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Blossom Dearie - Napoleon

Napoleon
Blossom Dearie
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Napoleon's a pastry
Bismarck is a herring
Alexander's a crème de cocoa mixed with rum
And Herbie Hoover is a vacu-um
Columbus is a Circle, and a day off
Pershing is a Square, what a payoff
Julius Caesar is just a salad on a shelf

So, little brother, get wise to yourself
Life's a bowl of cherry pits, that's the way it is
Play it big and it throws you for a loop
Comes today we're great
Comes tomorrow we're tomato soup

Napoleon's a pastry
Get this under your brow:
What once used to be a rooster
Is just a duster now
DuBarry is a lipstick
Pompadour's a hairdo

Good Queen Mary just floats along from pier to pier;
Venus de Milo's just a pink brassiere
Sir Gladstone is a bag - ain't it shocking
And the mighty Kaiser's just a stocking
Czar of Russia is now caviar
And Cleopatra is a black cigar

Yes my honey lamb, Swift is just a ham
Lincoln's a tunnel, Coolidge is a dam;
Yes my noble lad, comes today we're fads
Comes tomorrow we're subway ads

Homer is a swa-at
Get this under your brow:
All these big-wheel controversials are just commercials now
Better get your jug of wine and loaf of bread before that final bow

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