Half a Moment – By Jeeves

By Jeeves

Bertie

It is patently clear

Any awkwardness here

Can be cleared up in less than a trice

Our identity switch

Who is who, which is which

We’re in need of some solid advice

There’s a painfully simple solution

It’s as plain as the nose on your face

Bingo

By gad!

Gussie

By gosh!

Bingo

By heck!

Gussie

By gum!

Bingo

By rabbit’s foot!

Gussie

By kingdom come!

Bertie

By all my sainted aunt believes!

Bingo

By George!

Gussie

By Jove!

All

By Jeeves!

When we’re faced with the grind

Of exerting the mind

We are filled with a deep sense of dread

Bertie

“How on earth,” I hear cries

“Does one give exercise

To a thing that’s in bed in your head?”

Bingo

What we need is a free range consultant

Gussie

Where on earth do you find one of those?

Bertie

By hook! By crook!

Bingo

By way! By pass!

Gussie

By sea! By air!

Bertie

By road!

Bingo

By grass!

Gussie

By seven dwarves!

Bertie

By forty thieves!

All

By George! By Jove! By Jeeves!

Bertie

By shuttlecock!

Gussie

By croquet hoop!

Bingo

By Panama!

Bertie

By Windsor soup!

Gussie

By all those cards tucked up his sleeves!

All

By George! By Jove! By Jeeves!

Our collective I.Q.

Of around 42

Cannot cope, to be perfectly frank

All true leaders of men

Delegate now and then

Try to keep their minds totally blank

To appreciate loftier matters

Bingo

Things that mostly go over my head

Bertie

By derby day!

Gussie

By nursery tea!

Bingo

By moose!

Bertie

By spoons!

Gussie

By half past three!

Bingo

By every tender breast that heaves!

All

By George! By Jove! By Jeeves!

Bertie

By marmalade!

Gussie

By bowler hat!

Bingo

By toothpaste tube!

Bertie

By Burmese cat!

Gussie

By baby newts!

Bingo

By autumn leaves!

All

By George! By Jove! By Jeeves!

Behold how Jeeves with sleight of hand

Conceives a scheme so carefully planned

Even we can understand

If he takes it terribly slow – ly

Bertie

By Basingstoke!

Bingo

By cardboard box!

Gussie

By Budge’s knees!

Bertie

By Bassett’s socks!

Bingo

By each that conjuror deceives!

All

By George! By Jove! By Jeeves!

Bertie

By jumping jack!

Gussie

By easy chair!

Bingo

By Bain Marie!

Bertie

By Camembert!

Gussie

By every fruit bat in the eaves!

All

By George! By Jove! By Jeeves!

Bingo

By walking boot!

Gussie

By thermal drawers!

Bertie

By canapes!

Bingo

By Santa Claus!

Gussie

By all his mighty brain achieves!

Bertie

By every spell the master weaves!

All

By heck! By George! By Jove! By Jeeves!

By Jeeves! By Jeeves! By Jeeves!

By Jeeves!

When Love Arrives

Bertie

But the point of all this, let’s face it, is that it’s not what Gussie says, surely.

It’s what he feels. I mean, love’s a funny thing. It doesn’t always look quite the same.

It varies from person to person, if you follow. I mean, with Budge it’s a brisk covering in jam,

but with Gussie, it’s more subtle – more oblique – like – steamed fish – it creeps up on you…

When love arrives, it’s hard to tell

He doesn’t ring the front door bell

He doesn’t wait politely in the hall

Or leave his card

He doesn’t wait to wipe his feet

In fact he’s not at all discreet

He doesn’t phone to warn you he will call and means to stay

He may not come when you’re expecting him to visit –

But if he does, make sure he finds you home

Surrender now, for what’s the use?

And wave that friendly flag of truce

Just rush right out to greet him

Don’t hesitate at all, dear

You’ll bless the day that love rings your bell

Madeline

Ding! Ding!

Bertie

Hallo?

Madeline

Who’s there?

Bertie

It’s love

Madeline

Come in

Bertie

Kiss, kiss

Madeline

Hee-hee!

Bertie

So close your eyes and lend an ear

For I suspect he’s somewhere near

And that it’s you that he has come to find

Madeline

Oh Bertie, dear…

Bertie

So let him hold you tight and snug –

Madeline

Like kittens cuddled in a rug?

