RICHARD CHAMBERLAIN IN 
"MY FAIR LADY"
© 2000. Okihei Enterprise, Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
Tribute to Richard Chamberlain


 

 

 
The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain................

The rain in Spain 
            Servants:
            Poor Professor Higgins!
            Poor Professor Higgins!
            Night and day
            He slaves away!
            Oh, poor Professor Higgins!
            All day long
            On his feet;
            Up and down until he's numb;
            Doesn't rest;
            Doesn't eat;
            Doesn't touch a crumb!
            Poor Professor Higgins!
            Poor Professor Higgins!
            On he plods
            Against all odds;
            Oh, poor Professor Higgins!
            Nine p.m.
            Ten p.m.
            On through midnight ev'ry night.
            One a.m.
            Two a.m.
            Three...!
            Quit, Professor Higgins!
            Quit, Professor Higgins!
            Hear our plea
            Or payday we
            Will quit, Professor Higgins!
            Ay not I,
            O not Ow,
            Pounding pounding in our brain.
            Ay not I,
            O not Ow,
            Don't say "Rine," say "Rain"...

            Eliza:
            The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain!

            Henry:
            By George, she's got it!
            By George, she's got it!
            Now, once again where does it rain?

            Eliza:
            On the plain! On the plain!

            Henry:
            And where's that soggy plain?

            Eliza:
            In Spain! In Spain!

            The three:
            The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain!
            The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain!

            Henry:
            In Hartford, Hereford, and Hampshire...?

            Eliza:
            Hurricanes hardly happen.
            How kind of you to let me come!

            Henry:
            Now once again, where does it rain?

            Eliza:
            On the plain! On the plain!

            Henry:
            And where's that blasted plain?

            Eliza:
            In Spain! In Spain!

            The three:
            The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain!
            The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain!


 

 

 

 
By George she's got it, she's got it!

 

 
         Ascot Gavotte 

            Ladies and Gentlemen
            Ev'ry duke and earl and peer is here
            Ev'ryone who should be here is here.
            What a smashing, positively dashing
            Spectacle: the Ascot op'ning day.
            At the gate are all the horses
            Waiting for the cue to fly away.
            What a gripping, absolutely ripping
            Moment at the Ascot op'ning day.
            Pulses rushing!
            Faces flushing!
            Heartbeats speed up!
            I have never been so keyed up!
            And second now
            They'll begin to run.
            Hark! A bell is ringing,
            They are springing
            Forward
            Look! It has begun...!
            What a frenzied moment that was!
            Didn't they maintain an exhausting pace?
            'Twas a thrilling, absolutely chilling
            Running of the Ascot op'ning race.


 

 
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