[00:00.00]Down the Curtain - Gracie Fields
[00:04.57]Oh dear dear dear dear
[00:05.72]Oh mister stage manager please
[00:07.11]I can't sing tonight
[00:08.12]You can't sing tonight
[00:09.22]No I'm terribly sorry
[00:10.22]I can't sing tonight
[00:11.22]You must sing tonight
[00:12.24]Your public's waiting
[00:13.51]Oh blow the public It's impossible
[00:15.28]I can't sing I can't explain I'm sorry
[00:17.65]Go out an' knock 'em cold baby
[00:19.36]The show must go on
[00:20.80]Oh dear Oh dear I can't
[00:23.83]"Ring down the curtain I can't sing tonight
[00:26.86]Their money back you'll have to pay
[00:30.38]Ring down the curtain I can't sing tonight
[00:33.25]This take me false teeth away"
[00:38.30]The theatre was packed from the pit to the stalls
[00:41.36]The show was about to begin
[00:44.69]The baritone villain stood there in the wings
[00:47.57]On his face was a dastardly grin
[00:50.80]The tenor had just finished padding his chest
[00:53.91]And was gracefully waving his hair
[00:57.25]The overture started
[00:58.93]The curtain went up
[01:00.37]When the heroine cried in despair:
[01:03.15]"Oh ring down the curtain
[01:05.50]I can't sing tonight
[01:07.04]Oh dash it I wish I was dead
[01:10.52]I can't sing tonight with me tonsils in sight
[01:13.86]I haven't a tooth in me head"
[01:18.84]The manager said that the show must go on
[01:21.66]He was in a terrible rage
[01:24.79]The baritone gave the soprano a push
[01:27.70]That shot her headfirst on the stage
[01:31.16]"You can't" cried the tenor
[01:32.88]"Strike one your own size"
[01:34.31]Then leaped on the stage amid cheers
[01:37.79]He said"What's the do"
[01:39.20]Because that was his cue
[01:40.61]And the heroine cried through her tears:
[01:43.57]"Oh ring down the curtain
[01:46.08]I can't sing tonight"
[01:47.72]She stood there and twiddled her thumbs
[01:50.80]The villain said"Gnash me"
[01:52.59]She said"No I can't
[01:54.20]I can't gnash with only me gums"
[01:59.04]The heroine swooned on a velvet settee
[02:02.16]But jumped up again with an"Ouch"
[02:05.50]Which rapidly turned to a cry of delight
[02:08.73]For there were her teeth on the couch
[02:11.93]The lovers embraced as she slipped in her teeth
[02:15.40]She turned with a smile on her face
[02:18.57]She opened her throat and let out a note
[02:21.72]That smashed ev'ry glass in the place
[02:29.73]"Ring down the curtain
[02:30.98]You can't sing tonight
[02:32.67]Or else you'll be put on the spot
[02:35.66]Some voices we've heard were a pain in the neck
[02:39.03]But yours is the worst of the lot"
[02:41.76]"Oh ring up the curtain
[02:43.81]I will sing tonight
[02:45.20]In spite of your laughter and jeers
[02:48.78]If you're so upset by my beautiful voice
[02:51.71]Then put cotton wool in your ears"
[03:02.76]"You can't sing tonight"