Bertie

Well, that’s the sort of thing I had in mind…

Madeline

Oh look, my dear!

Each dandelion clock is very softly chiming

To tell the flowers it’s time to go to bed

Bertie

What’s that she said?

Madeline

I know this night can’t be in vain

The stars shine in God’s daisy chain

And even Mr. Moon’s begun to snore…

Bertie

Good grief, no more…

Look, softly now, just close your eyes –

Madeline

And will I get a big surprise?

Bertie

What else d’you think I’m doing all this for

You lovely thing, you?

Just wait right there till love himself arrives

Wait there…stay there…right there…don’t move…stay put…

What have you got to say, Jeeves?

Bertie

What have you got to say, Jeeves?

What have you got to say?

Jeeves

Sir –

Bertie

Your job’s to protect me and to cushion me from shocks

Not to let the poor young master end up crouching in a box

Leave him posing as a coatstand there, the minute someone knocks

No, somebody’s got to pay, Jeeves

Somebody’s got to pay

Jeeves

If you would allow me, sir –

Bertie

Threatened with a lynch mob and I lose my oldest friends

I’m embroiled with random females bent on dire romantic ends

Yours is frankly not a judgement, Jeeves, on which a chap depends

It’s bordering on risqué, Jeeves

Utterly declassé…

Jeeves

If I might –

Bertie

Your job’s to inspire me with encouragement and praise

Not abandon me with Stiffy in some frightful leafy maze

Not to make me change my name three times in just as many days

Here I am in an extreme position

General Custer out of ammunition

Didn’t get here by my own volition

As Tennyson once thundered

Someone here has badly blundered

Jeeves

Sir –

Bertie

It’s chaos and disarray, Jeeves

Misery and dismay

Jeeves

Perhaps if i could interr –

Bertie

Calling this a shambles is to understate the case

Look at all these banjo lovers, not a dry eye in the place

I shall never have the nerve again to look them in the face

So what have you got to say, Jeeves?

What have you got to say?

Jeeves

I fear I must confess it, sir

Despite my best endeavours to

Ensure a fluid narrative

Things haven’t gone to plan

Evens were overtaken, sir

By unseen technicalities

I really can assure you, though

I’ve done the best I can

There comes the odd occasion, sir

When facing up to destiny

We’d do as well as well remembering

A man is but a man

You have my firm assurances

That come the grand denouement, sir

Events will all resolve themselves

In spite of come what may

I only can apologize

For any inconvenience

Injurious to your dignity

That happens on the way

I simply wish to emphasize

I have your interests uppermost

And that, sir, in conclusion, sir

Is all I have to say!

Half a Moment

Harold

Time, they say, is relative

Infinite as space

This must be eternity

Neither time nor place…

Half a moment

We are together

I shall want

Half a moment

I shall treasure

Keep it locked away

For some future rainy day

Should you leave me

With just this moment

In my mind, I will capture it anew

Like some picture

Taken in my childhood

Half a moment

Spent with you

Stiffy

Time looks kindly

On fleeting lovers

They can turn

The briefest hour into a day

Turn a moment

To a lifetime

Making it to last

Blending future with the past…

Ev’ry moment

We spend together

I don’t care

What they say or try to do

Can’t erase it

All that’s gone between us

Shared with you

Both

Half a moment

We are together

I shall want

No one else and nothing new

Half a moment

I shall treasure

Keep it locked away

For some future rainy day

We’re together

What else can matter?

Even though half a moment

Is too few

I shall save it

Till I have another

Making one whole moment

Filled with you

It’s a Pig!

Honoria

Who are you? Someone quick! There’s a man broken in!

In a pig mask, broken in my bedroom!

Stand well clear! He’s all mine!

I can deal with this swine

With this chauvinist pig in my bedroom!

When I’m through, I will bet

You will live to regret

that you picked on me, you and I ever met

I’m teaching you a lesson that you never will forget

You’re a pig! What a pig! What a pig!

Madeline

Oh dear, help! It’s a pig! Daddy, help it’s a pig!

There’s a beastly piggy in my bedroom

Honoria

Cornered! He’s cornered!

Madeline

Is it real or a dream?

Get away, or I’ll scream!

