All London will go
mad over it. It's just a couplet; of course there will be other words,
but they won't matter. Listen:
Cousin Teresa takes out Caesar,
Fido, Jock, and the big borzoi.
A lifting, catchy sort of refrain, you see, and big-drum business on the
two syllables of bor-zoi. It's immense. And I've thought out all the
business of it; the singer will sing the first verse alone, then during
the second verse Cousin Teresa will walk through, followed by four wooden
dogs on wheels; Caesar will be an Irish terrier, Fido a black poodle,
Jock a fox-terrier, and the borzoi, of course, will be a borzoi. During
the third verse Cousin Teresa will come on alone, and the dogs will be
drawn across by themselves from the opposite wing; then Cousin Teresa
will catch on to the singer and go off-stage in one direction, while the
dogs' procession goes off in the other, crossing en route, which is
always very effective. There'll be a lot of applause there, and for the
fourth verse Cousin Teresa will come on in sables and the dogs will all
have coats on. Then I've got a great idea for the fifth verse; each of
the dogs will be led on by a Nut, and Cousin Teresa will come on from the
opposite side, crossing en route, always effective, and then she turns
round and leads the whole lot of them off on a string, and all the time
every one singing like mad:
Cousin Teresa takes out Caesar
Fido, Jock, and the big borzoi.
Tum-Tum! Drum business on the two last syllables.
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