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No. 24 - Duet - Rosa and Tommy - "Mummies"
| Tommy: | Oh, if you please, I'm Rameses, I'll take my oath of that! |
| Rosa: | And I'm his true Queen Hatasu, The accent on the "hat"! |
| Tommy: | We lived in style beneath the Nile And ruled the coast around; |
| Rosa: | And then we were put up in myrrh At seven-and-nine the pound! |
| Tommy: | They wound us up in linen thus, I'll show you how they did, |
| Rosa: | We slept in our sarcophagus Inside a pyramid! |
| Tommy: | And now we're waken'd up again In the nineteenth Century — The Twentieth as some maintain, But I don't care A. D. |
| Rosa: | We want to change our present dress For a style that's modern and free, Although it was a great success Two thousand and odd B. C. |
| Both: | So round and round we got unwound With a movement solemn and slow. As suits a Queen and King that have been Four thousand years ago! Excuse us if our limbs are stiff, For they were not formerly so; Our joints would act when we were packed Four thousand years ago! |
| Rosa: | I find it strange to see the change In this Egyptian land, |
| Tommy: | The nations say that things today No fellah can understand! |
| Rosa: | The English hold the land controll'd And spend enormous sums. |
| Tommy: | In lordly style they dam the Nile And anything else that comes. |
| Rosa: | In perfect swarms the tourists come To ev'ry spot and nook; |
| Tommy: | Though Kitchener has gone with some Yet more arrive with Cook! |
| Rosa: | With English ladies' ev'ning dress I'm tolerably content, Although you'll see us wearing less Upon our monument! |
| Tommy: | But modern dances are a sport That is not attractive to me, We'll show you how we danced at Court Two thousand and odd B. C. |
| Both: | So round and round we pace the ground In a measure stately and slow, We don't forget our Court etiquette Four thousand years ago! You note, perhaps, a trifling lapse, But the cause is easy to know, We had to stop our latest hop Four thousand years ago! |
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Page modified 23 January 2017