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<h1>Eliza Doolittle Day</h1>
<h2>The Song</h2>
<p>One day I'll be famous, I'll be proper and prim,<br>
Gone to St. James so often I will call it St. Jim.<br>
One evening the King will say, "Oh, Liza, old thing,*<br>
I want all of England your praises to sing.</p>
<p>Next week on the twentieth of May, da-da-da-da-da-da-DA,<br>
I proclaim Eliza Doolittle Day!</p>
<p>All the people will celebrate the glory of you,<br>
And whatever you wish or want I gladly shall do."<br>
"Thanks a lot, King," says I in a manner well-bred,<br>
"But all I want is 'enry 'iggins 'ead!" dum-da-dum</p>
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<p><b>A subsequent correction:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">� </span></b>I
just (20 May 2003) heard from Thi Ha ([email protected]) , who apparently <i>does</i>
have the score, that �Eliza, old thing� is also not exactly correct; but it
actually is �Oh, Liza, old thing.�</p>
<p>*<strong>We have the ANSWER!</strong> These two syllables were unknown (at
least, to me!). I received the following from Sam ([email protected]): </p>
<p><i>I know the lyrics because some time ago (30 years?) I received the LP My
Fair Lady as a gift and played it religiously for six months. I, too, was
puzzled by that indecipherable line, and reduced to singing a variety of
approximate endings. My long-time favorite was "Eliza O'Ling,"
although there was no textual support for any Irish-Chinese ancestry. Finally I
got my hands on a copy of the score and looked it up. Might I permit myself one
more intervention? I believe (though I am less certain of this) that the
preceding words are not "On that day" but rather "One evening
the king will say..." As I no longer have the score, you'll have to check
this one out yourself.</i> </p>
<p>Sam may not <em>have</em> the score, but <strong>s</strong>he (I just found
out that Sam is short for Samantha!) sure <em>knows</em> the score! <strong><span
style='font-weight:normal'>S</span></strong>he is, of course, right about this
second correction, as well. </p>
<p>Thanks, Sam!</p>
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