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BY ARTHUE SULLIVAN and W. S. GILBERT, A-uthors of *' Pinafore," etc., etc. ZXr TWO AOTS. ■v. ' . COMPLETE LIBRETTO. '^..• .•^., Price Ten Cents. s. HALIITAX: 8ICPIEL c& CO. 1881. i«t^ '^mri The Pirates of Penzance; THI OR, THE SLAVE OF DUTY. Written ly W. 8. OILBEBT. Oompoied by AXTHITS BULLIVAK. DRAMATIS PERSON^C. RiCHAKD, a Pirate Chief - Bamdel, hii Lieutenant - Fredbbio, a Pirate Apprentice - Major-Obmeral Stanlbt, of tlie Britiuh Army - Edward, a Sergeant of Police - » Mabel, General Stanley*! Youngeat Daughter - Kate, n ,- Edith, General Stanley's Daughters <. - Isabel, ' ' ^- BOTH, a Piratical "Maid of-all-work" - General Stanley's Daughters, Pirates, Policemen, etc SCENE. Act 1st.— ^ Bockif Seashore on the Coast of Cornwall, England. Act 2d,— a Rained Chapel on General Stanley's Estate. m , I . ■ , ' , ■-'■!'■. SCENE.- eloping the enti arch of is a col As the cut ing, son going fi Fred EH scene, C ICC; UTY. 18ULLIVAH. THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE; OR, THE SLAVE OF DUTY. X (to. tgland. Scene. — A rocky sea-sJiore on the coast of Cornwall. Rocks L. ' gloping doivn to L. C. of stage. Under these rocks is a cavern, the entrance to which is seen at first entrance L. A natural arch of rock occupies the R. G. of the stage. In tlie distance is a calm sea, on whkh a schooner is lying at anchor. As the curtain rises groups of Pirates are discovered, some drink- ing, some playing cards. Samuel, the Pirate Lieutenant, is going from one group to another, filling the cups from a flask. Frederic is seated in a despondent attitude at the back of the »eetie, 0. Euth kneels at his feet. Opening Chorus. .&. Pour, oh pour the pirate sherry ! '' Fill, oh fill the pirate glass ! ' ' . And, to make us more than merry, Let the pirate bumper pass. ' ' Solo. — Sahugu . For to-day our pirate 'prentice "^ Rises from indentures freed. ^ Strong his arm and keen his scent is ; ' ' He's a pirate now indeed ! All. , \ .'. Hero's good luck to Frederic's ventures ! . . ' Frederic's out of his indentures ! t • Solo. — Samuel. Two-and-twenty, now he's rising, ^ ' And alone he's fit to fty ; • V . Which we're bent on signalizing . " ) With unusual revelry. '. . ; All. ;. ■■' ;:' . -' '^h Here's good luck to Frederic's ventures ! - Frederic's out of his indentures ! "■"_ ' So pour, oh pour the pirate sherry, etc. < '"- • % tB^^ (Frkderic risea and comcn forirani telth Pirate King, who enters from n. U. E.) Kino. Yes, Kred«rio, from to-Jay yovi rank m a lull-blown uiuinbcr of uur band. All. Hurrnh 1 Frrdkuio. My fr'nnds, T tlinnk you nil, from my heart, for your kindly wiahou. Would that I could rcpuy thorn us th«y do3«rve ! Kino. Whnt do you niciin 1 FiiKD. To-day I uni out of my indenturca, and to-day I leave you for ever. All. Leave usi FriKD. For ever t Kino. ]{ut this ia quite unaccountable. A keener hand nt scuttling a Cunarder or cuttiny out a White Star never shipped a handspike. Fred. Yes, I have done my best for you. And why 1 It W)w ray duty under my indentures, and I am the slave of duty. As a child I was rej^ularly apprenticed to your band. It was through an error. No matter, the mistake was ours, not yours, and I was iu honor bound by it. Samuel. An error? What error? Fred. I may not tell you. It would reflect upon my well- loved Kuth. (Ruth cornea down C.) Ruth. Nay, dear master, my mind has long been gnawed by the cankering tooth of mystery. Butter have it out at once. SoNO. — Ruth. When Frederic was a little lad he proved so bravo and daring His father thought he'd 'prentice him to some career seafaring. I was, alas ! his nursery-maid, and so it fell to my lot To take and bind this promising boy apprentice to a pilot. A life not bad for a hardy lad, though certainly not a high lot; Though I'm a nurse, you might do worse than make your boy a pilot. „. .....', I was a