editor - Roderick Murray
by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK - assoc. Doug Grierson
on Monday 15 Oct at 18.59
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© James Pitt-Payne, London UK, 2001
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