Beethoven's gone, but his music lives on
And Mozart don't go shopping no more
You'll never meet Liszt or Brahms again
And Elgar doesn't answer the door
Schubert and Chopin used to chuckle and laugh
Whilst composing a long symphony
But one hundred and fifty years later
There's very little of them left to see
The decomposing composers
There's nothing much anyone can do
You can still hear Beethoven
But Beethoven cannot hear you
Handel and Haydn and Rachmaninoff
Enjoyed a nice drink with their meal
But nowadays no one will serve them
And the gravy is left to congeal
Verdi and Wagner delighted the crowds
With a highly original sound
The pianos they played are still working
But they're both six feet underground
The decomposing composers
There's less of them every year
You can say what you like to Debussy
But there's not much of him left to hear
And Mozart don't go shopping no more
You'll never meet Liszt or Brahms again
And Elgar doesn't answer the door
Schubert and Chopin used to chuckle and laugh
Whilst composing a long symphony
But one hundred and fifty years later
There's very little of them left to see
The decomposing composers
There's nothing much anyone can do
You can still hear Beethoven
But Beethoven cannot hear you
Handel and Haydn and Rachmaninoff
Enjoyed a nice drink with their meal
But nowadays no one will serve them
And the gravy is left to congeal
Verdi and Wagner delighted the crowds
With a highly original sound
The pianos they played are still working
But they're both six feet underground
The decomposing composers
There's less of them every year
You can say what you like to Debussy
But there's not much of him left to hear
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