stupid nursery-maid, on breakers always steering. And I did not catch the word aright, through being hard of hearing. Mistaking my instructions, which within my brain did i/^rate, I took and bound this promising boy apprentice to a pirate. A sad mistake it was to make, and doom him to a vile lot : I bound him to a pirate — you — instead of to a pilot I I Hooni lUit I A nursi So I ml And! Whil RuTifl FllEl And sluvo of duty, bund. It was urs, not youM, ipon my well- been gnawod it out at once. and daring r seafaring. lot a pilot. ^ not a high make your jnng, ing hard of ^id gyxsiie, pirate, vile lot : )tl King, who enters oa a full-blown 1 n my heart, for ' thom as they d to-day I leavo ceenor hand nt • never shipped why ? It j e of duty. T noon found out, beyond nil doubt, the scope of this disaator ; ]kit I hndn't the face to return to my place and break it to my master. A nursery-maid is never afraid of what you people cull work, So I maclo up my mind to go as a kind of piratical maid of-all- work ; And that is how you find me now a njnmljer of your shy lot, Which yo)i wouldn't have found had ho been bound appren- • tico to a pilot, 1?UT». {Kncclbuj at hisftn-t.) Oh pardon, Frederic ! [lardon 1 FuBO. lliao, sweet one ; I have long pardono«l you. (RtTii vines.) KuTii. The two wonls wei-e so much olike ! Frkd. They still aro, though years have rolled over their heads I (Ruth goes up with Samukl.) IJut this afternoon my obligation ceases. Individually, I love you all with affection unspeakable ; biit collectively, I look upon you with a disgust that amounts to absolute detestation. Oh pity me, m^ beloved friends, for such is my sense of duty that once out of my inden-* tures I slmll feel myself bound to devote myself, heart and soul, to your extermination. AiiU Poor lad ! poor lad ! (All weep.) Kino. Well, Frederic, if you conscientiously feel that it is your duty to destroy us, we cannot blame you for acting on that conviction. Always act in acconlanco with the dictates of your conscience, my boy, and chance the consequences. Samuel, licsides, we can offer you but little temptation to romuin with us. We don't seem to make piracy pay. I'm sure I don't know why, but we don't. FiiED. I know why, but, alas ! I mustn't tell you ; it wouldn't be right. Kino. Why not, my boy t It's only half-past eleven, and yiu are one of us until the clock strikes twelve. Sam. True, and until then you are bound to protect our interests. All. Hear! hear! ^ v ' . .■ • Fred. Well, then, it is my duty as a pirate to tell you that you are too tender-hearted. For instance, you make a point ot never attacking a weaker party than yourselves, and when you attack a stronger party you invariably get thrashed Kino. There is some truth iu that Then, again, you m*ke a point of never molesting an Fhkd. orphan. 8am. it is. Of course : wc are orphans ourselves, and know what \) 6 Fred. Yes, but it has got about, and what is the consequence? Every ono we capture says he's an orphan. The last three ships we took proved to be manned entirely by orphans, and so we had to let 'em go. One would think that Great Eritain's mer- cantile navy was recruited solely from her orphan asylums, which we know is not the case. (Crosses II.) Sam. But, hang it all ! you wouldn't have us absolutely merciless 1 Fred. There's my difficulty. Until twelve o'clock I would ; after twelve o'clock I wouldn't. "Was ever a man placed in so delicate a situation 1 . , let ou: make ;| Fbe| I that y I panyii] ^ KinI our pr| ativclj king. (Rvtu cornea doton C.) EuTH. And Euth, your own £uth, whom you love so well, and who has won her middle-aged way into your boyish heart — what is to become of her 1 King. Oh, he will take you with him. Fred. Well, Euth, I feel some little difficulty about you. It is trua that I admire you very much, but I have been con- stantly at sea since I was eight years old, and yours