Man in the Moon

[00:39.61] When a bumper is filled, it is vexing, no doubt,
[00:44.23] To find when you rise that the wine has run out;
[00:48.77] And sure it's an equally unpleasant thing
[00:52.35] To be asked for a song when you've naught left to sing.
[00:55.92] I could sing something old, if an old one would do,
[01:00.42] But the world it is craving to have something new.
[01:04.98] But what to select for the words or the tune?
[01:09.49] I, in fact, know no more than the Man in the Moon.
[01:13.91] (after each verse):
[01:15.73] The Man in the Moon a new light on us throws,
[01:16.66] He's a man we all talk of but nobody knows.
[01:21.16] And though a high subject, I'm getting in tune,
[01:25.69] I'll just sing a song for the Man in the Moon.
[01:30.12] Tis said that some people are moonstruck, we find,
[01:34.78] But the Man in the Moon must be out of his mind.
[01:38.38] But it can't be for love for he's quite on his own,
[01:42.86] No ladies to meet him by moonlight alone.
[01:46.43] It can't be ambition, for rivals he's none,
[01:50.93] At least he is only eclipsed by the sun,
[01:54.54] But when drinking, I say, he is seldom surpassed,
[01:59.07] For he always looks best when he's seen through a glass.
[02:02.65] The Man in the Moon he must lead a queer life,
[02:56.79] With no one around him, not even a wife,
[03:00.38] No friends to console him, no children to kiss,
[03:04.83] No chance of his joining a party like this.
[03:08.46] But he's used to high life, for each all circles agree,
[03:12.90] That none move in such a high circle as he,
[03:17.47] And though nobles go up in their royal balloon,
[03:21.98] They're not introduced to the Man in the Moon.
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