La Cage Aux Folles 1983

Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK - 10 Oct 2003

It's rather gaudy
but it's also rather grand,
and while the waiter pads your check,
he'll kiss your hand.
The clever gigolos romance
the wealthy matrons at
La Cage Aux Folles.

It's slightly "forties"
and a little bit "New Wave,"
you may be dancing with a girl
who needs a shave,
where both the riffraff
and the royalty are patrons at
La Cage Aux Folles.

La Cage Aux Folles,
the maitre d' is dashing,
Cage Aux Folles,
the hatcheck girl is flashing;
We import the drinks that you buy,
(So the Perrier is Canada Dry!)

Eccentric couples
always punctuate the scene;
A pair of eunuchs
and a nun with a Marine
to feel alive you get a limosine
to drive you to La Cage Aux Folles.

It's bad and beautiful,
it's bawdy and bizarre,
I know a duchess
who got pregnant at the bar.
Just who is who,
and what is what,
is quite the question at
La Cage Aux Folles.

Go for the mystery,
the magic, and the mood,
Avoid the hustlers,
and the men's room,
and the food.
For you get glamour and romance,
and indigestion at
La Cage Aux Folles.

La Cage Aux Folles
a St. Tropex tradition,
Cage Aux Folles
you'll lose each inhibition,
All week long we're wondering who
left a green Givenchy gown in the loo.

You go alone to have the evening of your life,
you meet your mistress, and your boyfriend,
and your wife.
It's a bonanza,
it's a mad extravaganza,
at La Cage Aux Folles.

You cross the threshold,
and your bridges have been burned,
the bar is cheering,
for the duchess has returned.
The mood's contagious,
you can bring
your whole outrageous entourage.
It's so eclectic,
effervescent and electric,
at La Cage Aux Folles.

Soft karaoke
Words
str 25
str 50
str 110
fr hrn 60
brass 75
flute
timp
bassoon
clarinet
piano t clef
oboe
pizz str
glock
tenor sax
harp
drum
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La Cage Aux Folles 1983
from "La Cage Aux Folles"
Music and Lyrics by Jerry Herman
copyright 1983 by Jerry Herman
all rights controlled by Jerryco Music Co.
sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Friday 10 October 2003 at 08.22
in association with Doug Grierson
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