is the only woman's face I have seen during that time. I think it is a sweet face. Euth. It is — oh, it is ! Fred. I say I think it is — that is my impression. But as I have never had an opportunity of comparing you with other women, it is just possible I may be mistaken. . ., King. True. Fred. What a terrible thing it would be if I were to marry this innocent person, and then find out that she is, on the whole, plain ! King. Oh, Euth is very well — very well indeed. Sam. Yes, there are the remains of a fine woman about Euth. . Fred. Do you really think sol Then I will not be so selfish as to t'ake her from you. In justice to her and in consideration for you I will leave her behind. (Hands Euth to King.) . King. No, Frederic, this must not be. We are rough men, who lead a rough life, but we are not so utterly heartless as to deprive thee of thy love. I think I am right in saying that there is not one here who would deprive thee of this inestimable treasure for all the world holds dear. , , ,, All. (Loudly.) Not one ! King. No, I thought there wasn't. Keep thy love, Frederic — keep thy love ! (Hands her back to Frederic.) FuED. You're very good, I'm sure. King. Well, its the top of the tide, and we must be off. Farewell, Frederic. When your process of extermination begins^ s the consequence? he last three ships phans, and so we eat Britain's mer- orphan asylums, {Crosses R.) ive us absolutely J o'clock I would ; man placed in so you love so well, our boyish heart iulty about you. . have been con- '^ours is the only I think it is a ssion. But as I you with other [ were to marry she is, on the eed. lan about Euth. not be so selfish n consideration to Kino.) are rough men, heartless as to in saying that his inestimable pep thy love, REDERIC.) must be off. ination begins^ let our deaths be as swift and painless as you can conveniently make them. Fred. I will. By the love I have for you I swear it. Would that you could render this extermination unnecessary by accom- panying mo back to civilization ! King. „ No, Frederick, it cannot be. I don't think much of our profession, but, contrasted with respectability, it is compar- atively honest. No, Frederick ; I shall live and die a pirate king. . .u Song. — Pirate Kino. Oh better far to live and die Under the brave black flag I fly, ' Than play a sanctimonious part With a pirate head and a pirate heart. Away to the cheating world go you, Where pirates all are well-to-do ; But I'll be true to the song I sing, And live and die a Pirate King ! . '' For I am a Pirate King? All. Kino. All. Kino. You are ! Hurrah for our Pirate King ! And it is, it is a glorious thing To be a Pirate King ! Hurrah, hurrah for our Pirate King ! When I sally forth to seek my prey I help myself in a royal way. I sink a few more ships, it's true, Than a well-bred mortarch ought lo do ; But many a king on a first-class throne, If he wants to call his crown his own, Must manage somehow to get through More dirty work than ever / do. Though I am a Pirate King i All. You are ! Hurrah for our Pirate King ! Kino. And it is, it is a glorious thing . , To be a Pirate King ! All. It is ! Hurrah for our Pirate King ! {After S«ng, the King, Samuel, and all the Piratei, except Frederic and Euth, go off R. and R. U. E. Faederio comes dovm C, followed by Euth.) Ruth. Oh take me with you ! behind. I cannot live if I am left it 8 Fred. Ruth, I will be quite candid with yon. You are very dear to me, as yon know, but I must be circumspect. You see, you are considerably older than I : a lad of twenty-one nsually looks for a wife of seventeen. Ruth. A wife of seventeen ! You will find me a wife of a thousand ! Frkd. No, but I shall find you a wife of forty-seven, and that is quite enough now. Ruth, tell me candidly and without reserve : compared with other women, how are 7/ou ? Ruth. I will answer you truthfully, master : I have a slight