So They Say 1900 'The Viceroy'

James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 30 August 2004

[Fioretta:] It is said that
woman's age is here.
[Viceroy:] May be so
I don't know
[Fioretta:] And that man's
a creature not her peer.
[Viceroy:] Well may be
that we shall see.
[Fioretta:] The girls are both athletic
and pedantic. The married ones
are rulers of the house.
[Viceroy:] But all the same
they jump with screaming frantic
at the horrid apparition of a mouse.
[Fioretta:] So they say
so they say, so they say.
But I can't tell how true
the tale may be.
So they say
so they say, so they say.
But I beg that you won't quote me

[Dance:]

[Fioretta:] It is said
that marriage is a frost
[Viceroy:] May be so
I don't know.
[Fioretta:] That a wife's identity
is lost
[Viceroy:] Well may be,
but we shall see.
[Fioretta:] So for a happy time
we are preparing,
we're going to hustle round
and get the tin
[Viceroy:] Oh how my wife
will love to do the swearing
when the dressmakers
and tailor's bill come in.
[Fioretta:] So they say
so they say, so they say.
But I can't tell how true
the tale may be.
So they say
so they say, so they say.
But I beg that you won't quote me

[Dance:]

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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So They Say 1900
Music by Victor Herbert
Lyrics by Harry B. Smith
© 1900 by M. Witmark & Sons
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Monday 30 August 2004 at 12.30
in association with Doug Grierson
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"The Viceroy" -  A Comic Opera in 3 Acts
Music by Victor Herbert. Book by Harry B. Smith
Harry B. Smith Publication: New York: M. Witmark & Sons, 1900.
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