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No. 7: Room for Punka

MIDI Symbol MIDI File 27K, [4' 54"]
Chorus.
  Room for Punka! room for Punka!
    Punka comes in royal state!
  Clear the roadway! clear the roadway!
    Punka comes, Punka the Great!
  Crash the cymbal, beat the tom-tom,
    Let the brazen trumpet roar;
  Room for Punka, Royal Punka,
    Rajah he of Chutneypore!

Enter Punka.

RECITATIVE. (unaccompanied)

Punka.
  Oh, yes! oh, yes! oh, yes!
Know all men by these presents,
I'm the Rajah of Chutneypore!
Chorus. (a cappella)
  Punka, the Rajah of Chutneypore,
The Rajah of Chutneypore!

Song.

Punka.
    And this is the royal diadem
      Of the Rajah of Chutneypore.
Chorus.
  Of Punka, of Punka, the Rajah of Chutneypore!
Punka.
    And this is the big ancestral gem
That decks the royal diadem
      Of the Rajah of Chutneypore.
Chorus.
  Of Punka, of Punka, the Rajah of Chutneypore!
Punka.
    And this is the arm all cut and scored
That wields the sharp and trusty sword,
    That guards the big ancestral gem
That decks the royal diadem
      Of the Rajah of Chutneypore.
Chorus.
  Of Punka, of Punka, the Rajah of Chutneypore!
       
Punka.
    And this is the heart so staunch and true,
That nerves the eyes of hazel hue,
That steers the arm all cut and scored,
That wields the sharp and trusty sword,
That guards the big ancestral gem
That decks the royal diadem
      Of the Rajah of Chutneypore.
Chorus.
  Of Punka, of Punka, the Rajah of Chutneypore!
       
Punka.
    And this is the Prince, long may he reign,
That owns the clear and subtle brain,
That rules the heart so staunch and true,
That nerves the eyes of hazel hue,
That steers the arm all cut and scored,
That wields the sharp and trusty sword,
That guards the big ancestral gem
That decks the royal diadem
      Of the Rajah of Chutneypore.
Chorus.
  Of Punka, of Punka, the Rajah of Chutneypore!
       
Punka.
    And this is the patriotic lay
That's sung by lords and ladies gay
That serve the Prince, long may he reign,
That owns the clear and subtle brain,
That rules the heart so staunch and true,
That nerves the eyes of hazel hue, .
That steers the arm all cut and scored,
That wields the sharp and trusty sword,
That guards the big ancestral gem
That decks the royal diadem
      Of the Rajah of Chutneypore.
Chorus.
  Of Punka, of Punka, the Rajah of Chutneypore!
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