Тексты песен «D'oyly Carte Opera Company»


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D'oyly Carte Opera Company - A Rollicking Band Of Pirates We

CHORUS AND SOLO: A rollicking band of pirates we (Chorus of Pirates without, in the distance) PIRATES: A rollicking band of pirates we, Who, tired of tossing on the sea, Are trying their hand at a burglaree, With...

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D'oyly Carte Opera Company - Away Away! My Heart's On Fire

TRIO: Away, away! my heart's on fire Away, away! my heart's on fire; I burn, this base deception to repay. This very night my vengeance dire Shall glut itself in gore. Away, away! Away, away! ere I expire I find my...

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D'oyly Carte Opera Company - Climbing Over Rocky Mountain

CHORUS AND SOLOS: Climbing over rocky mountain GIRLS: Climbing over rocky mountain, Skipping rivulet and fountain, Passing where the willows quiver, Passing where the willows quiver By the ever-rolling river,...

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D'oyly Carte Opera Company - He Is An Englishman

ALL. He is an Englishman! BOAT. He is an Englishman! For he himself has said it, And it's greatly to his credit, That he is an Englishman! ALL. That he is an Englishman! BOAT. For he might have been a Roosian,...

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D'oyly Carte Opera Company - Hold Monsters!

RECITATIVE AND CHORUS: Hold, monsters! MABEL: (coming forward) Hold, monsters! Ere your pirate caravanserai Proceed, against our will, to wed us all, Just bear in mind that we are Wards in Chancery, And father is a...

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D'oyly Carte Opera Company - Oh Men Of Dark And Dismal Fate

FINALE OF ACT I: Oh, men of dark and dismal fate GENERAL: Oh, men of dark and dismal fate, Forgo your cruel employ, Have pity on my lonely state, I am an orphan boy! KING/SAMUEL: An orphan boy? GENERAL: An orphan...

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D'oyly Carte Opera Company - Over The Bright Blue Sea

Captain remains and ascends the poop-deck. BARCAROLLE. (invisible) SIR JOSEPH'S FEMALE RELATIVES Over the bright blue sea Comes Sir Joseph Porter, K.C.B., Wherever he may go Bang-bang the loud nine-pounders go! Shout...

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D'oyly Carte Opera Company - Sighing Softly To The River

BALLAD AND FINALE OF ACT II: Sighing softly to the river GENERAL: Sighing softly to the river Comes the loving breeze, Setting nature all a-quiver, Rustling through the trees. MEN: Through the trees. GENERAL: And...

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D'oyly Carte Opera Company - Stay We Must Not Lose Our Senses

RECITATIVE AND CHORUS: Stay, we must not lose our senses 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...

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D'oyly Carte Opera Company - When A Felon's Not Engaged In His Employment

When a felon's not engaged in his employment Or maturing his felonious little plan His capacity for innocent enjoyment Is just as great as any honest man Our feelings we with difficulty smother When constabulary duties...

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D'oyly Carte Opera Company - When The Foeman Bares His Steel

(Enter POLICE, marching in single file. They form in line, facing audience.) SOLOS AND CHORUS: When the foeman bares his steel SERGEANT: When the foeman bares his steel, POLICE: Tarantara! tarantara! SERGEANT:...