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Come With Me Lyrics by Bob Shaver, The Boys from Syracuse Ensemble (1953)

The Boys from Syracuse

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[SERGEANT]
Come with me where the food is free
Where the landlord never comes near you
Be a guest in a house of rest
Where the best of fellows can cheer you
There's your own little room
So cool, not too much light
Where you're one man for whom
No wife waits up at night
When day ends you have lots of friends
Who will guard you well while you slumber
Safe from battle and strife
Safe from the wind and gale
Come with me to jail
[MEN, variously]
You'll never have to fetch the milk
Or walk the dog at early dawn
There's no get up you're late for work
While you rest in the pearly dawn
You're never bored by politics
You're privileged to miss a row
Of tragedies by Sophocles
And diatribes by Cicero
[ANTIPHOLUS OF EPHESUS]
Your brother's wife will never come
On Sunday noon to bring to you
Her little son who plays the lute
Her little girl to sing to you
You can commit your little sins
And relatives won't yell "fie"
You needn't take the annual trip
To the oracle at Delphi
You snore and swear and stretch and yawn
In this, your strictly male house
The only way that sinners go to heaven
Is in the jailhouse!
[MEN]
Come with me where the food is free
Where the landlord never comes near you
Be a guest in a house of rest
Where the best of fellows can cheer you
There's your own little room
So cool, not too much light
Where you're one man for whom
No wife waits up at night
When day ends you have lots of friends
Who will guard you well while you slumber
Safe from battle and strife
Safe from the wind and gale
Come with me to jail
Credits
Bob Shaver

Bob Shaver

The Boys from Syracuse Ensemble (1953)

The Boys from Syracuse Ensemble (1953)

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