Groucho Marx、Ramones《The Stately Homes Of England》[MP3_LRC]

[00:00.00]90听音乐网 www.90T8.com  [00:05.56]Lord Elderly  Lord Borrowmere [00:07.46]Lord Sickert and Lord Camp [00:09.97]With every virtue  every grace [00:12.49]Ah  what avails the sceptred race [00:16.49]Here you see the four of us [00:19.38]And there are so many more of us [00:21.30]Eldest sons [00:22.50]That must succeed [00:24.53]We know how Caesar conquered Gaul [00:26.74]How to whack a cricket ball [00:28.91]Apart from this  our education [00:31.42]Lacks co-ordination [00:33.53]Though we're young [00:34.92]And tentative [00:36.03]And rather rip-representative [00:37.69]Scions of a noble breed [00:41.11]We are the products of those homes [00:43.35]Serene and stately [00:45.33]That only lately [00:47.85]Seem to have run to seed [00:49.73]The stately homes of England [00:51.90]How beautiful they stand [00:53.82]To prove the upper classes [00:55.94]Have still the upper hand [00:57.73]Though the fact that they have to be rebuilt [01:00.01]And frequently mortgaged to the hilt [01:01.93]Is inclined to take the gilt [01:04.73]Off the gingerbread [01:06.05]And certainly damps the fun [01:08.15]Of the eldest son [01:10.01]But still  we won't be beaten [01:12.14]We'll scrimp and scrape and save [01:14.05]The playing fields of Eton [01:16.06]Have made us frightfully brave [01:18.02]And though if the Van Dycks have to go [01:20.29]And we pawn the Bechstein Grand [01:21.95]We'll stand [01:22.91]By the stately homes of England [01:30.79]Here you see the pick of us [01:33.20]You may be heartily sick of us [01:35.07]Still  with sense we're all imbued [01:38.33]Our homes command extensive views [01:40.47]And with assistance from the Jews [01:42.46]We have been able to dispose of [01:44.68]Rows and rows and rows of [01:46.97]Gainsboroughs and Lawrences [01:49.56]Some sporting prints of Aunt Florence's [01:51.74]Some of which were rather rude [01:54.73]Although we sometimes [01:55.84]Flaunt our family conventions [01:58.78]Our good intentions [02:01.51]Mustn't be misconstrued [02:03.22]The stately homes of England [02:05.37]We proudly represent [02:07.26]We only keep them up [02:09.22]For Americans to rent [02:11.08]Though the pipes that supply the bathroom burst [02:13.55]And the lavatory makes you fear the worst [02:15.52]It was used by Charles I [02:18.45](Quite informally) [02:19.55]And later by George IV [02:21.83]On a journey north [02:23.58]The state departments keep their [02:25.79]Historical renown [02:27.75]It's wiser not to sleep there [02:29.74]In case they tumble down [02:31.74]But still  if they ever catch on fire [02:33.86]Which  with any luck  they might [02:35.30]We'll fight [02:36.45]For the stately homes of England [02:39.94]The stately homes of England [02:41.96]Though rather in the lurch [02:43.99]Provide a lot of chances [02:46.04]For psychical research [02:47.77]There's the ghost [02:48.78]Of a crazy younger son [02:50.22]Who murdered in 1351 [02:52.05]An extremely rowdy nun [02:55.15]Who resented it [02:56.24]And people who come to call [02:58.37]Meet her in the hall [03:00.13]The baby in the guest wing [03:02.45]Who crouches by the grate [03:04.32]Was walled up in the west wing [03:06.45]In 1428 [03:08.39]If anyone spots [03:09.55]The Queen of Scots [03:10.67]In a hand-embroidered shroud [03:12.42]We're proud [03:13.29]Of the stately homes of England