By the time you see this, dear reader, we should be in a taxi - on our way to assume our positions, centre stage, for this year's Gay Xmas festivities!
Only one more thing to play now - as always, it's our traditional anthem:
Happy Gay Pride, dear reader! Don't do anything I wouldn't do [which isn't a lot, to be honest]...
It's today - Happy Gay Pride!!!
So let's Bring On The Men (as always - it's traditional!)...
There was a time
I don't know when
I didn't have much time for men
But this is now and that was then, I'm learning
A girl alone, all on her own
Must try to have a heart of stone
So I try not to make it known my yearning
I try to show I have no need
I really do, I don't succeed
So let´s bring on the men
And let the fun begin
A little touch of sin
Why wait another minute?
Step this way, its time for us to play
They say we may not pass this way again
So lets waste no more time
Bring on the men
I always knew, I always said
Silk and lace in black and red
Will drive a man right off his head, its easy
So many men, so little time
I want them all, is that a crime (NO!)
I don't know why they say that I'm too easy
They make me laugh, they make me cry
They make me sick, so god knows why
We say bring on the men
And let the fun begin
A little touch of sin
Why wait another minute
Step this way its time for us to play
They say we may not pass this way again
So lets waste no more time
Bring on the men
They break your heart
They steal your soul
Take you apart
And yet they somehow make you whole
So what's their game?
I suppose a rose by any other name
The perfume and the prick's the same
I like to have a man for breakfast each day
I'm very social and I like it that way
By late mid-morning I need something to munch
So I ask over two men for lunch
And men are mad about my afternoon "tease".
They're quite informal I just do it to please
Those triple sandwiches are my favourite ones
I must admit, I'm partial to buns
My healthy appetite gets strongest at night
My at-home dinners are my men friends' delight
When I invite the fellas over to dine
They all come early, in bed by nine!
So lets bring on the men
And let the fun begin
A little touch of sin
Why wait another minute?
Step this way, it's time for us to play
They say we may not pass this way again
So lets waste no more time
Bring on the men!
Enjoy the day, whatever you get up to (or who)!
Yes, it's Gay Pride Day!! Yayyyyyy!!
Only one more song to play, really (it's traditional):
It's (Gay) Christmaaaaaaaaaaaaaas!! [Thank you, Noddy Holder]
As you read this, dear chums, we will no doubt be in a taxi on our way to Our Sal's pub for the tradtional Pride breakfast before winging our way to Green Park tube station to go and watch the parade on Piccadilly, dressed in all our sparkling purple finery and OTT hats!
It's going to be a helluva party - and there's only one way to start it, as is traditional here at Dolores Delargo Towers!
So let's bring on the men
And let the fun begin
A little touch of sin
Why wait another minute?
Step this way it's time for us to play
They say we may not pass this way again
So let's waste no more time
Bring on the men!
Indeed.
By the time you see this, dear reader, Madam Acarti, Baby Steve, Houseboy Alex and I should already be in an Addison Lee cab on our way to Our Sal's pub The Shaston Arms in the West End for our traditional bacon-butties-and-champagne breakfast, and get our outfits sorted - for it is indeed the first Gay Pride in London for three years today!!
There's only our traditional anthem left to play...
Have a great Pride day/weekend!
Another day, another new addition to Fabulon, the "Valhalla of the Stars" - the multi-talented Bea Lillie protégé, composer, lyricist and playwright Mr Leslie Bricusse.
Most famous for his long professional partnership with fellow "triple threat" Anthony Newley, the mass of "standards" in the great man's repertoire include Nina Simone's Feeling Good [a version of which I posted just the other day], What Kind of Fool Am I?, The Joker [used later as the theme song for Kath & Kim], The Candy Man and Pure Imagination from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, London Is London, A Wonderful Day Like Today, Talk to the Animals, Who Can I Turn To?...
...and these!
...and our "Gay Pride March" anthem, to boot!
RIP, Leslie Bricusse OBE (29th January 1931 – 19th October 2021)
