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Gilbert And Sullivan The Grand Duke (Or The Statutory Duel) Act I Song - Lisa The die is cast, My hope has perished! Farewell, O Past, Too bright to last, Yet fondly cherished! My light has fled, My hope is dead, Its doom is spoken-- My day is night, My wrong is right In all men's sight-- My heart is broken! [Exit weeping.] LUD (recit.): Poor child, where will she go? What will she do? JULIA: That isn't in your part, you know. LUD. (sighing): Quite true! (With an effort.) Depressing topics we'll not touch upon-- Let us begin as we are going on! For this will be a jolly Court, for little and for big! ALL: Sing hey, the jolly jinks of Pfennig Halbpfennig! LUD: From morn to night our lives shall be as merry as a grig! ALL: Sing hey, the jolly jinks of Pfennig Halbpfennig! LUD: All state and ceremony we'll eternally abolish-- We don't mean to insist upon unnecessary polish-- And, on the whole, I rather think you'll find our rule tollolish! ALL: Sing hey, the jolly jinks of Pfennig Halbpfennig! JULIA: But stay--your new-made Court Without a courtly coat is-- We shall require Some Court attire, And at a moment's notice. In clothes of common sort Your courtiers must not grovel-- Your new noblesse Must have a dress Original and novel! LUD: Old Athens we'll exhume! The necessary dresses, Correct and true And all brand-new, The company possesses: Henceforth our Court costume Shall live in song and story, For we'll upraise The dead old days Of Athens in her glory! ALL: Yes, let's upraise The dead old days Of Athens in her glory! ALL: Agreed! Agreed! For this will be a jolly Court for little and for big! etc |
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