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No. 16 - Song - Hooker Pasha and Chorus
| Hooker Pasha: | My name it is Hooker Pasha, No family tree can I muster, In fact I was left by Mamma Done up with some string in a duster. And so on the parish I came And guardians would give me a penny, As they told me to work and to make my own name, And in fact I have made a good many! I've played my part with versatile art, Admired by each onlooker; I've gone by numerous names of sorts In numerous royal and bankruptcy courts, The highly various, multifarious, cosmopolitan Hooker! |
| Chorus: | He's played his part with versatile art, Admired by each onlooker; He's gone by numerous names of sorts In numerous royal and bankruptcy courts, The highly various, multifarious, cosmopolitan Hooker! |
| Hooker Pasha: | Though humble at first was my life, I felt as contented as may be, I married a plump little wife And owned an intelligent baby. But sadly I own it to you, I fell among reprobate sinners; I took a few bets from some men that I knew, And they somehow had all backed the winners! In haste perforce I quitted the course, Reviled by each onlooker; An absent-minded beggar I am, I carelessly bolted for Rotterdam, Without my beautiful, dear, and dutiful wife and infantile Hooker! |
| Chorus: | In haste perforce he quitted the course, Reviled by each onlooker; An absent-minded beggar is he, He carelessly bolted across the sea, Without his beautiful, dear, and dutiful wife and infantile Hooker! |
| Hooker Pasha: | At Paris a trifle I made, By shouting "A bas!" and "Conspuez!" I've rode a Rhodesian raid, I've smoked a Manilla with Dewey! I've served on the sea and the shore, I've lied till the Cretans revolted, I commanded the Greeks when they went to the war, And I turned to a Turk when they bolted! I risk my skin, but not to win The prize of each onlooker; The Jew, the Turk, and the infidel, I'll fight for them all if they pay for it well, I serve them martially, quite impartially, that's the method of Hooker! |
| Chorus: | He risks his skin, but not to win The prize of each onlooker; The Jew, the Turk, and the infidel, He'll fight for them all if they pay for it well, He serves them martially, quite impartially, that's the method of Hooker! |
| Hooker Pasha: | The last of my lucrative trades Was one that I lately began on, Procuring a party called Leyds Some shells for the use of his cannon! So good a commission I got, I took special care with the loading; And you're able to spot any shell of my lot By the fact of its never exploding! Though good Oom Paul perhaps may call Me een verdomd verneuker, Yet, many a Tommy sent to the war May miss being slain by his brother the Boer, Through shells protectively filled defectively by the merciful Hooker! |
| Chorus: | Though good Oom Paul perhaps may call Him een verdomd verneuker, Yet, many a Tommy sent to the war May miss being slain by his brother the Boer, Through shells protectively filled defectively by the merciful Hooker! |
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Page modified 23 January 2017