Gilbert & Sullivan

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"Gilbert and Sullivan" refers to the Victorian-era partnership of librettist W. S. Gilbert (1836–1911) and composer Arthur Sullivan (1842–1900). Together, they wrote fourteen comic operas between 1871 and 1896, of which H.M.S. Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance, and The Mikado are among the best known. Gilbert, who wrote the words, created fanciful topsy-turvy worlds for these operas, where each absurdity is taken to its logical conclusion — fairies rub elbows with English lords, flirting is a capital offence, gondoliers ascend to the m...read more

Oh is there not one maiden breast? On the day when i was wedded I am the very model When i first put this uniform on Then away they go to an island fair List and learn Hearts do not break Is life a boon? The pirates of penzance I cannot tell what this love may be Now for the pirates lair Young man despair The law is the true embodiment It may not be There was a time Hark the hour of ten is sounding With ducal pomp and ducal pride Am i alone and unobserved There lived a king Comes the broken flower Oh joy unbounded Then frederic If you give me your attention Happily coupled are we Are you peeping? Let the merry cymbals sound Bridegroom and bride Your revels cease Hornpipe When i went to the bar as a very young man If saphir i choose to marry In uttering a reprobation Entrance of the lord chancellor There grew a little flower If somebody there chanced to be If you want a receipt for that popular mystery The royal prince was by the king entrusted Still brooding on their mad infatuation Tit willow This polite attention Pretty daughter of mine After sailing to this land When i go out of door Comes the pretty young bride Miya sama Entrance of mikado and katisha With heart and with voice Free from his fetters grim Soon as we may Now let the royal lieges gather round Swear thou the jury After much debate internal A man who would woo a fair maid The gondoliers O dry the glistening tear That seems a reasonable proposition Kind captain Night has spread her pall once more How say you maiden Painted emblems of a race Sprites of earth and air For these kind words All hail great judge And now to choose our brides Small titles and orders for mayors and recorders Where is the plaintiff Hail poetry I built upon a rock Cheerily carols the lark Though to marry you Love feeds on many kinds of food The air is charged with amatory numbers The lady of my love Now hearken to my strict command In bygone days i had thy love Now what is this; act ii finale For riches and rank i do not long In a doleful train two and two we walk all day You understand? i think i do The woman of the wisest wit In every mental lore Strange adventure If you go in Oh never never never Here is a case unprecedented Is this the court of the exchequer Here we are at the risk of our lives Gaily tripping Magnimity The world is but a broken toy That she is reeling Now to the banquet we press But bless my heart Away with them and place them at the bar Interlude When anger spreads his wing Now jurymen hear my advice Entrance of court Of happiness the very pith A king of autocratic power we Do not give way Mighty maiden with a mission Let all your doubts take wing In lazy languor Trial by jury In a doleful train Merrily ring the luncheon bell This is our duty plain I know a youth who loves a little maid Twenty lovesick maidens we O maiden rich in girton lore Prepare for sad surprises I know a youth Sir rupert murgatroyd The lost chord Subjected to your heavenly gaze In babyhood upon her lap i lay I know the value of a kindly chorus When a felons not engaged in his employment Prithee pretty maiden Love is a plaintive song Dance If you think that when banded in unity With fury deep we burn How would i play this part Would you know the kind of maid Oh gentlemen listen i pray With strephon for your foe Society has quite forsaken all Try we life long Welcome gentry With wily brain upon the spot Were i a king in very truth My pain and my distress Ten minutes since i met a chap Good morrow pretty maids This helmet i suppose Then i am to understand Kind sir you cannot have the heart Stay we must not Paris galop Oh better far to live and die Oh men of dark and dismal fate Oh her is love and truth A simple sailor lowly born Go to battle go to glory Death to the invader Towards the empyrean heights About a century since If well his suit has sped I once was a very abandoned person Words of love too loudly spoken On such eyes as maidens cherish Tower warders under orders Replying we sing The royal prince With the ducal domp If your anxious for to shine Hail the bride of seventeen summers The prince of monte carlo His highness we know not May it please you my lud Alone By the mystic regulation Chorus of nobles Fair is rose I love him with fervour unceasing How sweetly he carols forth Incomprehensible as her utterances are To a garden full of posies Baby got back When maiden loves she sits and sighs I once was as meek as a newborn lamb The good grand duke of pfenning halbpfenning Of all the young ladies i know Introduction As before you we defile Strange the views some people hold And have i journeyed for a month The yeomen of the guard Imperial march To you i give my heart O rapture unrestrained Sir you are sad

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