Paul Kandel - Topsy Turvy lyrics

[Crowd:] Come one, come all! Leave your loops and milking stools Coop the hens and pen the mules Come one, come all! Close the churches and the schools It's the day for breaking rules Come and join the feast of... [Clopin:] Fools! Once a year we throw a party here in town Once a year we turn all Paris upside down Ev'ry man's a king and ev'ry king's a clown Once again it's Topsy Turvy Day It's the day the devil in us gets released It's the day we mock the prig and shock the priest Ev'rything is topsy turvy at the Feast of Fools! [Crowd:] Topsy turvy! [Clopin:] Ev'rything is upsy daysy! [Crowd:] Topsy turvy! [Clopin:] Ev'ryone is acting crazy Dross is gold and weeds are a bouquet That's the way on Topsy Turvy Day [All:] Topsy Turvy! [Clopin and Crowd:] Beat the drums and blow the trumpets [All:] Topsy Turvy! [Clopin and Crowd:] Join the bums and thieves and strumpets Streaming in from Chartres to Calais [Clopin:] Scurvy knaves are extra scurvy On the sixth of "Januervy" [Clopin and Crowd:] All because it's Topy Turvy Day! [Clopin:] Come one, come all! Hurry, hurry, here's your chance See the myst'ry and romance Come one, come all See the finest girl in France Make an entrance to entrance Dance, la Esmeralda Dance! Here it is, the moment you've been waiting for Here it is, you know exactly what's in store Now's the time we laugh until our sides get sore Now's the time we crown the King of Fools! So make a face that's horrible and frightening Make a face as gruesome as a gargoyle's wing For the face that's ugliest will be the King of Fools! Why? [Crowd:] Topsy turvy! [Clopin:] Ugly folk, forget your shyness [Crowd:] Topsy turvy! [Clopin:] You could soon be called Your Highness! [Crowd:] Put your foulest features on display Be the king of Topsy Turvy Day! [Clopin:] Ev'rybody! [Crowd:] Once a year we throw a party here in town [Clopin:] Hail to the king! [Crowd:] Once a year we turn all Paris upside down [Clopin:] Oh, what a king! [Crowd:] Once a year, the ugliest will wear a crown [Clopin:] Girls, give a kiss [Clopin and Crowd:] Once a year on Topsy Turvy Day [Clopin:] We've never had a king like this [Clopin and Crowd:] And it's the day we do the things that we deplore On the other three hundred and sixty-four Once a year we love to drop in Where the beer is never stoppin' For the chance to pop some popinjay And pick a king who'll put the "top" in Topsy Turvy Day! Mad and crazy, upsy-daisy, Topsy Turvy Day!