cold, but otherwise I am quite welL • Fred. I am sorry for your cold, but I was referring rather to your personal appearance. Compared with other women, are you beautiful 1 Ruth. {Bashfully.) I have been told so, dear master. Fred. Ah, but lately 1 j Ruth. Oh no ; years and years ago. Fred. But what do you think yourself? ■ * Ruth. It is a delicate question to answer, but I think I am a fine woman. Fred. That is your candid opinion 1 Ruth. Yes : I should be deceiving you if I told you other- wise. Fred. Thank you, Ruth. I believe you, for I am sure yon would not practise on my inexperience. I wish to do the right thing, and if— I say, if — you are really a fine woman, your age shall be no obstacle to our union. (Shakes hands with her.) (Chorus of girls heard in the extreme distance, "Climbing over rochj mdUntains" etc. See entrance of girls.) Fred. Hark ! surely I hear voices. "Who has ventured to approach our all but inaccessible lair ? Can it be custc^i-house % No, it does not sound like custom-house. Ruth. (Aside.) Confusion ! It is the voices of young girls ! If he should see them I am lost. Fred. (Climbing rochy arch R. C. and looking off L.) By all that's marvellous, a bevy of beautiful maidens ! Ruth. (Aside.) Lost! lost! lost! Fred. How lovely, how surpassingly lovely, is the plainest of them ! What grace ! what delicacy ! what refinement ! and Ruth — Ruth told me she was beautiful ! ■.<) Regit. Frbd. Oh false one, you have deceived me ! Ruth. I have deceived you 1 Fred. Yes, deceived me I (Denouncing her.) f . T)uET — Frederic and Ruth. Fred. You told me you were fair as gold. liOTH. {Wildly.) And, master, am I not 80 ^ Fred. And now see you're plain and old. KuTH. I am sure I am not a jot so. Fred. Upon my ignorance yon play. KuTU. I'm not the one to plot so. Fred. Your face is lined, your hair is gray. KuTH. It's gradually got so. Fred. Faithless woman, to deceive me ! — I who trusted so ! Ruth. Muster, master, do not leave me ; hear me ere you go 1 My love, without reflecting, O ilo not be rejecting. Take a maiden tender, her affection raw and green, At very highest rating Has been accumulating Summers seventeen, summers seventeen. Don't, beloved master, Crush me with disaster ! What is such a dower to the dower I have here ? My love, unabating", Has been accumulating Forty-seven year, forty-8ev«?n year! Ensemble. Ruth. Don't, beloved master. Crush me with disaster, etc, What is such a dower to the dower I have here 1 etc. Fred. Yes, your former master Saves yon from disaster. Your love would be uncom- fortably fervid, it is clear, If, as you are stating, It's been accumulating Forty -seven year, forty-seven year ! {At the end he renounces hnr, and she goes ojf B. in despair.) Regit. — Fred. What shall I do 1 Before these gentle maidens I dare not show in this dcsortud costume. Mo, better far remain in close concealment until I can appear in decent clothing. {Exit R.) ^^H^des in cave as they enter frovi R. and L., climhing over the rocks at L. of the stage and through arched rock R, •,-■''•,.-"■■,:■' , " " Fred. Climbing over rocky mountain. Skipping rivulet and fountain, ;. .. .1 I id ?• -*: ) 10 I i Passing where tho willows quiver By the ever-rolling river, < Swollen with the summer rain : Threading long and leafy mazes, . Dotted with unnumbered daisies, Scaling rough and rugged passes, V Clinib the hardy little lasses, Till the bright seashore they gain. Edith. Let us gayly tread the measure. Make the most of fleeting leisure^ I Hail it as a true ally, Though it perish by and by. All. Hail it as a tnie ally, Though it perish by and by. Edith. ; ., , Every moment brings a treasure Of its own especial pleasure : Tliough the moments quickly die, Greet them gayly as they fly. Kate. Far away from toil and care, Bevelling in fresh sea-air, -. . Here we live and reign alone. In a world that's all our own. : ■> Here, in this