Andrew Lloyd Webber — Wonders of the World

[PROFESSOR MARVEL] Ta-da! Oh yes indeed! And now, Mirabile dictu et curibus pluribus unum! Or to use the vernacular Behold Professor Marvel's Magical Lantern To see the wonders of the world you won't need to go too far from home Not too far at all Dorothy there are other ways To see the world, so shift your gaze To this extravagant appliance Mainly magic, slightly science With no stressful travel plans As you don't have to move from Kansas, see? The unabridged assembled wonders of the world Fly the coop and cross the ocean Time and distance set in motion Grab this chance to wander yonder All the earth is ours to ponder From the poles to the equator No one could provide a greater view There's the Nile, now some don't give a hoot That it's the longest river But we know in miles of course it's four-one-eighty Seas to source It's nature at it's most prolific Pyramids are quite terrific too So welcome to the waiting wonders of the world Sometimes we may feel something simply can't be real Like a road beneath your feet that's paved with gold I would be inclined to maintain an open mind For truth is very strange if truth be told There's old popacatepetl New York City, glass and metal Everest unconquered mountain Over five miles high and countin' Here's the arctic pole and polar bears And northern lights and solar flares A myriad exquisite wonders of the world Imagine red and blue on the mountains of Peru And Sahara sands of yellow burning white In jungles black and green fearsome creatures never seen Other than right now- oh! That's not right! I'm so sorry, that was from my private collection Moving rapidly along We don't have to take it slowly Here's Tibet, remote and holy Angel falls in Venezuela Eiffel Tower, humpback whale! A moment feeling all the thrills Of being near the seven hills of Rome Oh so many sights to savour This has merely been a flavour Maybe time for one more wonder Very strange it looks like thunder But the point that I'm conveying Is you see it all while staying home And home is one of many wonders of the world The unabridged assembled wonders of the world Professor Marvel's patent wonders of the world