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THE ICE CREAM TANGO
(written for the 1973 production at UCSC of the musical Park)
words and music by Tom Lehrer
| Elizabeth: [spoken] | Do you know what I would really like right now? |
| [sung] | I would like ---- some ice cream. |
| Sara & Jamie: | Me too! |
| Elizabeth: | I would like ---- a cone. |
| Sara & Jamie: | Me too! |
| Austin: | Me too! |
| Elizabeth: | It would really hit the spot, |
| Jamie: [spoken] | What flavor does your majesty crave? |
| Elizabeth: | I would like ---- vanilla. |
| Jamie: | Me too! |
| Austin: | Not me. Iʼll take chocʼlate. |
| Sara: | I want peach. |
| Jamie: [spoken] | Peach?? |
| Sara: [spoken] | All right, chocʼlate. |
| Elizabeth: | But wouldnʼt it be pleasant, |
| Sara: [spoken] | Including peach! [Sara and Jamie stick tongues out at each other.] |
| Austin: | Would you rather have a dish? |
| Elizabeth: [spoken] | A bit too fancyish! |
| Austin: | Would you like it on a plate? |
| Elizabeth: [spoken] | Itʼs good -- but not great. |
| Austin: | Would you like it on a stick? |
| Sara & Jamie: [spoken] | Ick! |
| Austin: | Well, how about a cup? [others shake their heads] |
| Jamie: | Me too! You canʼt carry them alone. |
| Elizabeth & Sara: | Heʼs right. |
| Austin: | I know. |
| Jamie: | Two chocʼlates, two vanillas, |
| Elizabeth & Sara: | Two chocʼlates, two vanillas. |
| Austin: | For nothing the world has ever known........ |
| Jamie: | Nothing the world has ever known....... |
| Elizabeth & Sara: | Nothing the world has ever known |
| All [in harmony]: | Can compare with an ice cream |
| Elizabeth: | Cone! |
| Austin & Jamie | I want an ice cream cone! |
| Elizabeth & Sara: [spoken] | Me too! |
