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No. 21 - Duet - Tippin and Genie - "The Smart Set."
Lyrics by George Grossmith, Junr.
MIDI File
| Genie: | There's a set that you've lately been told to avoid, It will drag you to shame and despair; It is dreadfully smart And it favours that part Of the town known as Grosvenor Square. |
| Tippin: | If you're honest and poor they get very annoyed, And you'll know it the moment you've met. |
| Genie: | So unless you're an Earl Or his favourite girl, |
| Both: | Beware of this frivolous set. Oh! brothers beware, Stick to the simple life, And if married you be, Hurry straight home to tea With your lawful wife and the children. Oh! brothers take care, Don't gamble and smoke and bet, For these are a few of the things that they do In the fast smart set. |
| Genie: | No tears or entreaties have any effect On these blue-blooded social misfits, |
| Tippin: | If Bridge they should play, When the time comes to pay, They'll be tossing you double or quits. |
| Genie: | And their children, it's shameful the way they neglect, When on errands of pleasure they roam, Now you can't say it's right |
| Tippin: | To go out late at night, And leave the poor baby at home. |
| Both: | Oh! brothers beware, Stick to the simple life, Play patience or nap, In the middle-class lap Of your lawful wife and the children. Don't try and play Bridge Or you'll learn to your deep regret, |
| Tippin: | That the mothers all smoke, |
| Genie: | While their daughters revoke |
| Both: | In the fast smart set. |
| Genie: | There are doings you tell of in whispering breath. |
| Tippin: | It's only discretion that stops yer From telling your friends Of the saucy weekends, |
| Genie: | At house-parties in Derby or Shropshire. They get up theatricals, |
| Tippin: | Fast plays like Macbeth, |
| Genie: | With some skirt dancing just to relieve all. |
| Tippin: | Then the Duchess recites |
| Genie: | And the Duke puts on — things Of a pattern that's quite mediæval. |
| Both: | Oh! brothers beware, Stick to the simple life, Supposing some day You should go to the play With your lawful wife and the children. Don't sit in the stalls, It's there that they may be met, Take a seat in the bar If you wish to be far From the fast smart set. |
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Page modified 2 February 2017