《Ring Down the Curtain》歌词

[00:00:00] Ring Down The Curtain - Gracie Fields

[00:00:03] Oh dear dear dear dear

[00:00:04] Oh mister stage manager please

[00:00:06] I can't sing tonight

[00:00:07] You can't sing tonight

[00:00:08] No I'm terribly sorry

[00:00:09] I can't sing tonight

[00:00:10] You must sing tonight

[00:00:11] Your public's waiting

[00:00:12] Oh blow the public It's impossible

[00:00:14] I can't sing I can't explain I'm sorry

[00:00:16] Go out an' knock 'em cold baby

[00:00:18] The show must go on

[00:00:20] Oh dear Oh dear I can't

[00:00:23] "Ring down the curtain I can't sing tonight

[00:00:26] Their money back you'll have to pay

[00:00:29] Ring down the curtain I can't sing tonight

[00:00:32] They've taken me false teeth away "

[00:00:37] The theatre was packed from the pit to the stalls

[00:00:40] The show was about to begin

[00:00:44] The baritone villain stood there in the wings

[00:00:46] On his face was a dastardly grin

[00:00:50] The tenor had just finished padding his chest

[00:00:53] And was gracefully waving his hair

[00:00:56] The overture started

[00:00:58] The curtain went up

[00:00:59] When the heroine cried in despair:

[00:01:02] "Oh ring down the curtain

[00:01:04] I can't sing tonight

[00:01:06] Oh dash it I wish I was dead

[00:01:09] I can't sing tonight with me tonsils in sight

[00:01:13] I haven't a tooth in me head "

[00:01:18] The manager said that the show must go on

[00:01:21] He was in a terrible rage

[00:01:24] The baritone gave the soprano a push

[00:01:27] That shot her headfirst on the stage

[00:01:30] "You can't " cried the tenor

[00:01:32] "Strike one your own size "

[00:01:33] Then leaped on the stage amid cheers

[00:01:37] He said "What's the do "

[00:01:38] Because that was his cue

[00:01:39] And the heroine cried through her tears:

[00:01:42] "Oh ring down the curtain

[00:01:45] I can't sing tonight "

[00:01:47] She stood there and twiddled her thumbs

[00:01:50] The villain said "Gnash me "

[00:01:51] She said "No I can't

[00:01:53] I can't gnash with only me gums "

[00:01:58] The heroine swooned on a velvet settee

[00:02:01] But jumped up again with an "Ouch "

[00:02:04] Which rapidly turned to a cry of delight

[00:02:08] For there were her teeth on the couch

[00:02:11] The lovers embraced as she slipped in her teeth

[00:02:14] She turned with a smile on her face

[00:02:17] She opened her throat and let out a note

[00:02:20] That smashed ev'ry glass in the place

[00:02:28] "Ring down the curtain

[00:02:30] You can't sing tonight

[00:02:31] Or else you'll be put on the spot

[00:02:35] Some voices we've heard were a pain in the neck

[00:02:38] But yours is the worst of the lot "

[00:02:41] "Oh ring up the curtain

[00:02:43] I will sing tonight

[00:02:44] In spite of your laughter and jeers

[00:02:47] If you're so upset by my beautiful voice

[00:02:50] Then put cotton wool in your ears "

[00:03:02] "You can't sing tonight "