in an operetta

sing me the kind of song

you hear in an operetta

sing me the words i long

to hear out of violetta

in an operetta

she will fast be outcast

from her castle

with nary a friend

but

since she's a princess

there's hints of a prince

in the end

she'll enjoy some employ as a boy

with her name changed to pip

soon

by gum

she'll become

the brave captain of some

pirate ship

singing a thing fit for a king

in an operetta

in an operetta

it's the all-singing

all-dancing

princess violetta

of the operetta

in an operetta

within an operetta