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No. 27: Song (Terence, with Chorus)
Music by Arthur Sullivan
MIDI File [19KB, 2' 43"] | Terence. | |
| There was once a little soldier Who was made of wood: He always did his duty, And he proudly stood Very stiffly at attention As a soldier should — Rat-a-plan! Rat-a-plan! Rat-a-plan! He was always very ready To receive hard knocks, He and all his wooden brothers In the same big box: Where their master chose to put them They would stand like rocks — Rat-a-plan! Rat-a-plan! Rat-a-plan! Rat-a-plan! Rat-a-plan! Rat-a-plan! Rat-a-plan! Rat-a-plan! Rat-a-plan, plan, plan! He did his duty just like a man! But kindly remember, if you can, He was but a wooden soldier! | |
| Terence. | Chorus. |
| Rat-a-plan! Rat-a-plan! | |
| Rat-a-plan, plan, plan! | |
| Rat-a-plan, plan, plan! | |
| Rat-a-plan! | Rat-a-plan! Rat-a-plan! |
| Rat-a-plan! | Rat-a-plan! Rat-a-plan! |
| Rat-a-plan! | Rat-a-plan! |
| Terence. | |
| Now that little wooden soldier (As we all must do) Grew gradually older Than he was when new, Till at last I grieve to tell you That he broke in two — Rat-a-plan! Rat-a-plan! Rat-a-plan! But it really did not matter, For his price was cheap; And as broken wooden soldiers Are no good to keep, He was thrown with other rubbish On a rubbish heap - Rat-a-plan! Rat-a-plan! Rat-a-plan! Rat-a-plan! Rat-a-plan! Rat-a-plan! Rat-a-plan! Rat-a-plan! Rat-a-plan, plan, plan! "You do your work as long as you can — But nobody wants a broken man," Said the brave little wooden soldier! | |
| Terence. | Chorus. |
| Rat-a-plan! Rat-a-plan! | |
| Rat-a-plan, plan, plan! | |
| Rat-a-plan, plan, plan! | |
| But no-body wants a broken man, | Rat-a-plan, plan, plan! Rat-a-plan, plan, plan! |
| Said the brave little wooden soldier! | Rat-a-plan, Rat-a-plan, Rat-a-plan, Rat-a-plan! |
Exit Terence, with Kathleen and girls.
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