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Victoria University College Capping Carnival, 1921. "Done to Death"

5. Duet: Holmes and Conan Doyle. — When Wild Spooks Come to Blows

5. Duet: Holmes and Conan Doyle.

When Wild Spooks Come to Blows.

S.H.:
The further that I go with you
The more I do dislike you.
I think we ought to go and give it best;
You think that everything is true,
Oh, dear, how very like you!
When I went to bed at night I couldn't rest;
So my blood begins to boil,
And I tell you straight, friend Doyle,
That your beauty I will spoil,
By jove I will!
When my brain is all on fire,
Then my thoughts are dark and dire;
If you're cute you'll send a wire,
I'm out to kill.
Have a care, C. Doyle, have a care,
I'm not afraid of spooks.

CD.:
Steady there, steady there,
S. Holmes. I'll tell the lukes."
With my medium,
Who's a regular Turk,
She's a devil for a fight,
She will make things hum;

(Both)
There'll be dirty work
At the cross roads to-night.

S. H.:
In questions of intelligence
I laugh at your deductions.

C.D.:
That's mighty cheek from you, upon my word!
And as for finding where or whence
To carry out instructions,
Your actions are, to say the least, absurd.

S.H.:
You remind me of a pet
I once had, a marmoset.
I can almost see it yet.
When youre in view.

CD.:
Well, there's nothing odd in that,
Why, I've seen a sewer rat
Who, suppose he'd worn a hat,
Looked just like you!

S.H.:
Have a care, C. Doyle, Have a care,

C. D. (repeat)

Both (repeat)