Luyện nghe bài hát The Ballad of Cedric Früvous

(Mike)
Up until just
Gambling was thought to be

(Jian, as Cedric)
Like Phillips, evil stuff

(Mike)
But Canada is changing
it up at last legally

(Jian)
The new narcotic, a puff.

(All)
Casinos open to raise funds for social

(Jian)
of roulette wheels,
Black jack and slot machines.

(All)
Now guys Cedric perform benevolent deeds.

(Jian)
I've been up my welfare
Just to the dice on the velvet greens.

(Mike)
Money made by dealing
Goes to healing folks 'cross the land

(Jian)
I stand and gush.

(Mike)
Casinos are a handled governmentally
your hand.

(Jian)
I almost had a flush.

(All)
Cedric spent his last dime on 15 to 2.

(Jian)
I put my on 32 red it went to black instead.

(All)
Guys like Cedric are pulling through.

(Jian)
Now they're me to leave,
And I'm and I'm peeved so I just might heave.

(Mike)
So he the house and he traded the kids
And he studied the and he practiced the bids.
The he ran to next door to his
Where were a brand new flourishing biz.
(All)
His new luck at blackjack brought him such wealth
They realized he'd make a perfect of Health.

(Mike)
Now wearing all the hats
Hanging out bureaucrats at bookie joints.
(Jian)
He's a money sponge.

(Mike)
Watch him place bet
We go deeper into losing points
(Jian)
And credit ratings

(Jian)
We've made a virtue of that which used to be
(All)
Lower tax on corporations, donations pay the bills.
(Jian)
Now gambling are civil servants with dice:
(All)
Selling health to the hopeless, pocketing the profits, our ills.

(All)
Our social is getting nervous
As Cedric it to one-armed bandits.
hell for purists but swell for tourists so yeah!

From the
1992- Originally written as a musical of the issues around the
of gambling in Canada, this piece was commissioned and performed in
'92
for CBC's television newsmagazine The Journal. Since then,

F. has spotted with many celebrities (including T.V.'s Bob Denver) at

casinos.