Be A Clown (from "The Pirate")

I'll remember forever when I was but three

Mama who was clever remarking to me：

If son when you're grown up you want everything nice

I've got your future sewn up if you take this advice：

Be a clown

Be a clown

All the world loves a clown

Act the fool play the calf

And you'll always have the last laugh

Wear the cap and the bells

And you'll rate with all the great swells

If you become a doctor folks'll face you with dread

If you become a dentist they'll be glad when you're dead

You'll get a bigger hand if you can stand on your head

Be a clown be a clown be a clown

Be a clown

Be a clown

All the world loves a clown

Be a crazy buffoon

And the 'demoiselles'll all swoon

Dress in huge baggy pants

And you'll ride the road to romance

A butcher or a baker ladies never embrace

A barber for a beau would be a social disgrace

They all'll come to call if you can fall on your face

Be a clown be a clown be a clown

Be a clown

Be a clown

All the world loves a clown

Be the poor silly a*s

And you'll always travel first class

Give 'em quips give 'em fun

And they'll pay to say you're A 1

If you become a farmer you've the weather to buck

If you become a gambler you'll be stuck with your luck

But jack you'll never lack if you can quack like a duck

Be a clown be a clown be a clown