Thursday, January 13, 2011

Every day is "Topsy Turvy Day" in America

In "The Hunchback of Notre Dame," Quasimodo is chosen as the King of Fools. In the Disney version of the story,this is captured in a song called "Topsy Turvy." Here is an excerpt from the 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 Topsy Turvy Day!

Well, it seems to me that every day is Topsy Turvy Day in the good 'ol USA.
Think about it.





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