Who on earth let this pig in my bedroom?

Honoria

Lend a hand! Bar the door!

And we’ve trapped him for sure

Madeline

I shall die if the thing makes a mess on my floor…

Honoria

Speaking as a woman who has hunted wild boar

What’s a pig, more or less? What’s a pig?

Now we’ve got him!

Bertie

Look, it’s Bertie…

Honoria

Nice and easy…

Madeline

It’s so dirty!

Bertie

Listen, Maddy…

Madeline

Don’t come near me!

Honoria

Don’t dare touch her, do you hear me!

Bertie

Oh, this damn thing’s stuck completely!

Exit Wooster, swift and sweetly!

Honoria/Madeline

Follow that pig!

Bassett

Bless my soul! Who are you? What on earth’s going on?

There’s a circus artist in my bedroom

Madeline

Stop him!

Honoria

We’ve got him!

Bassett

Can’t believe both my eyes

There’s a chap in disguise

There’s a cat burgling pig in my bedroom

Careful, girls, all stand back

He may try to attack…

It’s a well known fact that they hunt as a pack

Wait while I distract him, try to put him off the track

Watch that pig!

Honoria

Watch the pig!

Madeline

Watch the pig!

Bertie

Listen, people…

Bassett

Don’t you try it!

Madeline

Tried to kiss me

Bertie

I deny it!

Bassett

Oh, you swine you!

Honoria

Caught him looting!

Bassett

Raise your hands or I’ll start shooting!

Bertie

With a badly bruised libido

Exit Wooster trés rapido

Honoria, Madeline, Bassett

Follow that pig!

Hunt the pig! Hunt the pig! Hunt the two-legged pig!

There’s a pig loose somewhere in the house here

Gussie/Honoria/Madeline

Find him!

Bassett/Gussie

And catch him!

Madeline/Honoria

Everybody look out

For the glimpse of a snout

Bassett/Gussie

For the click of his trotters on the stairway

Madeline

There he is!

Honoria

False alarm!

Bassett

We must try to keep calm

Madeline

I’m afraid! I’m afraid!

Gussie

Then take hold of my arm

Bassett

I’ll let him have both barrels, it’ll work just like a charm

On the pig

Bertie

Steady on!

All

There’s the pig!

There’s the pig! There’s the pig! There’s the housebreaker pig!

There’s the pig with criminal intentions

Once he’s caught there is talk

We’ll reduce him to pork

In a way that’s too terrible to mention

Can’t escape, now he’s caught

He can grunt he can snort

It’s a great new game, chasing porkers for sport

Now we’ve got him cornered there’s a lesson to be taught

To the pig, to the pig, to the pig

Banjo Boy

Bertie & Company

Who’s the man you’ve all been sitting there anticipating?

Whos’ the man with his instrument ready, willing and waiting?

Who’s the man for whom your breath has been eagerly baiting?

If I hadn’t already confessed it

You’d no doubt already have guessed it

Banjo boy, banjo boy, play a number for me

Won’t you play that melody?

When you start your plain’ – Mama starts a-swayin’

She’s right there with ’em – stompin’ that rhythym

Banjo boy, banjo boy, play the razzamatazz

You’re the sunny southland’s king

You set Dixie hummin’ it – when you started strummin’ it

See those fingers goin’

When you start to syncopate

Songbirds seem to orchestrate

The Swanee stops it’s flowin’

Just hear him play

Who can plunk your heartstrings full of joy

That’s banjo boy

Company

Hear him go

Don’t you know

Love him so

Let him swing

And do his thing

He’s the king

Ring-a-ding

Bertie & Company

Banjo boy, banjo boy, you’re the musical sun

In those southern sunny skies

Feet will start their fidgets – see those magic digits

Hands are a clappin’ – fingers a snappin’

Banjo boy, banjo boy, play that favourite tune

That the old folks love to sing

Can’t you hear the people cry

Wann see those fingers fly

Company

Listen to him playin’

Can’t you hear those children roar

Dixie’s shoutin’ out for more

Hear the steamboats blowin’

Eight to the bar

Who’s that cotton pickin’ hunk of joy?

That golden kid that fashion can’t destroy?

Whose name they shout from Maine to Illinois?

That’s banjo boy!

Banjo boy!

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