domingo, 13 de novembro de 2005

"...and emotion would make us all order more beer"

"Oh, how well I remember the old bull and bush,
where we used to go down of a sattaday night-
where when anythink happened, it come with a rush,
for the boss, Mr Clark he was very polite:
A very nice house, from basement to garret-
A very nice house, but ah, but it was the parrot-
the parrot, the parrot, named Billy M'Caw
THat brought all those folk to the bar.
Ah! he was the life of the bar.

Of a sataday night we was all feeling bright,
and Lily La Rose - the barmaid that was -
she'd say "Billy!Billy M'Caw!
Come give us come give us a dance on the bar!
And Billy would dance on the bar
And Billy would dance on the bar.
And then we'd feel balmy, in each eye a tear,
and emotion would make us all order more beer-

Lily, she was a girl what had brains in her head;
She wouldn't have nothink, no not that much said
If it come to an argument, or a dispute,
She'd settle it offhand with the toe of her boot
or as likely as not put her fist through your eye.
But when we was thorsty, and just a bit sad,
or when we was happy, and just a bit dry,
she would rap with that corkscrew she had,
and say "Billy! Billy M'Caw!
Come give us a tune on your pastoral flute!"
And Billy strike up on his pastoral flute,
And Billy strike up on his pastoral flute.

And then we'd feel balmy in each eye a tear
and emotion would make us all order more beer."

"Billy, Billy M'Caw!
Come give us a tune on your moley guitar!"
And Billy'd strike up on his moley guitar,
And BIlly strike up on his moley guitar"

And then we'd feel balmy, in each eye a tear
and emotion would make us all order more beer
"Billy! Billy M'Caw!
come give us a tune on your moley guitar"
Ah! he was the life of the bar!"

"The Ballad of Billy M'Caw", incluída em "Growltiger's last stand", do Musical "Cats" de Andrew Lloyd Weber, baseado em "Old Possum's Book of Pratical Cats" de T.S.Elliot