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No. 14 - Act II Opening Chorus
| Chorus: | Up and down, over the town, Motley and merriment speed along, Ev'ry one welcomes the fun, Nobody cares what is right or wrong. Just for today folly is king! Let us be gay, that is the thing! Just for today, today, Let us be gay, be gay, Oh! Up and down, over the town, Motley and merriment speed along, Ev'ry one welcomes the fun, Nobody cares what is right or wrong. Nobody cares what is right or wrong. Nobody cares. |
| Men: | For Carnival's reigning, and mirth derides The gloomy complaining of sober-sides! |
| Ladies: | La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la! |
| Men: | We want no permission to banish hence The faintest suspicion of common sense. |
| Ladies: | La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la! |
| Men: | Your friends and relations no doubt confess They like the sensations of fancy dress, |
| Ladies: | La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la! |
| Men: | While sweetheart and brother will gaily throw Confetti that smother from top to toe! |
| Ladies: | La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la! |
| All: | Just for today, let us be gay, Let us be gay, be gay, be gay! Up and down, over the town, Motley and merriment speed along, Ev'ry one welcomes the fun, Nobody cares what is right or wrong. Nobody cares what is right or wrong. Nobody cares! Nobody cares what is right or wrong. Nobody cares, right or wrong, Nobody cares! |
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Page modified 5 February 2017