Rhubarb Tart
From At Last the 1948 Show.
Written by John Cleese, music by John Phillip Sousa.
Sung by John Cleese and chorus.
I want another slice of rhubarb tart
I want another lovely slice
I'm not disparaging the blueberry pie
But rhubarb tart is oh so very nice!
A rhubarb what? A rhubarb tart!
A what-barb tart? A rhubarb tart!
I want another slice of rhubarb tart!
The principles of modern philosophy
Were postulated by Decartes
Discarding everything he wasn't certain of
He said "I think therefore I am a rhubarb tart!"
A rhubarb what? A rhubarb tart!
Rene who? Rene Decartes!
Poor nut, he thought he was a rhubarb tart!
Rhubarb tart has fascinated all the poets
Especially the immortal Bard
He made Richard the Third call out at Bosworth Field
"My Kingdom for a slice of rhubarb tart!"
Immortal what? Immortal Bard!
A rhubarb what? A rhubarb tart!
As rhymes go, that is really pretty bard!
Since Wassily Kadinsky and Paul Klee
Laid down the axios of abstract art
Even Jackson Pollock and Piet Mondrain
Prfered to paint a slice of rhubarb tart!
Wassi who? A Wassily!
Kandin who? A Kandinsky!
How did he get in there for a start?
Read all the existentialist philosophers
Like Schoenhauer and Jean-Paul Sarte
Even Martin Heidegger agrees on one thing:
Eternal happiness is rhubarb tart!
A rhubarb what? A rhubarb tart!
Jean-Paul who? Jean-Paul Sarte!
That sounds just like a rhyme from Lionel Barte!
And though it matters not if you're a beekeeper
Accountant or one from Supermart
Our advice to you is always go to work
On a slice of rhubarb tart!
