[00:00.00]时代音乐网 www.78497.com  [00:00.74]Madeira M'dear - Flanders & Swann [00:10.00]She was young  she was pure [00:11.51]She was new  she was nice [00:13.05]She was fair  she was sweet seventeen [00:15.89]He was old  he was vile [00:17.25]And no stranger to vice [00:18.58]He was base  he was bad  he was mean [00:21.34]He had slyly inviegled her up to his flat [00:24.21]To view his collection of stamps; [00:26.72]And he said as he hastened to put out the cat [00:29.53]The wine  his cigar  and the lamps: [00:33.24]Have some madeira  m'dear [00:36.14]You really have nothing to fear; [00:38.89]I'm not trying to tempt you [00:40.31]That wouldn't be right [00:41.44]You shouldn't drink spirits [00:42.72]At this time of night [00:44.14]Have some madeira  m'dear [00:46.57]It's so very much nicer than beer [00:48.97]I don't care for sherry [00:50.20]One cannot drink stout [00:51.65]And port is a wine I can well do without [00:54.38]It's simply a case of chacun á son gout [00:58.24]Have some madeira  m'dear [01:05.47]Unaware of the wiles of the snake in the grass [01:08.10]Of the fate of the maiden who topes [01:10.43]She lowered her standards by raising her glass [01:13.03]Her courage  her eyes  and his hopes [01:16.27]She sipped it  she drank it [01:17.73]She drained it  she did [01:19.02]And he quietly refilled it again [01:21.44]And he said as he secretly carved one more notch [01:24.38]On the butt of his gold handled cane: [01:27.13]Have some madeira  m'dear [01:30.02]I've got a small cask of it here [01:32.57]And once it's been opened you know it won't keep [01:35.10]Do finish it up  it will help you to sleep [01:37.61]Have some madeira  m'dear [01:39.72]It's really an excellent year [01:42.21]Now if it were gin you'd be wrong to say yes [01:45.02]The evil gin does would be hard to assess [01:48.37]Besides it's inclined to affect my prowess [01:51.13]Have some madeira  m'dear [01:58.23]Then there flashed through her mind [01:59.56]What her mother had said [02:00.78]With her ante penultimate breath [02:02.86]Oh my child should you look [02:04.39]At the wine that is red [02:05.97]Be prepared for a fate worse than death [02:09.00]She let go her glass with a shrill little cry [02:12.56]Crash  Tinkle  it fell to the floor [02:14.54]When he asked  What in heaven [02:15.68]She made no reply [02:16.54]But put in a dash for the door [02:18.86]Have some madeira  m'dear [02:21.00]Rang out down the hall loud and clear [02:23.40]A tremulous cry that was filled with despair [02:25.60]As she paused to take breath in the cool midnight air [02:28.13]Have some madeira  m'dear [02:30.62]The words seemed to ring in her ear [02:34.18]Until the next morning she woke up in bed [02:37.73]With a smile on her lips and an ache in her head [02:41.89]And a beard in her earhole that tickled and said [02:44.96]Have some madeira  m'dear