Richard Rodgers
Song of the King
[KING]
A woman is a female who is human
Designed for pleasing man, the human male
A human male is pleased by many women
And all the rest you hear's a fairy tale
[ANNA]
Then tell me how this fairy tale began, sir
You cannot call it just a poet's trick
Explain to me how many men are faithful
And true to one wife only
[KING, spoken]
They are sick!
[ANNA, spoken]
But you do expect women to be faithful.
[KING, spoken]
Naturally.
[ANNA, spoken]
Why naturally?
[KING, spoken]
Because it is natural. It is like old Siamese rhyme:
(sung)
A girl must be like a blossom
With honey for just one man
A man must live like honey bee
And gather all he can
To fly from blossom to blossom
A honey bee must be free
But blossom must not ever fly
From bee to bee to bee