No. 14 - Trio - Denise, Comte and Miradoux - "Any Fried of Yours"

Lyrics by Percy Greenbank

[Denise:] Here's a shocking state of affairs!
My father declares
He doesn't believe your explanation.
[Comte:] Here's a pretty kettle of fish!
Could anyone wish
For any more awkward situation?
[Miradoux:] Don't you dare to try and defend
Your villainous friend
Who's cruelly wronged my helpless daughter
[Comte:] Well, from what I'm able to see
Monsieur Le Marquis
Has managed to get in quite hot water.
[Miradoux:] You, Sir, and your precious friend
I'd like to smother,
He's a rogue and scoundrel, yes,
and you're another.
[Trio:] "Any friend of yours is a friend of mine,"
That's what people say politely,
Though they know the person slightly,
But it seldom works out rightly.
For one can't pretend to remain a friend
When an insult one endures,
So I must decline as a friend of mine
Any person who's a friend of yours.

[Denise:] Ah, Monsieur, I often have heard
How one little word
May alter a contretemps unpleasant.
[Comte:] Mad'moiselle, it's really in vain,
I cannot explain,
I have to keep silent for the present.
[Miradoux:] Is your friend an aristocrat,
Come answer me that
Of is he of humble rank and station?
[Comte:] I shall answer just when I choose,
But now I refuse
To give you the slightest information.
[Miradoux:] Dire misfortune all my footsteps
seems a-dogging,
You, Sir, and your precious friend
deserve a flogging.
[Trio:] "Any friend of yours is a friend of mine,"
That's what people say politely,
Though they know the person slightly,
But it seldom works out rightly.
For one can't pretend to remain a friend
When an insult one endures,
So I must decline as a friend of mine
Any person who's a friend of yours.
Yes, when an insult one endures,
One really has to draw the line,
So I declare no friend of yours
Shall ever be a friend of mine.