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No. 2: SOLO (Ludwig) with Chorus
"By the mystic regulation"
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| Ludwig. | |
By the mystic regulation |
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| Chorus. | |
| You must eat a sausage-roll! A sausage-roll! |
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| Ludwig. | |
| If, in turn, he eats another, That’s a sign that he’s a brother – Each may fully trust the other. It is quaint and it is droll, But it’s bilious on the whole. |
| Chorus. |
| Very bilious, very bilious on the whole. |
| Ludwig. |
| It’s a greasy kind of pasty, Which, perhaps, a judgement hasty Might consider rather tasty: Once (to speak without disguise) It found favour in our eyes. |
| Chorus. |
| It found favour, it found favour in our eyes. |
| Ludwig. |
But when you’ve been six months feeding |
| Ludwig. | Women. | Men. |
| Yes, at these repulsive pies Our offended gorges rise! |
Yes, at these repulsive pies Our offended gorges rise! |
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| But, | But, | Our offended gorges rise! |
| But, | But, | Our gorges rise! |
| All. |
| By the mystic regulation Of our dark Association, Ere you open conversation With another kindred soul, You must eat a sausage-roll! |
| Ludwig. | Chorus. |
| You must eat a sausage-roll, a sausage roll, | |
| A sausage roll, a sausage roll! | A roll, a roll, a roll, a roll, a roll, a sausage roll! |
| A roll, a roll, a sausage roll! | A roll, a roll, a sausage roll! |
| A sausage roll! | A sausage roll! |
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