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No. 20 - Song - Duke and Chorus - "Things that I know I could do."
| Duke: | There are people who think they would like to be King! Well, I own that I shrink from all that sort of thing! One must sit on a throne while the courtiers parade, Or must lay a big stone with a small silver spade! There are duties that fall to a King That I'm sure I could never get through! If you'd let me resign and select my own line, There are things that I know I could do! |
| Chorus: | There are duties that fall to a King That he's sure he could never get through! |
| Duke: | If you set me to rule I should look like a fool, That's a thing that I know I should do, do, do! That's a thing that I know I should do! |
| Duke: | If a judge I could be in an action for breach, And the girl I could see is what's known as a peach, I would say "You are shy, and upset, I presume, So this case I will try in my own private room." There are chances that fall to a judge Such as-- well, I could name one or two-- Knotty points we debate all alone, tête-à-tête, That's a thing that I know I could do! |
| Chorus: | There are chances that fall to a Judge, Such as — well, we could name one or two — |
| Duke: | I'd make use of once more the long arm of the Law! That's a thing that I know I could do, do, do! That's a thing that I know I could do! |
| Duke: | In political strife I am ready to dip; I should quite enjoy life in the Premiership! Though the stern Suffragette from my door I would throw, Still I do not forget there are others-- you know! There are ladies a Premier may meet Who will dance without stocking or shoe; And to wander abroad in the garden with Maud, That's a thing that I know I could do! |
| Chorus: | There are ladies a Premier may meet Who will dance without stocking or shoe; |
| Duke: | We'd have tea and a scone if she'd nothing else on; That's a thing that I know I could do, do, do! That's a thing that I know I could do! |
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Page modified 14 October 2016