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Of ballads�察�songs and snatches��
And dreamy lullaby��
My catalogue is long��
Through every passion ranging��
And to your humours changing
I tune my supple song��
Are you in sentimental mood��
I'll sigh with you��
Oh�察�sorrow�察�sorrow��
On maiden's coldness do you brood��
I'll do so�察�too
Oh�察�sorrow�察�sorrow��
I'll charm your willing ears
With songs of lovers' fears��
While sympathetic tears
My cheeks bedew
Oh�察�sorrow�察�sorrow��
But if patriotic sentiment is wanted��
I've patriotic ballads cut and dried��
For where'er our country's banner may be planted��
All other local banners are defied��
Our warriors�察�in serried ranks assembled��
Never quailor they conceal it if they do
And I shouldn't be surprised if nations trembled
Before the mighty troops of Titipu��
CHORUS。 We shouldn't be surprised�察�etc。
NANK。 And if you call for a song of the sea��
We'll heave the capstan round��
With a yeo heave ho�察�for the wind is free��
Her anchor's a´trip and her helm's a´lee��
Hurrah for the homeward bound��
CHORUS。 Yeo´hoheave ho
Hurrah for the homeward bound��
To lay aloft in a howling breeze
May tickle a landsman's taste��
But the happiest hour a sailor sees
Is when he's down
At an inland town��
With his Nancy on his knees�察�yeo ho��
And his arm around her waist��
CHORUS。 Then man the capstanoff we go��
As the fiddler swings us round��
With a yeo heave ho��
And a rum below��
Hurrah for the homeward bound��
A wandering minstrel I�察�etc。
Enter Pish´Tush。
PISH。 And what may be your business with Yum´Yum��
NANK。 I'll tell you。 A year ago I was a member of the
Titipu town band。 It was my duty to take the cap round for
contributions。 While discharging this delicate office�察�I saw
Yum´Yum。 We loved each other at once�察�but she was betrothed to
her guardian Ko´Ko�察�a cheap tailor�察�and I saw that my suit was
hopeless。 Overwhelmed with despair�察�I quitted the town。 Judge
of my delight when I heard�察�a month ago�察�that Ko´Ko had been con´
demned to death for flirting� �I hurried back at once�察�in the
hope of finding Yum´Yum at liberty to listen to my protestations。
PISH。 It is true that Ko´Ko was condemned to death for
flirting�察�but he was reprieved at the last moment�察�and raised to
the exalted rank of Lord High Executioner under the following
remarkable circumstances��
SONGPISH´TUSH and CHORUS。
Our great Mikado�察�virtuous man��
When he to rule our land began��
Resolved to try
A plan whereby
Young men might best be steadied。
So he decreed�察�in words succinct��
That all who flirted�察�leered or winked
��Unless connubially linked����
Should forthwith be beheaded。
And I expect you'll all agree
That he was right to so decree。
And I am right��
And you are right��
And all is right as right can be��
CHORUS。 And you are right。
And we are right�察�etc
This stem decree�察�you'll understand��
Caused great dismay throughout the land��
For young and old
And shy and bold
Were equally affected。
The youth who winked a roving eye��
Or breathed a non´connubial sigh��
Was thereupon condemned to die
He usually objected。
And you'll allow�察�as I expect��
That he was right to so object。
And I am right��
And you are right��
And everything is quite correct��
CHORUS。 And you are right��
And we are right�察�etc。
And so we straight let out on bail
A convict from the county jail��
Whose head was next
On some pretext
Condemned to be mown off��
And made him Headsman�察�for we said��
;Who's next to be decapited
Cannot cut off another's head
Until he's cut his own off。;
And we are right�察�I think you'll say��
To argue in this kind of way��
And I am right��
And you are right��
And all is righttoo´looral´lay��
CHORUS。 And you are right��
And we are right�察�etc。
