The King's New Clothes

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This is the story of the King's new clothes
 Now there was once a king who was absolutely insane
 About new clothes and one day, two swindlers came to
 Sell him what they said was a magic suit of clothes
 Now, they held up this particular garment and they
 Said, "Your Majesty, this is a magic suit."
 Well, the truth of the matter is, there was no suit there at all
 But the swindlers were very smart, and they said,
 "Your Majesty, to a wise man this is a beautiful raiment but
 To a fool it is absolutely invisible."
 Naturally, the King not wanting to appear a fool, said
 "Isn't it grand! Isn't it fine!
 Look at the cut, the Style, the line!
 The suit of clothes is all together
 But altogether it's altogether
 The most remarkable suit of clothes that I have ever seen
 These eyes of mine at once determined
 The sleeves are velvet, the cape is ermine
 The holes are blue and the doublet is a lovely shade of green
 (Lovely shade of green)
 Somebody send for the Queen."
 Well they sent for the Queen and they quickly explained
 To her about the magic suit of clothes.
 And naturally the Queen not wanting to appear a fool, said
 "Well, isn't it oh! Isn't it rich!
 Look at the charm of every stitch!
 The suit of clothes is all together
 But altogether it's altogether
 The most remarkable suit of clothes that I have ever seen
 These eyes of mine at once determined
 The sleeves are velvet, the cape is ermine
 The hose are blue and the doublet is a lovely shade of green
 (Lovely shade of green)
 Summon the court to convene."
 Well the court convened, and you never saw in your life
 As many people as were at that court.
 All the ambassadors, the dukes, the earls, the counts,
 It was just black with people, and they were all told about
 The magic suit of clothes. And after they were told
 They naturally didn't want to appear fools and they said
 "Isn't it ohhh! Isn't it ahhh! Isn't it absolutely (whistle)!
 The suit of clothes is all together
 But altogether it's altogether
 The most remarkable suit of clothes a tailor ever made
 Now quickly, put it all together
 With gloves of leather and hat and feather
 It's all together the thing to wear in Saturday's Parade
 Leading the royal brigade."
 Now Saturday came and the streets were just lined with
 Thousands, and thousands, and thousands of people, and
 They all were cheering as the artillery came by, the
 Infantry marched by, the cavalry galloped by.
 And everybody was cheering like mad, except one little boy
 You see, he hadn't heard about the magic suit and
 Didn't know what he was supposed to see.
 Well, as the King came by the little boy looked
 and, horrified Said
 "Look at the King! Look at the the King! Look at the
 King, the King, the King!
 The King is in the altogether
 But altogether the altogether
 He's altogether as naked as the day that he was born
 The King is in the altogether
 But all together the altogether
 It's altogether the very least the King has ever worn."
 All the courts positioned to call an intermission
 His majesty is wide open to ridicule and scorn
 The King is in the all together
 But all together the all together
 He's all together as naked as the day that he was born
 And it's all together too chilly a morn!

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Duration
03:33
Key
7
Tempo
137 BPM

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