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Rhymes Have I Lyrics by Alfred Drake, Doretta Morrow

Kismet: A Musical Arabian Night (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

1953

[THE POET]
Rhymes, fine rhymes
Rhymes, fine rhymes have I
Rhymes, fine rhymes
Sweet rhymes have I
Rhymes, fine rhymes
Sweet rhymes have I
Sly rhymes, wry rhymes
Neat rhymes have I
To a world too prone to be prosaic
I bring my own panacea
An iota of iambic and a tittle of trochaic
Added to a small amount of onomatopoeia
Lays that sing with rhymes have I
Couplets that ring like chimes have I
Happy rhymes like "Money makes you sunny"
Spicy rhymes like "Virtue can hurt you"
Learnеd rhymes like "The camеl's a mammal"
And others very various
On matters multifarious
Like "beard - sheared"
"Burnoose - loose!"
"Stairs - prayers!"
"Mosque - kiosk!"
"Minoret and parapet"
And many more that I'll beget betimes
Rhymes have I! Rhymes have I!
[THE POET & MARSINAH]
I have- (Rhymes, fine rhymes)
[MARSINAH]
True rhymes has he
Rhymes, bright rhymes
New rhymes has he
Thoughtful rhymes
[THE POET]
Like "Learning leads to earning"
[MARSINAH]
Truthful rhymes
[THE POET]
Like "Drinking stops your thinking"
[MARSINAH]
Healthful rhymes
[THE POET]
Like "Sinning is thining"
[THE POET & MARSINAH]
And others miscellaneous
On matters more extraneous
[MARSINAH]
Like "crutch-"
[THE POET]
"Clutch!"
[MARSINAH]
"Look-"
[THE POET]
"Hook!"
[MARSINAH]
"Vagrant-"
[THE POET]
"Fragrant!"
[MARSINAH]
"Dervish-"
[THE POET]
"Curvish!"
[MARSINAH]
"Horn-"
[THE POET]
"Warn!"
[MARSINAH]
"Caravan-"
[THE POET]
"Afghanistan!"
[MARSINAH]
"Dromedary-"
[THE POET]
"Very hairy!"
[MARSINAH]
"Very hairy?"
[THE POET]
"Very sorry!"
[THE POET & MARSINAH]
Songs of sense and pertinence
In reference to all events
And climes
[THE POET]
Rhymes have I
[MARSINAH]
Rhymes have I
[THE POET]
Rhymes has she
[MARSINAH]
Rhymes has he
[THE POET & MARSINAH]
Rhymes have we! Rhymes have we!
We have rhymes!
Credits
Alfred Drake

Alfred Drake

Doretta Morrow

Doretta Morrow

About “Rhymes Have I” by Alfred Drake

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