The Barkleys of Broadway movie - A Week-End In The Country lyrics
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Verse:<br>
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(Josh:) With golf and tennis 'round you<br>
And no cares to hound you;<br>
(Dinah:) When Mother Nature beckons, who can decline?<br>
(Ezra:) Till Mother Nature vetoes<br>
The bees and mosquitoes,<br>
Mother Nature is no mother of mine!<br>
(Josh & Dinah:) From Saturday night to Monday morn,<br>
There's always joy ahead;<br>
(Ezra:) From Saturday night to Monday morn,<br>
I wish that I were dead!<br>
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Chorus 1:<br>
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(Josh & Dinah:) A weekend in the country<br>
Never will let you down;<br>
(Ezra:) You'll pardon my effront'ry,<br>
I'd rather spend it in town.<br>
(Josh & Dinah:) A weekend in the country,<br>
Healthy and full of sport:<br>
(Dinah:) And then it isn't small potatoes<br>
(Josh:) When you get those fresh tomatoes,<br>
(Ezra:) I've a list of fresh tomatoes<br>
Suing me now in court!<br>
(Dinah:) Ah, gimme the milk from the moo cow,<br>
(Josh:) Of corn right from the field I'm fond;<br>
(Ezra:) In town I'd be splurgin'<br>
On Venison and Sturgeon<br>
Bestride a beautiful blonde.<br>
(Josh & Dinah:) A weekend gets you sunburned,<br>
Vitamin A you win;<br>
(Ezra:) I'd rather get back unburned<br>
With my original skin.<br>
(Josh & Dinah:) A weekend in the country,<br>
Glorious, there's no doubt;<br>
(Ezra:) A weekend in the country,<br>
What's the next train out?<br>
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Chorus 2:<br>
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(Josh & Dinah:) A weekend in the country,<br>
Trees in the orchard call;<br>
(Ezra:) When you've examined one tree,<br>
Then you've examined them all.<br>
(Josh & Dinah:) A weekend in the country,<br>
Happily we endorse:<br>
(Dinah:) Come get your share of nature's bounty,<br>
(Josh:) Ride the trail around the county;<br>
(Ezra:) I am no Canadian mounty,<br>
Why do I need a horse?<br>
(Dinah:) Hark, hark to the song of the bull frog,<br>
(Josh:) At dawn, you'll rise up with the lark;<br>
(Ezra:) When roosters will riot,<br>
I'd much prefer the quiet<br>
Of Forty-Second and Park.<br>
(Josh & Dinah:) Get peppy and alivey,<br>
Don't be a city poke!<br>
(Ezra:) I once got poison ivy,<br>
(Dinah:) Will you try for poison oak?<br>
(Josh:) A weekend in the country,<br>
(Dinah:) Dickey-bird's overhead,<br>
(Ezra:) A weekend in the country,<br>
I should have stood in bed!<br>
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