Welcome Sir, I'm So Delighted
DEBIENNE:
Welcome, Sir, I'm so delighted, Everyone is so excited... What we need is someone new - just like you! To pull this sinking ship back into shape! And then we might forget the very dreadful way, That really awful things go on here every day...
REMY:
That's quite enough of that.
FAUST / MEPHISTOPHELES:
You're not supposed to rat. Slipped out. No doubt. Ignore him, dear Sir.
RICHARD:
A word, if I may, I've something to say... Pay attention, there! Close that door!
REMY:
Let's have some silence here - not a sound!
DEBIENNE / FAUST / MEPHISTOPHELES:
We're all agog, Sir.
RICHARD:
Gather round... I'd like to say -
RAOUL:
We'd like to say, Include me, too, Unless you feel, I'm in the way...
RICHARD:
Not at all, But let me speak.
MEPHISTOPHELES:
He's very chic! It's unique!
FAUST:
We're at your service, Devotedly. We're waiting with bated breath... You're loyal troops... Especially me!
RICHARD:
I want my staff, To be a team, To make me proud, To be their boss.
FAUST:
We will, not half.
RICHARD:
Don't intervene!
RAOUL:
It's not allowed, And makes him cross.
MEPHISTOPHELES:
I like your plan, So just say when, I'll help you pick, Your new recruits.
RICHARD:
Well done, that man, Ten out of ten.
FAUST:
She loves to lick, The boss's boots.
MEPHISTOPHELES:
You rotten beast!
FAUST:
Get knotted love!
MEPHISTOPHELES:
You amateur!
FAUST:
You're such a bitch, The true artiste, Is far above, This sort of gir - - lishness...
MEPHISTOPHELES:
That's rich!
DEBIENNE:
They understand you perfectly.
REMY:
Nobody here would disagree.
RAOUL:
And if they did, I'm sure they'd say
DEBIENNE / REMY:
Oh yes, they would, Sir, right away.
ALL:
We're a team from now on, United as one, We're all in perfect harmony!
DEBIENNE:
May I say on behalf, Sir, Of the artists and staff, Sir, We would hope that you'd keep us, All in your employ.
REMY:
They're so eager and loyal, They'll pamper and spoil.
MEPHISTOPHELES:
Any service at all, Sir, call us...
FAUST:
Don't be coy!
ALL except RICHARD:
Do, Sir! We'll be happy to help you out. Do, Sir!
MEPHISTOPHELES:
Turn to me, if you can, Sir...
RICHARD:
We shall see, we shall see.
RAOUL:
Don't count on it.
ALL:
It's the height of the season, And the opera's the reason. We are striving to see, It's a stunning success. We'll regard it as treason, If it's any less. Tra la la la la la, Mi mi mi mi!
DEBIENNE / REMY:
What a hit it will be.
FAUST:
You can leave it to me.
DEBIENNE / REMY:
If you pay him his fee.
MEPHISTOPHELES:
Me, I'll do it for free.
ALL:
We're a team, from now on, United as one... Everyone!
DEBIENNE:
Welcome, Sir, I'm so delighted, Everyone is so excited... What we need is someone new - just like you! To pull this sinking ship back into shape! And then we might forget the very dreadful way, That really awful things go on here every day...
REMY:
That's quite enough of that.
FAUST / MEPHISTOPHELES:
You're not supposed to rat. Slipped out. No doubt. Ignore him, dear Sir.
RICHARD:
A word, if I may, I've something to say... Pay attention, there! Close that door!
REMY:
Let's have some silence here - not a sound!
DEBIENNE / FAUST / MEPHISTOPHELES:
We're all agog, Sir.
RICHARD:
Gather round... I'd like to say -
RAOUL:
We'd like to say, Include me, too, Unless you feel, I'm in the way...
RICHARD:
Not at all, But let me speak.
MEPHISTOPHELES:
He's very chic! It's unique!
FAUST:
We're at your service, Devotedly. We're waiting with bated breath... You're loyal troops... Especially me!
RICHARD:
I want my staff, To be a team, To make me proud, To be their boss.
FAUST:
We will, not half.
RICHARD:
Don't intervene!
RAOUL:
It's not allowed, And makes him cross.
MEPHISTOPHELES:
I like your plan, So just say when, I'll help you pick, Your new recruits.
RICHARD:
Well done, that man, Ten out of ten.
FAUST:
She loves to lick, The boss's boots.
MEPHISTOPHELES:
You rotten beast!
FAUST:
Get knotted love!
MEPHISTOPHELES:
You amateur!
FAUST:
You're such a bitch, The true artiste, Is far above, This sort of gir - - lishness...
MEPHISTOPHELES:
That's rich!
DEBIENNE:
They understand you perfectly.
REMY:
Nobody here would disagree.
RAOUL:
And if they did, I'm sure they'd say
DEBIENNE / REMY:
Oh yes, they would, Sir, right away.
ALL:
We're a team from now on, United as one, We're all in perfect harmony!
DEBIENNE:
May I say on behalf, Sir, Of the artists and staff, Sir, We would hope that you'd keep us, All in your employ.
REMY:
They're so eager and loyal, They'll pamper and spoil.
MEPHISTOPHELES:
Any service at all, Sir, call us...
FAUST:
Don't be coy!
ALL except RICHARD:
Do, Sir! We'll be happy to help you out. Do, Sir!
MEPHISTOPHELES:
Turn to me, if you can, Sir...
RICHARD:
We shall see, we shall see.
RAOUL:
Don't count on it.
ALL:
It's the height of the season, And the opera's the reason. We are striving to see, It's a stunning success. We'll regard it as treason, If it's any less. Tra la la la la la, Mi mi mi mi!
DEBIENNE / REMY:
What a hit it will be.
FAUST:
You can leave it to me.
DEBIENNE / REMY:
If you pay him his fee.
MEPHISTOPHELES:
Me, I'll do it for free.
ALL:
We're a team, from now on, United as one... Everyone!
