<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=539003" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Disconcerted Tenor</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">A tenor, all singers above<br>(This doesn't admit of a question),<br>Should keep himself quiet,<br>Attend to his diet,<br>And carefully nurse his digestion.<br>But when he is madly in love,<br>It's certain to tell on his singing -<br>You can't do chromatics<br>With proper emphatics<br>When anguish your bosom is wringing!<br>When distracted with worries in plenty,<br>And his pulse is a hundred and twenty,<br>And his fluttering bosom the slave of mistrust is,<br>A tenor can't do himself justice.<br>Now observe - (SINGS A HIGH NOTE) -<br>You see, I can't do myself justice!</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I could sing, if my fervour were mock,<br>It's easy enough if you're acting,<br>But when one's emotion<br>Is born of devotion,<br>You mustn't be over-exacting.<br>One ought to be firm as a rock<br>To venture a shake in VIBRATO;<br>When fervour's expected,<br>Keep cool and collected,<br>Or never attempt AGITATO.<br>But, of course, when his tongue is of leather,<br>And his lips appear pasted together,<br>And his sensitive palate as dry as a crust is,<br>A tenor can't do himself justice.<br>Now observe - (SINGS A CADENCE) -<br>It's no use - I can't do myself justice!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=William+Schwenck+Gilbert">William Schwenck Gilbert</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=539003" data-title="The Disconcerted Tenor de William Schwenck Gilbert" data-description="A tenor, all singers above (This doesn't admit of a question), Should keep himself quiet, Attend to his diet, And carefully nurse his digestion. But when he is madly in love, It's certain to tell on his singing - You can't do chromatics With prope..."></div> </div> </div>

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