The Batter Song is a The Kingdom Of Paramithi song. It is an adaptation of My Eyes Are Fully Open from the Ruddigore comic opera.
Lyrics[]
If I had been so lucky to have had
an older brother
Who could talk to me as we are talking
now to one another
Who could give me god advice on just
how long I should be stirring
As it may not mix the fruit in if I do not
keep on whirling
Now I don't know if it's possible to stop
and play the fiddle
As it may be that the mixture is all lumpy
in the middle
I've been whisking rather rapidly at all
this fruit cake batter
And my question to you all is, if I stop now
does it matter?
If you stopped it shouldn't matter, matter, matter,
matter, does it matter?
If you stopped it shouldn't matter, matte,
matter, matter, matter
If you stopped it shouldn't matter, if you
stopped it shouldn't matter
If you stopped it shouldn't matter, matter,
matter, matter, matter!
It seems the cook has left you with an
awful situation
I should send someone to ask her of the
adequate duration
They could tell her you've discovered fruit
cake batter can denser
Then the breast plate that is used by a
modern new aged fencer
Now I know that you will perish, or
perhaps you may just stagger
At the very least it's messing with your
lovely butler swagger
Just a word on how much longer you
should stir this fruit cake batter
As she really needs to tell you if does or
doesn't matter
If it does or doesn't matter, matter, matter,
does it matter?
If it does or doesn't matter, matter, matter,
does it matter?
If it does or doesn't matter, if it does or
doesn't matter
If it does or doesn't matter, if it does or
doesn't matter
Excuse me am I going mad, or just a
little silly?
Has our cook, oh what's her name again?
Oh that's right, it is Lily
Has she asked you to stir it without
any other mention?
As to what the usual time is, you know,
what is the convention?
So the question that you're asking,
does it make the batter better
To go round and round in circles like
some rabid Irish setter?
Yet the question as it stands is does it
really even matter?
In the end it's just a bowl full of delicious
fruit cake batter
So the question as it stands, does it really
even matter?
In the end it's just a bowl full of delicious
fruit cake batter
So the question as it stands, does it really
even matter?
In the end it's just a bowl full of delicious
fruit cake batter
Personell[]
Arthur Sullivan/Arr. Paul Field, Paul Paddick (Wiggly Tunes Pty. Ltd.)