No. 5 - Song - Yen How - "Six little wives"
Yen How: | Oh, my name is Yen How, I'm a Mandarin great, And this is my famous umbrella of state, And these are the robes that my office contrives, And these, if you please, are my six little wives. |
Wives: | Yes, we are his six little wives. |
Yen How: | Kow-tow, kow-tow To the great Yen How, And wish him the longest of lives, With his one little, two little, three little, four little, Five little, six little wives! |
Wives: | Kow-tow, kow-tow To the great Yen How, And wish him the longest of lives, |
Yen How: | With his one little, two little, three little, four little, Five little, six little wives! |
Yen How: | But I never forget when my temper they vex, That my six little darlings have six little necks; So it's possible quite when again I arrive, That these six little women will only be five! |
Wives: | Alas, we shall only be five! |
Yen How: | Kow-tow, kow-tow To the great Yen How, And wish him the longest of lives, With his one little, two little, three little, four little, Five little, live little wives! |
Wives: | Kow-tow, kow-tow To the great Yen How, And wish him the longest of lives, |
Yen How: | With his one little, two little, three little, four little, Five little, live little wives! |
Yen How: | Though a hair of their heads it would pain me to hurt, Yet I fear there is one who's a bit of a flirt, And if I should catch her and anything more, Then my six little pets I must limit to four, |
Wives: | His pets he will limit to four. |
Yen How: | Kow-tow, kow-tow To the great Yen How, And wish him the longest of lives, With his one little, two little, three little, four little, Left little, live little wives! |
Wives: | Kow-tow, kow-tow To the great Yen How, And wish him the longest of lives, |
Yen How: | With his one little, two little, three little, four little, Left little, live little wives! |
Yen How: | Of course they're the six little wives that I love, And suspicion I think they're completely above But if anything wrong I should happen to see I shall order a further reduction to three. |
Wives: | A further reduction to three. |
Yen How: | Kow-tow, kow-tow To the great Yen How, And wish him the longest of lives, With his one little, two little, three little, lone little, Left little, live little wives! |
Wives: | Kow-tow, kow-tow To the great Yen How, And wish him the longest of lives, |
Yen How: | With his one little, two little, three little, lone little, Left little, live little wives! |
Yen How: | They are beautiful girls and they're all very young, But each of my six little wives has a tongue, If their chatter annoys I must put on the screw, And my talkative poppets will dwindle to two! |
Wives: | His poppets will dwindle to two. |
Yen How: | Kow-tow, kow-tow To the great Yen How, And wish him the longest of lives, With his one little, two little, lorn little, lone little, Left little, live little wives! |
Wives: | Kow-tow, kow-tow To the great Yen How, And wish him the longest of lives, |
Yen How: | With his one little, two little, lorn little, lone little, Left little, live little wives! |
Yen How: | And if when my favours are showered on two, Those two take to fighting, as two women do, There's one thing alone that remains to be done-- My dovecot in future must hold only one. |
Wives: | His dovecot will only hold one! |
Yen How: | Kow-tow, kow-tow To the great Yen How, And wish him a very long life, With his one little, last little, lorn little, lone little, Left little, live little wife! |
Wives: | Kow-tow, kow-tow To the great Yen How, And wish him a very long life, |
Yen How: | With his one little, last little, lorn little, lone little, Left little, live little wife! |
Yen How: | But of one little wife I shall weary, I fear, So the last of the six will in time disappear, And Yen How will be seen, if her loss he survives Starting bus'ness again with a dozen new wives! |
Wives: | Oh, think of a dozen new wives! |
Yen How: | Kow-tow, kow-tow To the great Yen How, And wish him the longest of lives, With his two little, four little, six little, eight little, Ten little, twelve little wives! |
Wives: | Kow-tow, kow-tow To the great Yen How, And wish him the longest of lives, |
Yen How: | With his two little, four little, six little, eight little, Ten little, twelve little wives! |
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