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> Act I
No. 11: SOLO (Frederic) & CHORUS
"Stay, we must not lose our senses
Here's a first-rate opportunity "
| Frederic. |
Stay, we must not lose our senses;
Men who stick at no offences
Will anon be here!
Piracy their dreadful trade is;
Pray you, get you hence, young ladies,
While the coast is clear! |
FREDERIC and MABEL retire.
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| Girls. |
No, we must not lose our senses,
If they stick at no offences
We should not be here!
Piracy their dreadful trade is –
Nice companions for young ladies!
Let us disap – (They shriek.) |
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During this chorus the Pirates have entered stealthily, and formed in a semicircle behind the Girls. As the Girls move to go off, each Pirate seizes a Girl. KING seizes EDITH and ISABEL, SAMUEL seizes KATE.
| Girls. |
| Too late! |
| Pirates. |
| Ha, ha! |
| Girls. |
| Too late! |
| Pirates. |
Ho, ho!
Ha, ha, ha, ha!
Ho, ho, ho, ho! |
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(Pirates pass in front of Girls.)
Here’s a first-rate opportunity
To get married with impunity,
And indulge in the felicity
Of unbounded domesticity.
You shall quickly be parsonified,
Conjugally matrimonified,
By a doctor of divinity,
Who is located in this vicinity.
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(Girls pass in front of Pirates.)
| Girls. |
We have missed our opportunity
Of escaping with impunity;
So farewell to the felicity
Of our maiden domesticity!
We shall quickly be parsonified,
Conjugally matrimonified,
By a doctor of divinity,
Who is located in this vicinity. |
| All. |
By a doctor of divinity
Who resides in this vicinity,
By a doctor, a doctor, a doctor,
Of divinity, of divinity. |
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2 April, 2005
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