Mrs. Jennings - London - FINAL

[intro] [piano, catchy tune] [female, older] [verse] I’m off to London --- and I’d love to share it. Oh it’s not far,--- only three days --- in a carriage, I’m sure the girls --- will have a monstrous good time. They’ll come back to Barton --- engaged and doing fine. [verse 1] Somehow in London, one never despairs. You see in London, romance is in the air. That same air, I’m told, is everywhere. Oh that’s just rubbish --- and I don’t care. [verse 2] Somehow in London, one can’t go wrong. You see in London, life is just a song. It’s very wicked – it’s lots of fun --- it’s just the ticket -- Where hearts are won. [verse 3] Somehow in London, it’s never boring. You see in London, it's always pouring. It’s always frantic -- or it’s pedantic It’s just the wicket – if you can stick it. [verse 4] Oh my dear London --- don’t let me down. The Miss Dashwoods --- are coming --- to town. It’s my intention to help them with their beaus I’ll get them settled, you’ll see, it will be so. [Verse 5] Now, Mary Anne’s young man is very bold --- I’m told. He saved her life, It’s very true --- I know – I know. But have you heard? Willoughby, like a scoundrel, ran off in a hurry? If I were Mary Anne, I’d be mad --- and I’d be worried. [bridge] Will he call? – or will he not? no way to tell – it’s all such rot – they come and go they swear and smoke they shoot their guns and that’s no joke. [break] [female] [spoken word] Men! It’s so unfortunate we need them at all. [Verse 6] Now Eleanor’s case is very very different. Eleanor keeps her cool and calm persistence She hardly admits of any attachment But we know her beau is often absent. [verse 7] So who is Eleanor’s beau? ---That is the question The whole thing’s giving --- me indigestion. Is it Colonel Brandon? They get on so very well. It must be Colonel Brandon --- I can tell. [verse 8] But don’t you worry – It’ll all come right. I can see --- by their loss of appetite. For Somehow in London, there’s no despair You see in London, Romance is in the air. [end] It’s in the air. Romance --- is in --- the air