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No. 27: Song (Terence, with Chorus)
Music by Arthur Sullivan
| Terence. | |
There was once a little soldier
Who was made of wood:
He always did his duty,
And he proudly stood
Very stiffly at attention
As a soldier should -
Rat-a-plan! Rat-a-plan! Rat-a-plan!
He was always very ready
To receive hard knocks,
He and all his wooden brothers
In the same big box:
Where their master chose to put them
They would stand like rocks -
Rat-a-plan! Rat-a-plan! Rat-a-plan!
Rat-a-plan! Rat-a-plan! Rat-a-plan!
Rat-a-plan! Rat-a-plan!
Rat-a-plan, plan, plan!
He did his duty just like a man!
But kindly remember, if you can,
He was but a wooden soldier!
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| Terence. | Chorus. |
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Rat-a-plan! Rat-a-plan! |
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Rat-a-plan, plan, plan! |
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Rat-a-plan, plan, plan! |
| Rat-a-plan! |
Rat-a-plan! Rat-a-plan! |
| Rat-a-plan! |
Rat-a-plan! Rat-a-plan! |
| Rat-a-plan! |
Rat-a-plan! |
| Terence. | |
Now that little wooden soldier
(As we all must do)
Grew gradually older
Than he was when new,
Till at last I grieve to tell you
That he broke in two -
Rat-a-plan! Rat-a-plan! Rat-a-plan!
But it really did not matter,
For his price was cheap;
And as broken wooden soldiers
Are no good to keep,
He was thrown with other rubbish
On a rubbish heap -
Rat-a-plan! Rat-a-plan! Rat-a-plan!
Rat-a-plan! Rat-a-plan! Rat-a-plan!
Rat-a-plan! Rat-a-plan!
Rat-a-plan, plan, plan!
"You do your work as long as you can -
But nobody wants a broken man,"
Said the brave little wooden soldier!
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| Terence. | Chorus. |
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Rat-a-plan! Rat-a-plan! |
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Rat-a-plan, plan, plan! |
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Rat-a-plan, plan, plan! |
| But no-body wants a broken man, |
Rat-a-plan, plan, plan! Rat-a-plan, plan, plan! |
| Said the brave little wooden soldier! |
Rat-a-plan, Rat-a-plan, Rat-a-plan, Rat-a-plan! |
Exit Terence, with Kathleen and girls.
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8 October, 2004
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