The Complete Plays of Gilbert and SullivanGilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck)
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The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan
Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck)
Operas -- Librettos
Chorus: Oh, dainty triolet!
Oh, fragrant violet!
Oh, gentle heigho-let!
(Or little sigh).
On sweet urbanity,
Through mere inanity,
To touch their vanity
We will rely!
Sops: Oh dainty Altos, Tenors, and
Basses:
triolet! Oh fragrant Oh
violet! Oh dain-
gentle ty
heigh-o-let! (Or tri-
little o-
sigh). let!
Hilarion & Cyril:
Oh dainty Chorus:
triolet! Oh fragrant Oh
violet (Add Florian) Oh fra-
gentle grant
heigh-o-let! (Or vi-
little o-
sigh). let!
Sops & Altos: Tenors & Basses:
Oh dainty Oh dainty
triolet! Oh tri-
fragrant o-
violet let!
All: Oh dainty triolet!
Oh fragrant violet!
(Re-enter Gama, Arac, Guron, and Scynthius heavily ironed, followed
by Hildebrand)
RECITATIVE
Gama: Must we, till then, in prison cell be thrust?
Hildebd: You must!
Gama: This seems unnecessarily severe!
Arac, Guron
& Scyn: Hear, hear!
TRIO - Arac, Guron and Scynthius
For a month to dwell
In a dungeon cell:
Growing thin and wizen
In a solitary prison,
Is a poor look out
For a soldier stout,
Who is longing for the rattle
Of a complicated battle—
For the rum - tum - tum
Of the military drum
And the guns that go boom!
boom!
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