[Pharaoh:]
Death!
[Nebenchari:]
Death!
[Ptolemy:]
Death!
[Sebak:]
Death!
[Pharaoh:]
Death is his certain portion,
Mere--
[Nebenchari:]
Mere--
[Ptolemy:]
Mere--
[Sebak:]
Mere-- merely as a precaution--
[Ptolemy:]
Otherwise he'd repeat the trick
With another cat and another brick,
He can't be a Mummy, at any rate,
We shall just have a grim tête-à-tête.
[Nebenchari:]
But a Mummy he shall never be made,
The Royal edict must be obeyed.
[Pharaoh:]
So!
[Nebenchari:]
So!
[Ptolemy:]
So!
[Sebak:]
So! Ptolemy won't get paid!
[Pharaoh:]
Ptol--
[Nebenchari:]
Ptol--
[Ptolemy:]
Ptol--
[Sebak:]
Ptol--
[Pharaoh:]
Ptolemy don't seem charmed. But,
[Nebenchari:]
But,
[Ptolemy:]
But,
[Sebak:]
But,
[Nebenchari:]
Of course he can't be embalmed.
[Pharaoh:]
A mode of death that's rather funny
Is done with ants and a pot of honey.
[Nebenchari:]
We've a text-book full of unspeakable tortures
With a special chapter designed for Courtiers.
[Ptolemy:]
I've still one comfort sweet, if small,
All of his wealth to me will fall.
[Pharaoh:]
No.
[Nebenchari:]
No.
[Sebak:]
No.
[Ptolemy:]
Oh!
[Pharaoh:]
I don't see that at all. How--
[Nebenchari:]
How--
[Ptolemy:]
How--
[Sebak:]
How--
[Pharaoh:]
Much do you think he's got?
[Pharaoh:]
Let's--
[Nebenchari:]
Let's--
[Ptolemy:]
Let's--
[Sebak:]
Let's share it among the lot.
[Pharaoh:]
There's not enough to dispute about,
Simply let it be odd man out.
[Ptolemy:]
Suppose we have it that odd man wins?
This is where the fun begins,
I always use one particular coin.
[Pharaoh:]
Heads!
[Nebenchari:]
Heads!
[Sebak:]
Heads!
[Ptolemy:]
Tails!
[Others:]
Really, that's most annoyin',
Really, that's most annoyin'!