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[erastes]

Yes, well, that pose isn't gay at all.

This one's good too.  I understand that the theme tune went "He was a gay cavalier with a sword for his king...."

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[nassima.livejournal.com]

Absolutely not gay at all.

How did you come across this?

[erastes.livejournal.com]

My butterfly surfing, I'm afraid. There's a radio programme on in the early evenings that has a snippet of a Danny Kaye song from the Court Jester and it's about "outfoxing the fox" and I was surfing trying to find the lyrics from that, and on the board where i found them, someone else had mentioned The Gay Cavalier and the theme tune, (which was the one without the picture i think) and so i had to click on the other one and found that lovely poster!

Outfoxing the Fox lyrics

[gehayi.livejournal.com]

Only the sharpest eye, the keenest nose, the quickest ear and the fleetest toes
Can ever outfox the Fox
(The men of the camp echoed, "Can ever outfox the Fox")
Only the stoutest arm, the bravest heart, with a magic charm and a good head start
Can ever outfox the Fox
(Can ever outfox the Fox)
Those who try to tangle with my daring do
End up at the angle that herring do
(They hold their head
like every dead herring do)
Only the sprightliest sprite, the nimblest elf, a wicked old witch or the devil himself can ever outfox the Fox
(Can ever outfox the fox)

Whenever they try to find me
They find me where I am not
I'm hither and yond, I'm there and gone, I'm Johnny-not-on-the spot!
(He whistles as he jumps to a low tree branch)
I'm out on a limb...they think!
(He whistles again, jumping down)
I'm down on the ground in a wink
My enemies say "Gadzooks! It's spooks!"
Shivering in their socks
They know that they'll never, I'm far to clever
They'll never outfox the Fox!

The Fox
There's only one of me
Till suddenly there's two of me
When two is what you see of me
Gadzooks!
Three of me
That's the proper score of me
Three of us is the core of me
And we can tell you-
Woops!
Sorry, four of me

There's one of me, two of me, three of me, four of me, five six seven
Sorry, no more of me

Each as strong as ten are we
Very stout hearted are we
We're off to fight all wrong
And we'll right it
Right or wrong