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No. 5 - Song - Princess Mary - "That beautiful isle of the sea."
| Princess: | There is a land that we visit in fancy, A beautiful isle of the sea, Where the life drifts along, a perennial song, As happy as happy can be; There, the lotos flow'r blooms With its lulling perfumes And one wears a perpetual smile, For there's never a care to intrude on you there In that beautiful radiant isle. Oh! happy island! Would that I were there, All the girls there are pretty, all men are square; That land for my land, gladly there I'd be, There's nothing to do but love and be true In that isle of the sea. |
| Chorus: | Oh! happy island! Would that I were there, All the girls there are pretty, all men are square; That land for my land, gladly there I'd be, There's nothing to do but love and be true In that isle of the sea. |
| Brandon: | In that beautiful, beautiful island, If a tradesman is there to be found, He never retails with fantastical scales Seven ounces or so to the pound; There, the neighbours who sing the last popular thing Never warble a mile off the key; If they do, without bail they are led off to jail In that sensible isle by the sea. Oh! happy island! Would that I were there, All the girls there are pretty, all men are square; That land for my land, gladly there I'd be, There's no one forgets to pay up his old debts In that isle of the sea. |
| Chorus: | Oh! happy island! Would that I were there, All the girls there are pretty, all men are square; That land for my land, gladly there I'd be, There's no one forgets to pay up his old debts In that isle of the sea. |
| Princess: | In that almost impossible island, That beautiful island so blest, It is not etiquette for one person to get All the money, there's some for the rest; In that singular land there's no plutocrat grand A law licensed brigand can be, For the laws are so fair, ev'ry man has his share In that curious isle of the sea. Oh! happy island! Would that I were there, All the millionaires try not taxes off to swear; That land for my land, gladly there I'd be, Though the coast is of "rocks" There's no "feller" that mocks At the laws of that isle of the sea. |
| Chorus: | Oh! happy island! Would that I were there, All the millionaires try not taxes off to swear; That land for my land, gladly there I'd be, Though the coast is of "rocks" there's no "feller" that mocks At the laws of that isle of the sea. |
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American Musical Theatre | A Madcap Princess
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