Germanic Nations and Friends – Book of Love
The orchestra starts to play. Germany, Prussia, Austria, Spain, France, North and South Italy comes on the scene and stands in front of seven microphones.
Germany: The book of love is long and boring./No one can lift the damn thing.
France: It's full of charts and facts and figures/and instructions for dancing.
Prussia: But I/I love it when you read to me/And you/You can read me anything.
Austria: The book of love has music in it/In fact that's where music comes from.
North Italy: Some of it is just transcendental.
South Italy: Some of it is just really dumb.
Spain: But I/I love it when you sing to me
Germany: And you/You can sing me anything.
Instrumental part with strong part of violins.
Germany: The book of love is long and boring.
Prussia: And written very long ago.
France: It's full of flowers and heart-shaped boxes.
Spain: And things we're all too young to know.
Austria: But I/I love it when you give me things.
South Italy: And you.
North Italy: You ought to give me wedding rings.
Germany: And I.
Prussia: I love it when you give me things.
Spain: And you.
Austria: You ought to give me wedding rings.
Short instrumental part.
All: You ought to give me wedding rings.
Orchestra stops to play and seven nations bows to the audience, while they are applauded.