Lichtenburg (from Call Me Madam) - David Hughes, Sally Ann Howes, The Original London Cast

I don’t think you know much about us

Except, of course, our famous Lichtenburg cheese

I know very well you enjoy it

And we would enjoy it too

But we can’t afford it for we must have money

And so we send it to you

But Lichtenburg won’t be offended

We’ll manage to stay alive

We’re not very touchy

This quaint little duchy

That somehow seems to survive

Too small to be a city

Too big to be a town

Too poor to have an army

And too easy to knock down

Too little to sell across the seas

Babies and cheese are our main industries

Too slow to please the young folk

Too fast to please the old

Too many who have copper pennies

Too few who have gold

But somehow we manage to play the game

While the other lands keep changing hands

Old Lichtenburg stays the same