��Exeunt
Chorus。
Enter Pooh´Bah。
NANK。 Ko´Ko�察�the cheap tailor�察�Lord High Executioner of
Titipu� �Why�察�that's the highest rank a citizen can attain��
POOH。 It is。 Our logical Mikado�察�seeing no moral
difference between the dignified judge who condemns a criminal to
die�察�and the industrious mechanic who carries out the sentence��
has rolled the two offices into one�察�and every judge is now his
own executioner。
NANK。 But how good of you ��for I see that you are a
nobleman of the highest rank�� to condescend to tell all this to
me�察�a mere strolling minstrel��
POOH。 Don't mention it。 I am�察�in point of fact�察�a
particularly haughty and exclusive person�察�of pre´Adamite
ancestral descent。 You will understand this when I tell you that
I can trace my ancestry back to a protoplasmal primordial atomic
globule。 Consequently�察�my family pride is something
inconceivable。 I can't help it。 I was born sneering。 But I
struggle hard to overcome this defect。 I mortify my pride
continually。 When all the great officers of State resigned in a
body because they were too proud to serve under an ex´tailor�察�did
I not unhesitatingly accept all their posts at once��
PISH。 And the salaries attached to them�拭 �You did。
POOH。 It is consequently my degrading duty to serve this
upstart as First Lord of the Treasury�察�Lord Chief Justice��
Commander´in´Chief�察�Lord High Admiral�察�Master of the Buckhounds��
Groom of the Back Stairs�察�Archbishop of Titipu�察�and Lord Mayor��
both acting and elect�察�all rolled into one。 And at a salary� �A
Pooh´Bah paid for his services� �I a salaried minion� �But I do
it� �It revolts me�察�but I do it��
NANK。 And it does you credit。
POOH。 But I don't stop at that。 I go and dine with
middle´class people on reasonable terms。 I dance at cheap
suburban parties for a moderate fee。 I accept refreshment at any
hands�察�however lowly。 I also retail State secrets at a very low
figure。 For instance�察�any further information about Yum´Yum
would come under the head of a State secret。 ��Nanki´Poo takes his
hint�察�and gives him money。�� ��Aside。�� Another insult and�察�I
think�察�a light one��
SONGPOOH´BAH with NANKI´POO and PISH´TUSH。
Young man�察�despair��
Likewise go to��
Yum´Yum the fair
You must not woo。
It will not do��
I'm sorry for you��
You very imperfect ablutioner��
This very day
From school Yum´Yum
Will wend her way��
And homeward come��
With beat of drum
And a rum´tum´tum��
To wed the Lord High executioner��
And the brass will crash��
And the trumpets bray��
And they'll cut a dash
On their wedding day。
She'll toddle away�察�as all aver��
With the Lord High Executioner '
NANK。 and POOH。 And the brass will crash�察�etc。
It's a hopeless case��
As you may see��
And in your place
Away I'd flee��
But don't blame me
I'm sorry to be
Of your pleasure a diminutioner。
They'll vow their pact
Extremely soon��
In point of fact
This afternoon。
Her honeymoon
With that buffoon
At seven commences�察�so you shun her��
ALL。 And the brass will crash�察�etc。
��Exit
Pish´Tush。
RECIT。NANKI´POO and POOH´BAH。
NANK。 And I have journeyed for a month�察�or nearly��
To learn that Yum´Yum�察�whom I love so dearly��
This day to Ko´Ko is to be united��
POOH。 The fact appears to be as you've recited��
But here he comes�察�equipped as suits his station��
He'll give you any further information。
��Exeunt Pooh´Bah and
Nanki´Poo。
Enter Chorus of Nobles。
Behold the Lord High Executioner
A personage of noble rank and title
A dignified and potent officer��
Whose functions are particularly vital��
Defer�察�defer��
To the Lord High Executioner��
Enter Ko´Ko attended。
SOLOKO´KO。
Taken from the county jail
By a set of curious chances��
Liberated then on bail��
On my own recognizances��
Wafted by a favouring gale
As one