It's a song of a merry man, 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 lady.
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As is gloriously sung in the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta 'H. M. S. Pinafore,' in the words of W. S. Gilbert 'Things are seldom as they seem, Skim milk masquerades as cream.'William Schwenck Gilbert
I am the Captain of the Pinafore And a right good captain too .... And Im never, never sick at sea What, never No, never What never Hardly ever Hes hardly ever sick at sea Then give three cheers, and one cheer more, For the hardy Captain of the Pinafore.
William Schwenck Gilbert
My object all sublime I shall achieve in time To let the punishment fit the crime The punishment fit the crime.
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Ah, pray no mistake, We are not shy We're very wide awake The Moon and I.
William Schwenck Gilbert
When I was a lad I served a term As office boy to an Attorneys firm. I cleaned the windows and I swept the floor, And I polished up the handle of the big front door. I polished up that handle so carefullee That now I am the Ruler of the Queens Navee .... Stick close to your desks and never go to sea, And you all may be Rulers of the Queens Navee.
William Schwenck Gilbert
It is my duty, and I will It was their duty, and they did.
William Schwenck Gilbert
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