The Stripper
arr D W Solomons after Gilbert and Sullivan
Gilbert and Sullivan (in Princess Ida) parody the music of Handel in the song "Their aid I thus disclaim", so I in turn parody them.
The score is available here
For the original G&S words see here
Anita (Arac`s little-known sister, who works in the strip joint next door to the theatre)
This blouse in skimpy form,
Was meant to keep us warm,
It`s not much cop
And flops a lot,
As many a stripper knows,
So off, so off that white blouse goes.
Audience (one of whom gets more and more excited)
Yes, yes, yes,
So off that white blouse goes!
Anita: (Giving her blouse to an attendant)
This tight-fitting brassiere
Just hides my lovely pair,
It`s so elastic,
And feels like plastic,
This tight-fitting brassiere
just hides my lovely pair,
A stripper can`t keep it square
When she struts in a brassiere
So off, so off goes that brassiere
Audience
Yes, yes, yes,
So off goes that brassiere
Anita: (Removing brassiere)
These panties truth to tell,
May look uncommon well,
But when I flirt
and lift my skirt,
They`re like a frilly shell,
They`re like a frilly shell!
Audience
Yes, yes, yes,
They`re like a frilly shell.
Anita: (Removing her panties)
These tights I treat the same
When I go on the game
They hide my thighs from men`s keen eyes
Their aid I thus disclaim,
Their aid I thus disclaim,
Audience (in which one member loses control altogether)
Yes, yes, yes,
Their aid we thus disclaim!