King And I Shall I Tell You What I Think Of You? Lyrics

Shall I Tell You What I Think Of You? Lyrics

ANNA 



Your servant! Your servant! 

Indeed I'm not you servant
-- 

Although you give me less than servant's pay -- 

I'm a free and
independent employ [pronounced "employay"]...(sigh) employee. 



Because I'm a woman 

You think, like ev'ry woman 

I have to be a
slave or concubine. 

You conceited, self-indulgent libertine! ...(sigh)
libertine! [pronounced "liberteen"] 



How I wish I called him that!


Right to his face! Libertine! 

And while we're on the subject,
sire, 

There are certain goings on around this place 

That I wish
to tell you I do not admire: 

I do not like polygamy 

Or even
moderate bigamy 

I realize 

That in your eyes 

That clearly
makes a prig o' me. 



But I am from a civilized land called Wales!


Where men like you are locked in county jails! 

In your pursuit of
pleasure, you 

Have mistresses who treasure you 



They have no
ken of other men 

Beside whom they can measure you 



A flock
of sheep and you're the only ram 

No wonder you're the wonder of Siam!




(Spoken) I'm rather glad I didn't say that... not with the women
right there...and the children 



(Singing) The children, the
children, 

I'll not forget the children, 

No matter where I go I'll
always see 

Those little faces looking up at me... 



At first,
when I started to teach, 

They were shy and remained out of reach, 

But lately I've thought 

One or two have been caught 

By a word
I have said 

Or a sentence I've read 

And I've heard an occasional
question 

That implied, at least, a suggestion 

That the work I've
been trying to do 

Was beginning to show with a few... 

-a