No. 13 - Duet - Rosalie and Girdle - "Delights of London."

Lyrics by Adrian Ross

[Rosalie:] I'd like to go on a London spree,
[Girdle:] Then come with me!
[Rosalie:] I'll come to tea.
Of course I want a nice one.
[Girdle:] What price one?
[Both:] What price one?
[Girdle:] We're bound to drop on a tea-shop near.
[Rosalie:] That isn't dear.
[Girdle:] That isn't dear.
It's what we've ev'ryone done
In London.
[Both:] In London.
(after dialogue:) Come for a London spree,
If you would like a lark,
Try a tea-shop, A. B. C. shop,
Just like a London clerk.
If you attempt to tip,
All of the girls will frown.
It's really ripping
When they don't have tipping
At a tea-shop up in town!

[Rosalie:] Of London life I am curious,
[Girdle:] Then take a 'bus,
[Rosalie:] An omnibus!
[Girdle:] A lot you will pick up hence
For twopence!
[Both:] For twopence!
[Rosalie:] I'll go on top, in a garden chair.
[Girdle:] The driver's there!
[Rosalie:] The driver's there!
You sit down just behind him,
And mind him!
[Both:] I'll/You mind him!
(after dialogue:) Come for a City ride,
That is the thing for you;
Bet a fiver that the driver
Tells you a lot that's new.
Stick to a seat outside,
Mind that you don't fall down,
You'll know the 'buses
and the complicated cusses
Of the drivers up in town!

[Rosalie:] I'm always fond of a little dance
When I've the chance,
[Girdle:] You'll get the chance!
You'll find in all positions
Musicians.
[Both:] Musicians.
[Girdle:] Piano organs you can meet
Up any street.
[Rosalie:] That will be sweet,
I'll dance while you are minding
The grinding.
[Both:] The grinding.
(after dialogue:) Come for a gratis free
Cake-walk in open air,
Making figures like the (black men)
Out in a London square!
Dance on until you see
Some stern policeman frown,
To the gay piano of a bold Italiano
In the streets of London town!

[Girdle:] You may some day be a London nurse,
[Rosalie:] I might do worse.
[Girdle:] A great deal worse!
[Rosalie:] And I should walk out, maybe,
With baby.
[Both:] With baby!
[Rosalie:] I'd like to look at the Palace Yard
And see the guard.
[Girdle:] You'll see the guard,
In all his manly beauty
On duty,
[Both:] On duty.
(after dialogue:) Come for a little walk,
Sauntering to and fro,
Where the sentry in the entry
Paces on sentry-go!
He's not allowed to talk,
But then his gun's laid down,
He will look bewitching
when his cane he's switching
With the nicest nurse in town!