Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Bernstein: Candide / Act I - 4. Oh, Happy We, artist - June Anderson. Album song The Leonard Bernstein Collection - Volume 1 - Part 2, in the genre Шедевры мировой классики
Date of issue: 31.12.2013
Record label: Deutsche Grammophon
Song language: English
Bernstein: Candide / Act I - 4. Oh, Happy We |
Soon, when we feel we can afford it |
We’ll build a modest little farm |
We’ll buy a yacht and live aboard it |
Rolling in luxury and stylish charm |
Cows and chickens |
Social whirls |
Peas and cabbage |
Ropes of pearls |
Soon there’ll be little ones beside us; |
We’ll have a sweet Westphalian home |
Somehow we’ll grow as rich as Midas; |
We’ll live in Paris when we’re not in Rome |
Smiling babies |
Marble halls |
Sunday picnics |
Costume balls |
Oh, won’t my robes of silk and satin |
Be chic! |
I’ll have all that I desire |
Pangloss will tutor us in Latin |
And Greek while we sit before the fire |
Glowing rubies |
Glowing logs |
Faithful servants |
Faithful dogs |
We’ll round the world enjoying high life |
All bubbly pink champagne and gold |
We’ll lead a rustic and a shy life |
Feeding the pigs and sweetly growing old |
Breast of peacock |
Apple pie |
I love marriage |
So do I |
Oh, happy pair! |
Oh, happy we! |
It’s very rare |
How we agree |
The Baron and his family are outraged. |
Candide is an |
Illegitimate cousin, a social inferior. |
How dare he embrace the |
Daughter of a Westphalian Baron? |
He is brutally expelled |
From Schloss Thunder-ten-Tronck and wanders alone — with |
Only his optimism to cling to |