Rowlf and Cantus have had their heads together over at the piano for some time. Now Rowlf strikes up a tango, which sounds very odd coming from an out-of-tune piano, and Cantus begins to sing in a voice that sounds remarkably like Rowlf's:
"There's a heartache and a memory and just a tear or two
In a broken-hearted lovers' stew.
"There's a radish 'cause you kept repeating that your love was true,
A beetroot for the time I said that I'd beetroot to you,
Some shallots for the time I said I love you such shallot,
Some capers to remind me of what up to which we got.
"A turnip for the way you always used to turnip late,
A melon for the melon-choly way I used to wait,
A chilli for how I felt as I waited for you,
And a marrow to remind me of what I was frozen to!"
Murray remarks, "Vegetarian humor," and takes another sip of his lemonade. He's grinning; how many people would believe Cantus even knew bawdy songs?
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Broken-Hearted Lover's Stew is by Benny Hill.