Decomposing Composers lyrics
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Artist: Monty Python Album: Sings
Lyrics
Beethoven's gone, but his music lives on And mozart don't go shopping no more You'll never meet lizst or brahms again And elgar doesn't answer the door
Schubert and chopin used to chuckle and laugh Whilst composing a long symphony But one hundred and fifty years later There's very little of them left to see
The decomposing composers There's not much anyone can do You can still hear beethoven But beethoven cannot hear you
Handel and haydn and rachmaninoff Enjoyed a nice drink with their meal But nowadays no one will serve them And their gravy is left to congeal
Verdi and wagner delighted the crowds With their highly original sounds The pianos they play are still working But they're both six feet underground
The decomposing composers There's less of them every year You can say what you like to But there's not much of them left to hear
Claude achille debussy. died, 1918 Christof viliborg kralk. died, 1787 Carl maria von weber. not at all well, 1825. died, 1826 Giacomo meyerbeer. still alive, 1863. not still alive, 1864 Modest mussorgsky. 1880, going to parties. no fun anymore, 1881 Johann nepomuck hummel. chattin' away 19 'an a dozen with his friends down at the pub every evenin', 1836 1837, nothing
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