No. 21 - Duet - Delia and Lord Bicester - "The Argentine."

Lyrics by Paul A. Rubens

[Lord Bicester:] Wouldn't it be jolly
If we took a little holi-
Day away from here?
Would you come with me, dear?
Far away to sunny Mandalay,
To stray; or say, Paraguay?
[Delia:] Both of us together,
In a land of summer weather,
With a sky of blue
To smile on me and you!
We might go to Monte Video,
You know, or Valparaiso!
[Both:] That is, you see, if you loved me!
[Lord Bicester:] Then we might go
To San Francisco,
[Delia:] Or some other lazy-land,
Some dreamland, some hazy-land,
[Lord Bicester:] If my time were your time,
[Delia:] And your time were mine,
[Both:] Why then, we might sail away
To the Argentine!

[Delia:] Oh! to find a porter!
And desert the bricks and mortar,
For a southern clime
Where one forgets the time!
We might look for some secluded nook
Where Cook and Son would not book!
[Lord Bicester:] We might find some Chilian
Or some beautiful Brazilian
Spot beside the sea!
(Brazil appeals to me!)
Bear in mind that's where you go to find
"The Nuts" of every kind!
[Both:] That is, you see, if you loved me!
[Lord Bicester:] Then we might do
A new step for two,
[Delia:] We might find some lazy dance,
A slow dance, a mazy dance,
[Lord Bicester:] If my step suits your step,
[Delia:] And your step suits mine,
[Both:] We might do the Tango Dance
Of the Argentine!