Testo:
PRINCE
We're rigged out in magnificent array
(Our own clothes are much gloomier)
In costumes which we've hired by the day
From a very well-known costumier
COST (bowing)
I am the well-known costumier
PRINCESS
With a brilliant staff a Prince should make a show
(It's a rule that never varies),
So we've engaged from the Theatre Monaco
Six supernumeraries
NOBLES
We're the supernumeraries
ALL
At a salary immense,
Quite regardless of expense,
Six supernumeraries!
PRINCE
They do not speak, for they break our grammar's laws,
And their language is lamentable--
And they never take off their gloves, because
Their nails are not presentable
NOBLES
Our nails are not presentable!
PRINCESS
To account for their shortcomings manifest
We explain, in a whisper bated,
They are wealthy members of the brewing interest
To the Peerage elevated
NOBLES
To the Peerage elevated
ALL
They're/We're very, very rich,
And accordingly, as sich,
To the Peerage elevated
We're rigged out in magnificent array
(Our own clothes are much gloomier)
In costumes which we've hired by the day
From a very well-known costumier
COST (bowing)
I am the well-known costumier
PRINCESS
With a brilliant staff a Prince should make a show
(It's a rule that never varies),
So we've engaged from the Theatre Monaco
Six supernumeraries
NOBLES
We're the supernumeraries
ALL
At a salary immense,
Quite regardless of expense,
Six supernumeraries!
PRINCE
They do not speak, for they break our grammar's laws,
And their language is lamentable--
And they never take off their gloves, because
Their nails are not presentable
NOBLES
Our nails are not presentable!
PRINCESS
To account for their shortcomings manifest
We explain, in a whisper bated,
They are wealthy members of the brewing interest
To the Peerage elevated
NOBLES
To the Peerage elevated
ALL
They're/We're very, very rich,
And accordingly, as sich,
To the Peerage elevated
