Everybody Ought To Have A Maid – A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum – letras

[SENEX]Everybody ought to have a maid,Everybody ought to have a working girl,Everybody ought to have a lurking girlTo putter around the house.Everybody ought to have a maid,Everybody ought to have a menialConsistantly congenialAnd quieter than a mouse.Oh, oh, wouldn’t she be delicious,Tidying up the dishes,Neat as a pin.Oh, oh, wouldn’t she be delightful,Sweeping out,Sleeping in.Everybody ought to have a maid,Someone who you hire when you’re short of helpTo offer you the sort of helpYou never get from a spouse:Fluttering up the stairway,Shuttering up the windows,Cluttering up the bedroom,Buttering up the master,Puttering all around the house!Oh, oh, wouldn’t she be delicious,Tidying up the dishes,Neat as a pin.Oh, oh, wouldn’t she be delightful,Sweeping out,Sleeping in.Everybody ought to have a maid,Someone who in fetching you your slipper willBe winsome as a whipporwillAnd graceful as a grouse:Skittering down the hallway,Flittering through the parlor,Tittering in the pantry,Littering up the bedroom–[SENEX & PSEUDOLUS]Twittering all around the house![HYSTERIUM]A maid?[SENEX]A maid.[PSEUDOLUS]A maid.[ALL]A maid!Everybody ought to have a maid,Everybody ought to have a serving-girl,A loyal and unswerving girl,To putter around the house.Oh, oh,[HYSTERIUM]Think of her at the dustbin,’Specially when she’s just beenTraipsing about.[ALL]Oh, oh, wouldn’t she be delightful,[HYSTERIUM]Living in,[SENEX]Giving out.[ALL]Everybody ought to have a maid,Daintily collecting bits of paper n’ strings,Appealing in her apron stringsAnd graceful as a grouse.[HYSTERIUM]Pattering through the attic,[SENEX]Chattering in the cellar,[PSEUDOLUS]Clattering in the kitchen,[SENEX]Flattering in the bedroom,[ALL]Puttering all around the house!The house!The house![LYCUS]A maid?[HYSTERIUM]A maid.[PSEUDOLUS]A maid.[SENEX]A maid![ALL]Everybody ought to have a maid,Someone who’s efficient and reliable,Obedient and pliable,And quieter than a mouse!Oh, oh, wouldn’t she be so nimble,Fiddling with her thimble,Mending her gown.Oh, oh, wouldn’t she be delightful,[LYCUS]Cleaning up,[SENEX]Leaning down.[ALL]Everybody ought to have a maid,Someone who’ll be busy as a bumblebeeAnd even if you grumble, beAs graceful as a grouse.[LYCUS]Wriggling in the anteroom,[HYSTERIUM]Jiggling in the dining room,[PSEUDOLUS]Giggling in the living room,[SENEX]Wiggling in the other rooms,[ALL]Puttering all around the house!The house!The house!The house!