Noël Coward - Midnight Matinée Lyrics

1932 West End
Words and Music the Musical - Midnight Matinée Lyrics

Music and lyrics by Noël Coward.

We’re going to do a Midnight Matinee I
We’re going to do a Midnight Show I
We’re not quite sure
What Charity it’s for

But probably the Press will know.

We’re going to have a talk on Saturday
To make a list of friends who’ll go.

The Season’s such a bore

We haven’t had much excitement since the War
And so . . .

We’ll do a Midnight Show.

Last year we did a 'Feather Parade'

That was'a great success.

But some got bent

And some would break
And a lot got sent

To Melton by mistake
At Easter we went mad I’m afraid
We really must confess
We gave a great—

Big 'Circus Ball'

But forgot the date
So no one came at all.

We’re going to do a Midnight Matinee l
We’re going to do a Midnight Show I
A sort of 'Masque'

Where everyone will ask

And nobody will ever know.

We’re going to have a talk on Saturday

To make a list of friends who’ll go

God knows how much we’ll fetch

But we shall have all our pictures in the Sketch

And so—

We’ll do a Midnight Show.


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