The Gay Gondolier
Words by Michael Flanders. |
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(Valsa placida) Ho, lo, lo, lo, lo lo, lo, lo, lo, lo, lo, lo, lo, lo, lo, lo, lo, lo, lo, lo, lo________ Gon – do – li – er________ Ha, ha, ha, ha. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha. Ha: A Gon–do-la owner in Ven-ice I had been since the age of dis-cre-tion (thirteen) But to-day gon-do-lier-ing in Ven-ice Is a most ov-er crowd-ed pro-fes-sion You can't swing a cat-sa a-round the Pi-az-za; The Pal-ace of Dog-es is full of old fog-ies, And by the San Mar-co, there's no-where to Par-ko! (A Tempo) It wasn't for me. So I went out to sea__________and Caused a co-mo-tion by cross-ing the o-cean. Now I am the on-ly or-ig-in-al Gon-do-lier,________ Gon-do-lier,________ On the Man-ches-ter Ship Ca-nal! (Alla Valse Tempo 1) On boaed my gon-do-la, I serve Co-ca Co-la-, in flag-ons which once held Chi-an-ti, And for five bob a night I will sing or re-cite from a bast-ard-ized ver-sion of Dan-te. The Trans-port Com-mission gave me their per-mis-sion, One Gon-do-la, Canal, or Tham-es-es And when I made o-be-zands, they threw in a li-cence, for vi-no con-sumed on the pre-mis-es. When I sing un-so-ber-ly "La Donnae mo-li-le" peo-ple in house boats com-plain. Of my gay Bar-ca-rolle, so I stick in my pole, and sing it a-gain and a-gain. (Dolce ma non troppo) Ho, lo, lo, lo, lo lo, lo, lo, lo, lo, lo, lo, lo, lo, lo, lo, lo, lo, lo, lo, lo, lo, Bar-ca-rol-la___He, he, he, he. Ho, ho, ho, ho ho A gay gon-do-lier as I shot, ev'-ry weir, and I shout as I did in Ven-ez-ia____ Oh, who wants to fond-le a girl in my Gon-do-la up come the river Po-li-zia Oh while all un-seen-a in-side-a the cab-in-a The Eng-lish man travels in style. With a young Si-gno-ri-ta my Gon-do-la met-or, is tick-ing up three pence a mile So, tied to a jet-ty I eat my spag-het-ti, and drink 'till I'm pro-per-ly plast-ered Shout-ing "Dog of Mon-tar-gis" to bar-gers on bar-ges, Who shout in re-ply: "You're a…" What? It's a lie______. Oh it's ev-er such fun you will find on my Ang-lo Ve-ne____(tian)tian blind.____ (a tempo al fino) |
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My thanks to Tom Barnes from Ottowa, Canada, for contributing the lyrics, directly from a printed copy of the score, to a thread on the Mudcat Discussion Forum. Also to the Mudcat members who had previously helped in the transcription of this song. |
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