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"Was I Wazir?!" from "Kismet"
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Henry Calvin
Henry Calvin
Vocals
Kizmet Showstoppers
Kizmet Showstoppers
Performer
Kismet Chorus
Kismet Chorus
Chorus
Kismet Ensemble
Kismet Ensemble
Vocals
Louis Adrian
Louis Adrian
Conductor
Alfred Drake
Alfred Drake
Performer
Richard Oneto
Richard Oneto
Performer
Doretta Morrow
Doretta Morrow
Performer
Richard Kiley
Richard Kiley
Performer
Joan Diener
Joan Diener
Performer
Kismet Orchestra
Kismet Orchestra
Orchestra
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Robert Wright
Robert Wright
Composer
George Forrest
George Forrest
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Goddard Lieberson
Goddard Lieberson
Producer

Lyrics

When we caught the seven hundred men And hung them in their prison pen Who said, "Suspend them by their fuzz"? Was I Wazir? I was! (Was he Wazir? He was!) When the keeper of the royal zoo Was short a cockatoo or two Who sealed him in a pot of glue? Was I Wazir? I was! (Was he Wazir? He was! He has a way of learning what he wants to know Delicate, but to the point!) They always seem to remember When I begin to dismember them Arm by arm and ear by ear and joint by joint! When the court musician lost his grasp And let his lute begin to rasp Who had him bitten by an asp? Was I Wazir? (Was he Wazir?) Was I Wazir? (Was he Wazir?) I was! The time we caught the man who said I wasn't nice (Joy oh joy That was a time!) I confiscated his brother And then did something or other Involving him dissolving In a vat of lye! When at last, in manner neat and deft I've hacked and hatcheted and cleft Until no-one but me is left I want it clear- (He wants it clear) I WAS Wazir! (And IS Wazir In every single charming and disarming Thing he does!) Was I Wazir? (Wazir he was!) I was!
Writer(s): Robert Wright, George Chet Forrest Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com
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