Sullivan: "I've jibe and joke"
John Reed and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Sir Malcolm Sargent
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I jibe and joke and quip and crank for lowly folk and men of rank
I ply my craft and know no fear but aim my shaft at prince or peer
At peer or prince, at prince or peer, I aim my shaft and know no fear
I've wisdom from the east and from the
West that's subject to no academic rule
You may find it in the jeering of a jest
Or distill it from the folly of a fool
I can teach you with a quip if I've a mind
I can trick you into learning with a laugh
Oh, winnow all my folly, folly, folly and you'll
Find a grain or two of truth among the chaff
Oh, winnow all my folly, folly, folly and you'll
Find a grain or two of truth among the chaff
I can set a braggart quailing with a quip
The upstart I can wither with a whim
He may wear a merry laugh upon his lip
But his laughter has an echo that is grim
When they're offered to the world in merry guise, unpleasant truths
Are swallowed with a pill, for he who'd make his fellow, fellow
Fellow creatures wise should always gild the philosophic pill
For he who'd make his fellow, fellow, fellow creatures
Wise should always gild the philosophic pill