Known for his physical comedy, idiosyncratic pantomimes,Īnd rapid-fire nonsense songs. Kaye (1913-1987), a celebrated American actor, singer, dancer, and comedian, was best Not yet, but I assure you, ere another sun has set, the entire court of England will succumb to the charm, wit, and song of the Incomparable Giacomo, king of jesters.This is the centennial year of Danny Kaye's birth to Jewish Ukrainian immigrants as David Daniel Kaminsky. Hawkins, we are indeed honored that our humble hut should shelter one who tomorrow will be an intimate of the king.īut how will they know you? Are you sure that no one at the castle has ever seen your face? Most recently, the Italian court, but I've entertained in all the courts of Europe and speak a ready wit in their every tongue. Giacomo the incomparable! King of jesters and jester of kings! I am Giacomo of the continent, the king's new jester. You'd have made a wonderful girl.Ī thousand apologies for this intrusion, but may I beg shelter and warmth from this miserable storm?Ī stranger in this land, young woman, but not for long. You see, my father made me everything I am. Why does such a little girl have to do such a big job?
could the captain ever entertain thoughts of. Sometimes tenderness and kindness can also make a man. the captain could ever be fond of a man who. We asked Shakespeare / And Francis Bacon, "Would they declare / which one wrote this?" / And they both said, "Get outta there!" / Which brings us to the plot / Plot we've got quite a lot / As it unfolds, you'll see / What starts like a scary tale, ends like a fairy tale / And life couldn't possibly better be!
THE COURT JESTER ILL TAKE YOU DREAMING FULL
Life could not better be / Better be, better be / It could not possibly / No sirrah, sir-rah, sirree! / Songs could not gayer be / Sound your do-re-o-mi, re-mi-fa-so-la-see, fa-la-la-la follow me! / Why be gloomy? / Cut thy nose off to spite thy face? / Listen to me / A nose is hard to replace! / Skies could not bluer be / Hearts in love truer be / I say for you or me / Life couldn't possibly, not even probably / Life couldn't possibly better be! Life could not better be / On a medieval spree / Knights full of chivalry / Villains full of villainy! / You see, as you suspect / Maidens fair in silks bedecked / Each pride and true effect / For the umpteenth time we resurrect! / We did research / Authenticity was a must! / Zooks! Did we search! / And what did we find? Ah-choo! A lot of dust! / After the dust had cleared / Half the cast had a beard / And I'm the one, as you can see / For whom the bell tolls merrily. My father he shouted, "he needs to be clouted / His teeth on a wreath I'll hand him!" / My mother she cried, as she rushed to my side / "You're a brute and you don't understand him!" / So they sent for a witch with a terrible twitch / To ask how my future impressed her / She took one look at me / And cried, "He, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, *HE*! / What else could he be but a jester?" / A jester? A jester? A funny idea, a jester / No butcher, no baker, no candlestick maker / And me with the look of a fine undertaker / Impressed her as a jester? / But where was I to learn any comical turn? / It was not in a book on a shelf / No teacher to take me, to mold me and make me / A merry man, fool or an elf / But I'm proud to recall that in no time at all / with no other recourses but my own resources / with firm application and determination/ I made a fool of myself! My friends and my family, looked at me clammily / Thought there was something amiss / When others found various antics hilarious / All I could manage was this When I was a lad, I was gloomy and sad / As I was from the day I was born / When other babes giggled, and gurgled and wiggled / I proudly was loudly forlorn.
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