No. 23 - Song - Queen and Chorus - "Miss Innocent."

Lyrics by Bernard Rolt

[Queen:] I'm a little girl, you see,
Miss Innocent my name is,
That's who I am!
[Chorus:] Oh, really.
[Queen:] That's what I'm not,
[Chorus:] Oh! dear!
[Queen:] If you'd know what I can be,
And what my fav'rite game is,
Listen to me?
[Chorus:] Much better try not to hear.
[Queen:] I think it amusing to quarrel with mama.
[Chorus:] Mama.
[Queen:] But find it is best to conciliate Papa,
[Chorus:] Papa.
[Queen:] But as for them,
And my governess as well,
Oh, they don't count.
[Chorus:] Oh, they don't count!
What her people must put up with,
Who can tell.
[Queen:] Oh, my dears, I'm wonderfully happy,
Life has just begun,
One eye on my book, and then the other wide awake,
And looking out for fun.
And after all, one's only young a short time.
So, in that event,
If there's a child who means to have her fling,
It's little Miss Innocent.
[Chorus:] Oh, my dears, she's wonderfully happy,
Life has just begun,
One eye on her book, and then the other wide awake,
And looking out for fun.
And after all, one's only young a short time.
So, in that event,
If there's a child who means to have her fling,
It's little Miss Innocent.

[Queen:] I can read quite easily,
But spelling's rather baulking.
Cat's spelt with C,
[Chorus:] Not always,
[Queen:] Sometimes with K
[Chorus:] instead.
[Queen:] Then I've read in history
King Charles the First went walking,
And talked half-an-hour,
[Chorus:] After they cut off his head.
[Queen:] I'm fairly contented,
But wish it were the rule,
[Chorus:] The rule,
[Queen:] That dear little boys
were allowed with me at school,
[Chorus:] At school.
[Queen:] But I don't care,
Just you wait a bit and see,
Till I come out,
[Chorus:] When she comes out.
Oh, good gracious, what a handfull she will be.
[Queen:] Oh, my dears, I'm wonderfully happy,
Life has just begun,
One eye on my book, and then the other wide awake,
And looking out for fun.
And after all, one's only young a short time.
So, in that event,
If there's a child who means to have her fling,
It's little Miss Innocent.
[Chorus:] Oh, my dears, she's wonderfully happy,
Life has just begun,
One eye on her book, and then the other wide awake,
And looking out for fun.
And after all, one's only young a short time.
So, in that event,
If there's a child who means to have her fling,
It's little Miss Innocent.

[Queen:] I think sums are rather fun!
Of marriage they remind me,
Twice one are two.
[Chorus:] Not often.
[Queen:] Sometimes they're three,
[Chorus:] We know.
[Queen:] I'll invent the rule of one,
'Ere any man shall bind me,
And I'll be the one,
[Chorus:] That means that she'll boss the show.
[Queen:] In Westminster Abbey,
They'll ring the wedding bells,
[Chorus:] The bells,
[Queen:] A bevy of bridesmaids,
and quite a crowd of swells,
[Chorus:] Of swells,
[Queen:] A nice long train,
Orange blossoms in my hair,
Mama's lace veil,
[Chorus:] Mama's lace veil,
Oh, depend upon it, we shall all be there.
[Queen:] Oh, my dears, I'm wonderfully happy,
Life has just begun,
One eye on my book, and then the other wide awake,
And looking out for fun.
And after all, one's only young a short time.
So, in that event,
If there's a child who means to have her fling,
It's little Miss Innocent.
[Chorus:] Oh, my dears, she's wonderfully happy,
Life has just begun,
One eye on her book, and then the other wide awake,
And looking out for fun.
And after all, one's only young a short time.
So, in that event,
If there's a child who means to have her fling,
It's little Miss Innocent.