A concert
In Pennsylvania
In February...
He should have known better !
The journalists
Should have come
But...the snow, you see...
The radio
Should have broadcasted
But...the snow, you see...
The audience should have come
But... the snow, you see...
Only the old widow
Who lives across the road
Anyway.
A university professor
Who has lived in Canada...
Used to it...you know...
And a few lonely souls,
Not many !
A concert in Pennsylvania
In February...
He should have known,
He should have known better
Our composer.
It took him days to arrive !
The snow...you see...
He came with his plentiful family.
They are seven
Crammed in a hotel room,
The money... you see...
Oh yes, he should have known ! (Sigh).
The soprano is not interested,
She has cold feet
And suspects
She has a ladder on her stocking.
A concert
In Pennsylvania
In February,
What a mistake !
She can't understand
A word
Of what she is singing.
It's in silly French !
"Amour ", "Ton cœur ", "Tes yeux ".
In her voice,
It sounds like a cooking recipe.
The composer is livid.
The pianist is not in it,
Not at all.
She had an argument
With her husband...
A problem with the central heating,
The cold...you see...
Her vision is blurred
With tears of rage.
She is playing
Very much like a sewing machine.
No matter !
Nobody is listening !
It's freezing in that concert hall !
She has missed two chords
In the bar
Just before the coda.
The composer is devastated
And the hotel bill
Is still to be paid.
He comforts himself
With the thought
That next time
He could plan a concert
In Florida
In June...
