Gilbert and Sullivan Archive
Princess Toto
by William S. Gilbert
music by Frederic Clay
Come Let Us Haste, Love
QuintetToto, Jelly, Doro, King Portico, and Zapeter
MIDI File 37K, 4 min. 34 seconds, sequenced by Ron Orenstein.
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- Come let us haste, love, to make us one,
- And on your finger I will place a token;
- (aside.) This is a thing that's very often done,
- For promises are made to be broken.
- And on your finger I will place a token;
Toto.
- I'll be a bride this very day,
- And you should have been here some days before,
- (aside.) Oh, I have resolved to give my heart away,
- And if to anyone, ah! why not to Doro!
- And you should have been here some days before,
| Zapeter. | King. |
|---|---|
| We cannot wait, | We cannot wait, |
| If he is late... | If he is late... |
| It's my affair, and I must bear | It's he affair, and he must bear |
| Without offense the consequence | Without offense the consequence |
| Without offense the consequence of being late. | Without offence the consequence of being late. |
| Jelly. | Zapeter. | King. |
|---|---|---|
| We cannot wait if he is late, | They cannot wait if he is late, | We cannot wait if he is late, |
| It's his affair, it's his affair, | It's my affair, it's my affair, | It's his affair, it's his affair, |
| We cannot wait and he must bear the consequence of being late. | They cannot wait and I must bear the consequence of being late. | We cannot wait and he must bear the consequence of being late. |
| We cannot wait, we will...we will not wait. |
| Toto. | Jelly. | Doro. | Zapeter. | King. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I'll be a bride | Come let us haste | |||
| We cannot wait, | They cannot wait, | We cannot wait, | ||
| this very day, | to make us one, | |||
| We cannot wait, | They cannot wait, | We cannot wait, | ||
| I'll be a bride this very, very day. | And on you finger I will place a token, | |||
| This is a thing that's very often done for promises are made to be broken. | ||||
| I'll be a bride | ||||
| Tho' he be late | Tho' he be late | Tho' he be late | ||
| this very day | ||||
| We cannot wait | They will not wait | We cannot wait | ||
| this very day and you should have been here some days before | Ah! let us hasten, let us hasten, love, to make us one | \ | ||
| Oh! I've resolv'd to give me heart away and if to any one, ah!, why not to | ||||
| Doro, ah! | Let us haste away, we cannot wait, | Now they haste away, they cannot wait, | Let us haste away, we cannot wait, | |
| ah | Haste away, yes haste away | Haste away, they haste away | Haste away, yes haste away | |
| I've resolv'd I've resolv'd to give my heart away, | ||||
| And if to anyone, and if to anyone | Ah let us haste away, ah let us haste away! | Now let us haste away, now let us haste away! | Ah now they haste away, ah now they haste away! | Now let us haste away, now let us haste away! |
| Why not to Doro! | ah haste away! | ah haste away! | they haste away! | ah haste away! |
| Toto. | Jelly, Doro, King. | Zapeter. |
|---|---|---|
| So let us away to the wedding, | So let us away to the wedding, | So now they are off to the wedding, |
| Away, away to the wedding today, | Away away to the wedding today, | They're off, they're off to the wedding today, |
| No minuet measure be treading | No minuet measure be treading | While I many tears shall be shedding |
| but merrily trip it away, | but merrily trip it away. | and there'll be the Dickens to pay. |
| Ah! away, away, |
| Toto. | Jelly. | Doro. |
|---|---|---|
| We'll trip it away! | We'll trip it away! | |
| Ah! let us away to the wedding, away to the wedding today. | ||
| So let us away, so let us away, away to the wedding away to the wedding, the wedding, today. | ||
| So let us away, so let us away away to the wedding, away to the wedding, the wedding today. | So let us away, so let us away away to the wedding, away to the wedding, the wedding today. | |
| Away, away, | Away, away, | Away, away, |
| Toto, Jelly. | Doro. | Zapeter. | King. |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Dickens to pay! | We'll trip it away! | ||
| Away, away | Away, away | The Dickens to pay, | We'll trip it away, |
| We'll merrily trip it, trip | We'll merrily trip it, trip | ||
| it, ah! | it, ah! | to pay! | away! |
| So now let us away to the wedding, | So now let us away to the wedding, | Now they are off to the wedding | So now let us away to the wedding, |
| Away, away to the wedding today. | Away, away to the wedding today. | They're off, they're off, to the wedding today, | Away, away to the wedding today. |
| No minuet measure be treading, | No minuet measure be treading, | I many tears shall be shedding, | No minuet measure be treading, |
| But merrily, merrily off to the wedding today, | But merrily trip it away, | But there'll be the Dickens to pay, the Dickens to pay, | But merrily, merrily trip it away, |
| Merrily, merrily trip it away! | Merrily, merrily trip it away! | There'll be the Dickens, the Dickens to pay! | |
| away! | away! | to pay! | away! |
| Toto, Jelly, Doro, King. | Zapeter. |
|---|---|
| Let us away, let us away, | Running away, running away, |
| Let us trip it, trip it, trip it, trip it, | Now they trip it, trip it, trip it, trip it, |
| Merrily trip to the wedding today, | Merrily, merrily trip to the wedding today, |
| Let us away, let us away, | Running away, running away, |
| Let us trip it, trip it, trip it, trip it, | Now they trip it, trip it, trip it, trip it, |
| Merrily, merrily trip to the wedding today, | Merrily merrily trip to the wedding today, |
| Let us away, let us away, let us away, away away! | Running away, running away, running away, away, away! |
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