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ACT II

No. 15: SONG (Lady Psyche)
"A Lady fair, of lineage high"

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Lady Psyche.
A Lady fair, of lineage high, Was loved by an Ape, in the days gone by. The Maid was radiant as the sun, The Ape was a most unsightly one, The Ape was a most unsightly one
	So it would not do His scheme fell through,
For the Maid, when his love took formal shape,
	Express'd such terror At his monstrous error,
That he stammer'd an apology and made his 'scape, The picture of a disconcerted Ape
With a view to rise in the social scale, He shaved his bristles and he docked his tail, He grew mustachios, and he took his tub, And he paid a guinea to a toilet club, He paid a guinea to a toilet club
	But it would not do, The scheme fell through
For the Maid was Beauty's fairest Queen,
	With golden tresses, Like a real princess's,
While the Ape, despite his razor keen, Was the apiest Ape that ever was seen!

Lady Psyche (Muriel Harding), 1954

He bought white ties, and he bought dress suits, He crammed his feet into bright tight boots And to start in life on a brand new plan, He christen'd himself Darwinian Man! He christen'd himself Darwinian Man!
	But it would not do, The scheme fell through
For the Maiden fair, whom the monkey crav'd,
	Was a radiant Being, With a brain farseeing
While Darwinian Man, though well-behav'd, At best is only a monkey shav'd!
Hilarion, Cyril & Florian.
For the Maiden fair, whom the monkey crav'd,
All.
	Was a radiant Being, With a brain farseeing
While Darwinian Man, though well-behav'd, At best is only a monkey shav'd!

Melissa (Beryl Dixon) listens unobserved as Lady Psyche (Muriel Harding)
sings with Cyril (Leonard Osborn), Hilarion (Thomas Round)
and Florian (Jeffrey Skitch), 1954

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