Oh! What a Surprise for the Du-ce!!
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Oh! What a Surprise for the Du-ce!! |
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| Verse 1 | Poor Mussolini Has got just a teeny Suspicion he's made a mistake| Saying the Med-i-ter-ra-ne-an Was an Italian lake! Now must be reckoned As faux-pas the second His boast that in Greece he would win. Now ev-ery day is a rain-y 'un What price that brist-ly chin!! |
Refrain | O-oh! What a surprise for the Du-ce, the Du-ce, He can't put it over the Greeks!! O-oh! What a surprise for the Du-ce, they do say He's had no spaghetti for weeks!! His troub-a-dors advance with roars of Viva! oh Viva! In armoured cars they strum guitars Till frilly white skirts Play the deuce with Blackshirts O-oh! What a surprise for the Du-ce, the Du-ce, He can't put it over the Greeks!! |
| Verse 2 | When Count Ciano Plays on piano He can't see the stave or the clef There in the dark he is sheltering Dodging the brave R.A.F. Dripping with medals Ciano soft-pedals 'Cos daddy-in-law's got the dumps Half of his fleet's helter-skeltering Other half manning the pumps! |
2nd Refrain | O-oh! What a surpise for the Du-ce, the Du-ce, He can't put it over the Greeks!! O-oh! What a surprise for the Du-ce, they do say He's had such a kick in the breeks!! Our Navy likes its rum and rolls the barrel; the barrel The Du-ces fleet is too discreet I fear it's the sort That still sticks to its port O-oh! What a surprise for the Du-ce, the Du-ce, He can't put it over the Greeks!! |
| Final Verse |
Il tro-va-tore Once caused a foror-e But Musso has no time for this. Too busy with his portfo-li-o Sorting out men to dismiss He's got a mania that There in Albania Someone has certainly erred That is why Marshal Badoglio Had to be given the bird |
Final Refrain | O-oh! What a surprise for the Du-ce, the Du-ce, He can't put it over the Greeks!! O-oh! What a surprise for the Du-ce, they do say With Adolf his name simply reeks!!! Despondent are the famed Italian tenors - poor tenors Sopranos sneeze on their top "E"s Of mezzos no trace And a bomb on each "base" O-oh! What a surprise for the Du-ce, the Du-ce, He can't put it over the Greeks!! |