Tonart: Eb major•
Verse 1
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C
Fm
Bb
Eb
Now,
Abm
Eb
Be prepared.
To ourselves, the closely united family,
and to the dear strangers
who have joined us,
I allude to you, Jane Darling, and Edward,
and my dear Charles.
Does that mean that
we three may not drink?
Db
Certainly not.
Fm
Drink to yourselves, to each other,
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an d to the happiness
of us all. Good.
Oh, do be quiet, Charles.
Where was I?
Where was I?
Where was I?
To the happiness of us all, my love.
Thank you, Jane.
Here's a toast to each of us
and all of us together.
Here's a toast to happiness
Fm
and reasonable pride.
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Eb
May our touch on life
be lighter than a seabird's
feather.
C
Fm
May all sorrows as we pass...
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Eb
politely step aside.
A commonplace sentiment,
my dear Jasper.
Fm
Were there neither of you nor of
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Moments fly so swiftly, my love.
Fm
I thought what Jasper said was beautiful.
C
Jane's chiding merely means
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that she would have liked
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to have thought of it herself.
Ab
Eb
Get on with the toast, Jasper.
Where was I?
Where was I?
Where was I?
Bb
of your own imagination, my
Now I drink to those of us who happily united,
ornament our family
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and share our joy and pain.
Charles, my friend,
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an d Edward, too, connubially plighted.
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Fm
Last, my dears, but always best.
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Eb
My own beloved Jane.
Charmingly put, my dear Jasper.
If a trifle pedantic.
Fm
I do my best, my love.
Eb
But my best is obviously unworthy.
Oh, do stop sparring, you two.
Sparring?
What a vulgar expression.
Where was I?
G
As ordered.
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G
D
Harriet married a soldier,
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D
a man of pleasant birth,
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D
A man of noble worth
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D
and finely tempered steel.
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D
Ready to die for the empire,
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D
the son must never set
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D
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Upon this brave but yet ambiguous ideal.
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Bbaug
D
So now, dear Charles, I am saluting you,
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That never -setting son
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shall call you blessed.
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Bm
Bbaug
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If far -off natives take to shooting you,
D
Db
You will at least have done
Harry had married a soldier,
May life be bright for him,
May night be right for him,
Forever and for e 'er.
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Harry had married a soldier,
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And in the matrimony
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Harry had married a soldier,
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A
Despite his stories in the field
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He'll have to honour and obey,
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D
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judgment day.
D
Oh, but how unfair of you all.
I'm as meek as a mouse.
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Eb
D
Charles rules me with a rod of iron.
we salute your strategy
Cm
F
that makes him believe it.
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Now we come to Emily,
whose progress has been steady.
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Db
Only married two short years
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and three fat sons already.
You make me blush,
D
Jasper.
We count the twins as one.
Nevertheless, my love,
they are normal babies,
with a mouth each to feed.
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D
Emily married a doctor,
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a sentimental man,
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D
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A mild and gentle man of scientific mind,
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Doing his best for the nation,
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forever dutiful,
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D
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A really beautiful example to the rest of us,
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A challenge to the best of us,
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the noblest and the best of us combined.
D
I accept your tribute, Jasper,
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D
while doubting its complete sincerity.
D
is warming enough.
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D
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I thank you, Jasper. Ed ward.
It played another tune.
I remember distinctly it played another
You mustn't ask too much of it.
It was a waltz.
Eb
Yes, yes, of course it was
a waltz.
Don't you remember?
We danced to it years later
at a ball before we were married.
Eb
Bb
It was this. It was this.
Eb
Heart and flowers, dreamy hours,
under skies of blue.
Two hearts so sweetly beat in tune,
Bb
Neath the midnight magic of the moon.
Eb
Petals falling, lovebirds softly calling,
Fm
C
life begins anew.
Ab
Eb
When Cupid's dawn
Abm
Eb
F
discloses the secret of the roses,
Bbsus4
Bb
Eb
F
Bb
hearts and blood
Bbaug
Eb
Baug
I remember An nie
Baug
when she was doing the stairs.
Fm
I remember Nanny singing
it
Bb
when she was bathing Emily.
C
I remember Father humming
it between his teeth
when he was whacking me with a
An excellent example
Eb
Abm
of two hearts beating to the tun e.
Eb
A cruel joke, Charles.
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Bb
We found it inspiring enough,
did we not, my love?
Eb
Olympion, the loveliest sun
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Bb
Bbaug
in the world.
Eb
Hearts and flowers bygone hours
Fm
Bb
Eb
How the time has flown
Edim
Fm
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You wore white camellias in your hair
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Eb
B
F
Bb
All you did was hold my hand and stare.
Have our footsteps faltered
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Bb
C
Through the years we've known?
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Abm
When all our days are done, love,
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F
There is still the only one love
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Ab
Eb
You an d you alone
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Forever, my heart
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Bb
Eb
Till death do us part
You rang, Mr. Jasper?
Yes, Burroughs.
Would you like a little Madeira?
I should be honored, Mr. Jasper.
Here.
At your service, always.
Thank you.
Have I your permission
for a moment?
Certainly, Burroughs.
What is it?
The musical box.
There should be a little tune.
A little tune from the years that are dead.
Allow me.
Eb
Bb
I drink to you all, and to you, and ma 'am.
Eb
This house was happy
when there were children in it.
Bb
Let the angels guide you,
F
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be good and brave and true.
Let the angels guide you,
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Bb
oh, do, oh, do, oh, do.
Study smart and patient,
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avoid each evil year.
Keep your conversation in order,
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in some indefinite place?
Ab
Db
We always said you were just in case!
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