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Broadway 1997
Scarlet Pimpernel the Musical - The Creation Of Man Lyrics
PERCY:
Peacocks!
PRINCE OF WALES:
Sink me!
PERCY:
Think ye, sir, how those feathered boys love to flaunt their tails!
Stallions!
PRINCE:
Zounds, sir!
PERCY:
Hounds, sir! Stags!
Of the goosie and the gander, sir,
which gender is the grander, sir?
To render total candor, sir,
the splendor is the male's!
PRINCE, spoken:
What? A man's duty is to wield the sword!
Defend the cave, what?
PERCY, spoken:
Gad, no, Highness! A man's duty is to uphold the banner of beauty!
And you, as prince of our land, must lead the way!
PERCY:
Be an example to your sex.
MEN:
Give your boot a dapper strap,
MAN:
and it's smarter if your garter has some snap.
PERCY:
Cravats should be flounced about our necks.
MAN:
Let the royal coattails flap!
MAN:
Be bewitching with some stitching on your cap!
MEN:
Now drape you cape and puff your cuff!
Embroider those lapels!
PERCY:
Be the king of the beasts in pastels!
La, but someone has to strike a pose
and bear the weight of well-tailored clothes,
and that is why the Lord created men!
PRINCE, spoken:
You're a nincompoop, Blakeney!
PERCY, spoken:
Thank you, sir!
PRINCE, spoken:
Always said you were! Always said, "Leave the fancy dress to the women!"
Let me be a Roman, don a tunic! Bare the legs, eh what?
PERCY, spoken:
Sink me, the man's lost his senses! Bare legs!
PERCY:
Strut, sir!
PRINCE:
What, sir?
PERCY:
Roosters do.
Give a cock his comb and the hens will pale.
Bucks, bulls!
More, sir!
MEN and PERCY:
Boars, sir!
PERCY:
Rams!
Of the nanny-goat and billy, sir,
whose beard is fully woolly, sir?
It's bully for the billy
for he's willy-nilly male!
PRINCE, spoken:
Well, the male animal is dashing, of course. Robin redbreast! Moose with antlers!
PERCY:
Sir! Be a lion-hearted prig!
Fill those pantaloons with light!
PRINCE:
I could dangle down a spangle ... out of sight.
PERCY:
Oh, yes! Be bold!
MAN:
When it's cold, slap on that wig.
MEN:
Draw your breeches in quite tight -
PERCY:
Even more so and your torso will ignite!
MAN:
Now smock your frock!
MAN:
Perfume your plume!
PRINCE:
I'll let my waistcoat swing!
MEN:
And the jungle will bow to its king!
La, but someone has to strike a pose
and bear the weight of well-tailored clothes!
PRINCE:
And that is why the Lord created men!
PRINCE, spoken:
Now, it's strange. There's nothing about it in the book of Genesis.
PERCY, spoken:
Genesis? Ah, but think, sir!
PERCY:
Adam was a gentleman in Eden.
Though his body was admired,
you will grant the adding of a fig leaf
was inspired!
PRINCE:
Oh, a fig leaf - just the job!
PERCY:
If you're out to make a splash, cheri,
do know your haberdashery!
MEN:
Buttons, buckles, ruffles, and lace
PERCY:
represent the human race!
MEN:
La, but someone has to strike a pose
and bear the weight of well-tailored clothes!
Each species needs a sex that's fated
to be highly decorated!
That is why the Lord created men!
[Thanks to Anne, Gavin for corrections]
Other Album Songs: Scarlet Pimpernel the Musical Lyrics
Scarlet Pimpernel the Musical Lyrics
SYNOPSIS
Madame Guillotine
Believe
Vivez
Prayer
Into The Fire
Falcon In The Dive
When I Look At You
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Where's The Girl
When I Look At You (reprise)
The Creation Of Man
The Riddle
They Seek Him Here
Only Love
She Was There
Storybook
Where's The Girl (reprise)
Lullaby
You Are My Home
Believe (reprise)
Into The Fire (reprise)
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