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jerome moross & john la touche - calypso lyrics

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[calypso]
ulysses, ulysses
at last, my dear
i’ve tracked you down
i’ve been combing every street in town
you don’t know me
but i know you
and the rest of you darlings too

[hector]
haven’t you heard of madame calypso?
the nympho megalo ego dipso
maniac who sets the pace in
rhododendron, you’ve seen her face in
the social columns and front page scandals
oh, she’s the hostess who only handles
big names, both the best and worst names
call celebrities by their first names

[calypso]
ulysses and doc
achilles and all
we mustn’t bе late to the victory ball

[ulysses]
all of us would be dеlighted
only we were never invited
[calypso]
darling
the ball’s in honor of you
and all the rest of your brawny crew
spare no expense
the best of everything
tonight the welkin
is going to ring

the champagne’s iced
the bunting is swagged
and everyone’s coming at ten
to meet the brace
of lions i’ve bagged
for my million+dollar den

[women]
aren’t they beauts?
adorable brutes
so primitive, dashing and new

[men]
to think that our crowd is
mixing with rowdies
who would have dared it but you?
[calypso]
the old guard is dying to stop me
because i am up to the minute
the social register surely won’t drop me
except i’ve never been in it

[ulysses]
let them lift up a lorgnette
and eye you with scorn, yet
beneath your fuss and feathers
i see a simple nymph

[calypso]
just a shy nymph who caters
to good+looking satyrs
if passion i’ve perfected
that’s expected of a nymph

[guest]
who has money and lands
with remarkable glands
and an extra supply of lymph?

[guests]
she’s a shy nymph who caters
to good+looking satyrs
if passion she’s perfected
that’s expected of a nymph
[calypso]
oh, here’s to you darlings from the hills

[guests]
marvelous
simply marvelous

[calypso]
thirteen uncouth youthful thrills

[guests]
marvelous
simply marvelous

[ulysses]
these folks aren’t mad we won our campaign
they want to toast us all with champagne
but we’re just plain dirt farmers, ma’am
no one for fine folk to salaam

[calypso]
dear milton was a farmer too
my late lamented husband, milton
a simple farmer just like you
with big broad shoulders i could wilt on

but milton struck it rich
he peeled a hazel switch
he called it a divining rod
a simply too divining rod

that showed him soil
just soared in oil
it rushed
and gushed
and made a wad
and now he’s dead
and under the sod
but milton struck it rich
thank god, milton struck it rich

but you and your crew
are excitingly new
you’re the public idols
and that is why, dolls
we’re all in your power
you’re the men of the hour
so we wine and dine you
and underline you

[boys]
’cause we have a knack
we’re the tip of the top
the pick of the pack
and the cream of the crop
we’re thrilling and marvelous
new and terrific
the boast of the coast
that is called the pacific
wonderful, wonderful
wonderful, wonderful us

[calypso]
whatever became of ulysses?
clever, clever ulysses
whatever became of ulysses
and all of his wonderful crew?

[ulysses]
why, here we are madame calypso

[boys]
see us, madame calypso?
remember us, madame calypso?

[calypso]
yes, whatever became of you?

[patroclus]
i know a few tricks
to wow the grandstands
bright, funny new tricks
i do a handstand
i know some hard tricks
that will surprise folks
i can do card tricks
i hypnotize folks

[boys]
patroclus! patroclus!

[calypso]
ta+ra!

[ulysses]
the cage is gone
the bird is flown

[boys]
let him get home on his own

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