Candide, Act II: 25. The Kings' Barcarolle (Charles Edward, Candide, Hermann Augustus, Pangloss, Sultan Achmet, Tsar Ican, Stanislaus)

[00:19.56] I do hereby make a motion
[00:22.91] In hopes of your approval
[00:26.38] That after our removal
[00:29.57] From this most unpleasant ocean
[00:33.29] We all say farewell
[00:36.61] To vanity and strife
[00:40.30] And in some dale, oh, in some dale
[00:43.72] Pursue the simple life
[00:47.59] What a royal, royal notion
[00:51.06] I second Charles' motion
[00:54.42] I thank you, noble Prussian
[00:57.63] Let us open the discussion
[01:00.95] Yo-ho
[01:04.31] Charles Edward's plan appeals to me
[01:07.41] What good are pomp and riches?
[01:10.64] Let's wash our hands of luxury
[01:13.20] In irrigation ditches
[01:17.04] I'm sick of plot and counterplot
[01:20.42] They never fail to thicken
[01:23.27] Let's find a humble rustic spot
[01:26.61] And cultivate the chicken
[01:30.63] Ah, what pregnant observations
[01:34.22] I thank you for your patience
[01:37.63] Point of order, Mr. Chairman
[01:40.61] The floor is yours, King Hermann
[01:44.14] Yo-ho
[01:45.48] Aye, aye, shh
[01:48.20] We kings live so unpleasantly
[01:51.08] Our lives are hard and lonely
[01:54.18] Let's form a happy peasantry
[01:57.25] For former monarchs only
[02:00.44] I'll trade my kingdom for a hoe
[02:03.99] My scepter for a shovel
[02:06.34] And make the red, red roses grow
[02:10.92] Around our happy hovel
[02:14.39] What a very sweet suggestion
[02:17.95] I hereby move the question
[02:21.33] I second Charles' move, sirs
[02:24.92] Say "Aye" if you approve, sirs
[02:28.44] Yo-ho (aye)
[02:32.18] Yo-ho (aye)
[02:35.64] Yo-ho (aye, aye, aye, aye, aye, aye...)
[02:42.58] We have passed Charles Edward's motion
[02:46.14] And now if we can manage
[02:49.54] Without excessive damage
[02:52.99] The motion of this ocean
[02:56.79] We'll all say farewell
[03:00.35] To vanity and strife
[03:04.14] And in some dale, oh, in some dale
[03:07.81] Pursue the simple life (what a simple life)
[03:15.43] Yo-ho for the simple life (for the simple life)
[03:17.76] Yo-ho for the simple life (for the simple life)
[03:22.95] Yo-ho for the simple life (for the simple life)
[03:26.95] Yo-ho (aye, aye)
[03:29.10] Yo-ho (aye, aye, aye, aye)
[03:32.76] Yo-ho (aye, aye, aye, aye)
[03:36.60] Yo-ho (aye, aye, aye, aye)
[03:40.69] Yo-ho (aye, aye)
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