Rhubarb Tart lyrics
by Monty Python



I want another slice of rhubarb tartI want another lovely sliceI'm not disparaging the blueberry pieBut rhubarb tart is oh-so-very niceA rhubarb what? A rhubarb tartA what-barb tart? A rhu-barb tartI want another slice of rhubarb tartThe principles of modern philosophyWere postulated by DescartesDiscarding everything he wasn't certain ofHe said, "I think therefore I am rhubarb tart"A rhubarb what? A rhubarb tartRene who? Rene DescartesPoor mutt, he thought he was a rhubarb tartRhubarb tart has fascinated all the poetsEspecially the Immortal BardHe made Richard the Third call out at Bosworth Field"My kingdom for a slice of rhubarb tart"Immortal what? Immortal tartRhubarb what? A rhubarb BardAs rhymes go that is really pretty badSince Wassily Kandinsky and Paul KleeLaid down the axioms of abstract artEven Jackson Pollock and Piet MondrainPrefer to paint a slice of rhubarb tartWassi who? A Wassi-lyKandin who? A Kandin-skyAnd how he get in there for a start?Read all the existentialist philosophersLike Schopenhauer and Jea-Paul SarteEven Martin Heidegger agreed on one thingEternal happiness is rhubarb tartA rhubarb what? A rhubarb tartJean-Paul who? Jean Paul SarteThat sounds just like a rhyme from Lionel BarteI want another slice of rhubarb tartI want another lovely sliceI'm not disparaging the blueberry pieBut rhubarb tart is oh-so-very nice