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Common terms and phrasesamongst artistic Bab Ballads Ballads and Songs bias free Broken Hearts Brugh Captain captain's gig characters comedy comic opera craved no crumb Curates D'Oyly Carte dramatic fairy Faustus favourite Gallery of Illustration GEORGE GROSSMITH Gilbert and Messrs Gilbert and Shaw Gilbert and Sullivan Gilbertian Gondoliers Gretchen Grossmith H.M.S. Pinafore happy Haymarket Heighdy human idea ideal instinct intellectual kind This trial King ladye libretti literary Little Buttercup lolanthe Lord Macmillan maids from school Mephisto midshipmite Mikado Nancy never Opera Comique operetta pantomime Patience permission of Messrs Pirates of Penzance play Pooh Princess Ida produced realise rehearsal Reproduced by permission revival ROSINA BRANDRAM Savoy Opera Savoy-Lovers scene sense of humour Serg serious sighed sing sipped no sup Sorcerer soul spirit stage stage-manager story success Sullivan Operas Theatre theatrical Three little maids tion Trial by Jury W. S. GILBERT whilst Wicked World Yeomen Popular passagesPage 24 - I die, my friend," quoth I, And "Exactly so," quoth he. 'Says he, "Dear JAMES, to murder me Were a foolish thing to do, For don't you see that you can't cook me, While I can — and will — cook you... Page 24 - And I never larf, and I never smile, And I never lark nor play, But sit and croak, and a single joke I have — which is to say: "Oh, I am a cook and a captain bold, And the mate of the Nancy brig, And a bo'sun tight, and a midshipmite, And the crew of the captain's gig! Page 1 - ALL that I know Of a certain star Is, it can throw (Like the angled spar) Now a dart of red, Now a dart of blue; Till my friends have said They would fain see, too, My star that dartles the red and the blue! Then it stops like a bird; like a flower, hangs furled: They must solace themselves with the Saturn above it. What matter to me if their star is a world? Mine has opened its soul to me; therefore I love it. Page 78 - When I, good friends, was called to the bar, I'd an appetite fresh and hearty, But I was, as many young barristers are, An impecunious party. I'da swallow-tail coat of a beautiful blue — A brief which I bought of a booby — A couple of shirts and a collar or two, And a ring that looked like a ruby ! CHORUS. Page 79 - The flowers that bloom in the spring, Tra la, Have nothing to do with the case. Page 83 - He is an Englishman! For he himself has said it, And it's greatly to his credit, That he is an Englishman! Page 78 - You'll soon get used to her looks," said he, "And a very nice girl you'll find her — • She may very well pass for forty-three In the dusk, with a light behind her!" The rich attorney was as good as his word: The briefs came trooping gaily, And every day my voice was heard At the Sessions or Ancient Bailey. All thieves who could my fees afford Relied on my orations, And many a burglar I've restored To his friends and his relations. Page 22 - There was me and the cook and the captain bold, And the mate of the Nancy brig, And the bo'sun tight, and a midshipmite, And the crew of the captain's gig." "For a month we'd neither wittles nor drink, Till a-hungry we did feel, So we drawed a lot, and accordin' shot The captain for our meal. Page 81 - It's the song of a merryman, moping mum, Whose soul was sad, and whose glance was glum, Who sipped no sup, and who craved no crumb, As he sighed for the love of a ladye. Page 29 - The other night, from cares exempt, I slept — and what d'you think I dreamt? I dreamt that somehow I had come To dwell in Topsy-Turveydom Where vice is virtue — virtue, vice: Where nice is nasty — nasty, nice: Where right is wrong and wrong is right Where white is black and black is white. References from web pagesws Gilbert - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gilbert and Sullivan Archive ws Gilbert Home Page Internet Archive: Details: wsGILBERT ws Gilbert: Biography and Much More from Answers.com THE GILBERT AND SULLIVAN SOCIETY LIBRARY A MOST INGENIOUS PARADOX Gilbert and Donizetti Sullivan, A.: "Patience" information -- Classic Cat The Pirates of Penzance turns 125! SULLIVAN, Sir Arthur Seymour Bibliographic information
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