Ragueneau's Café 1899 'Cyrano de Bergerac'

James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 21 Jan 2004

I'm the helpmate of the owner
of this popular café,
Where people come for pampering
the inner man;
Where the waitresses and cooks
are quite attractive in their looks,
and no one leaves the restaurant
a thinner man.
We've a splendid bill of fare,
with a lot of fancy names,
just to read it through is like a hearty meal;
but all the fancy dishes
with names you can't pronounce,
are made from just a single leg of veal.
Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps,
Perhaps you disapprove it,
but you cannot blame the cook,
Instructions clear, are pointed here
in this our cookery book.
You may depend upon it,
all was cooked in proper way,
according to the recipes
of Ragueneau's café.

If you wish to manufacture,
say a pudding or a pie,
that would lure a man away
from home and mother,
you have only got to look
in our little cook'ry book,
and it's certain that you'll never use another.
Pour a pan of stewed tomatoes
into half a pint of beer,
Molasses. eggs, vanilla to the taste;
and vinegar and mustard,
of onions just a few;
then send out for the doctor in great haste.
Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps,
Perhaps you disapprove it,
but you cannot blame the cook,
Instructions clear, are pointed here
in this our cookery book.
You may depend upon it,
all was cooked in proper way,
according to the recipes
of Ragueneau's café.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Ragueneau's Café 1899
Lyrics by Harry B. Smith
Music by Victor Herbert
copyright MDCCCXCIX by M. Witmark & Sons
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Wednesday 21 January 2004 at 07.32
in association with Doug Grierson
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Cyrano de Bergerac. A Comic Opera in 3 Acts.
As Produced by Francis Wilson and company,
at the Knickerbocker Theatre, New York.
Music by Victor Herbert. Lyrics by Harry B. Smith.
Harry B. Smith Publication: New York: M. Witmark & Sons, 1899.
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