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No Boom Boom
Original Broadway Cast of 'Zorba'
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Crete was in a state of revolution
The fleets of four great powers anchored here, hm
So, I also anchored here
Four great powers
Four admirals
Ah, you should have seen them
There they were, my admirals
The image of romance
From England, Russia, Italy and France
There they were, my brave quartet
Dressed in their navy blues
With wide-brimmed hats in gold and gray
And patent leather shoes
They were just about to fire on Crete
When, on my knees in my pink chemise
I distracted them tout suite
By saying, "Please sir, little admiral
No boom boom
Please sir, pretty admiral
No boom boom
This evening when it's dark
I'll let you come to my room
But first you have to promise
No boom boom"
Please sir, little admiral
No boom boom (la la la la)
Please sir, pretty admiral
No boom boom (la la la la)
This evening when it's dark
I'd like to come to your room
But first you have to promise
No boom boom
And they listened to me
Ah, we could see the Cretans through our binoculars
They look so tiny
I seize the beard of the Italian admiral
I was more familiar with him
I seized his beard and I said
"My Carnavaro
Please don't shoot the little people. Mm"
How nice he smelled
How nice they all smell
My Frenchman smelled of lemon
My Italian, violet
My English smell of something I forget
My Russian wore a musk they make
From oily Georgian bark
I learned each smell
So I could tell between them in the dark
They'd fill a bath with pink champagne
And throw me in the tub
While two would drink
The other two would scrub
We played that way
Until the day they set this island free
And so, my dear, if Crete's still here
It's all because of me
It was I who kept the navy in tow
But did your king ever say a thing?
Or decorate me? No
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Listen, little admiral
No boom boom (that's what I always used to say)
Listen, pretty admiral
No boom boom (I had a most convincing way)
This evening when it's dark
I'll let you come to my room
But first you have to promise
No boom boom
No boom boom, of course
No boom boom!
Come, Monsieur, come
Of course, of course!
Monsieur
Oh, bravo, my love
Whee!
Ah, boom boom
Bravo!
Listen, little admiral
No boom boom
Please sir, pretty admiral
No boom boom
This evening when it's dark
I'll let you come to my room
But first you have to promise
Promise, promise, promise
No boom boom
No boom boom
No boom boom boom!
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