our rocky den, Far away from mortal men, , ' We'll be queens and make decrees : They may honor them who please. . • All. v- ,'• ^ Let us gayly tread the measure, etc. ' Kate. What a picturesque spot ! I wonder where we are 1 Edith. And I wonder where papa is 1 We have left him ever so far behind. Isabel. Oh, he will be here presently. Kemember, poor papa is not as young as we are, and we came over a rather difficult country. Kate. But how thoroughly delightful it is to be so entirely alone ! Why, in all probability we are the first human beings who ever set foot on this enchanting spot. IsJ maidi K^ Tails] Ki arrive Ei SupPl Ai (The A4 Ei Ft Ai Fi El K A fhei\ 11 rer nr If I. Zain. 5re we are ? ve left him so entirely lan beings Except the mermaidt ; it's the very place for mer- Who are only human beings down to the waist- Ibabbl. maids — ■ Kate. Edith. And who can't be said strictly, to set foot anywhere. Tails they may, but feet they cannot. Kate. But what shall we do until papa and the servants arrive with the luncheon? (All listen and come down.) Edith. We are quite alone, and the sea is as smooth as glass. Suppose we take oif our shoes aud stockings and paddle 1 All. Yes, yes — the very thing ! ( They prepare to carry out the suggedlon. Tltey have all taken off one shoe, when ^revkrio comes forward from cave.) Fred. (Recitative.) Stop, ladies, pray ! All. (Hopping on one foot.) A man ! Fbkd. I had intended ' Not to intrude myself upon your notice In this effective but alarming costume, But under these peculiar circumstances it is my bounden duty to inform you That your proceedings will not be unwitnessed. Edith. But who are you, sirl Speak! (All hopping.) Fred. I am a pirate ! All. ( Recoiling, hopping. ) A pirate? Horror! Fred. Ladies, do not shudder. This evening I renounce my vile profession, t And to that aid, pure and peerless maidens, blushing buds of ever-blooming beauty, I, sore of heart, implore your kind assistance. Edith. How pitiful his tale ! ,. Kate. How rare his beauty ! All. How pitiful his tale ! how rare his beauty ! (Put on their shoes.) SoNO — Fbedebio. Oh is there not one maiden breast Which does not feel the moral beauty Of making worldly interest * Subordinate to sense of duty ? » Who would not give up willingly All matrimonial ambition To rescue such an one as I From his unfortunate position ? (Crosses R.) All. Alas ! there's not one maiden breast Which seems to feel the moral beauty Of making worldly interest Subordinate to sense of duty. A if 1 it \ . > ! il / ,. f ' II il' t I 12 Frbd. Oh, is there not one maiden here Whose homely face and bad complexion Have caused all hope to disappear Of ever winning man's affection 1 To such an one, if such there be, I swear, by heaven's arch above you, If you will cast your eyes on me, However plain you be, I'll love you. All. ' Alas ! there's not one maiden here Whose homely face and bad complexion Have caused all hope to disappear Of ever winning man's affection. Fred. ( In despair. ) Not one? All. No, no, not one. FntsD. Not one ] All. No, no. (Mabel enters through arch R. C.) Mabel. Yes, one ! All. 'Tis Mabel ! Mabel. Yes, 'tis Mabel I " ,^T Regit. — Mabel. ■ sisters, deaf to pity's name? For shame ! It's true that he has gone astray ■ But, pray, '>^' ■ ' Is that a reason good and true Why you f Should all be deaf to pity's name 1 For shame ! » All. (Aside.) The question is, had he not been A thing of beauty, "^ould she be sway(fd by quite as keen A sense of duty ] ., ,;.,,' Solo. — Mabel. = _ Poor wandering one, Though thou hast surely strayed, Take heart of grace ; Thy steps retrace. Be not afnvd, ' Poor wandering one. ' All. 18 If such poor love ns mine Can hell) thoo find . . True [luace of uiinJ, Why, take it — it is thino, Poor wandering one ! Take heart ; fair days will shine, Take any heart — take mine ! Take heart ! thoufjh dangers lowers ; Take any heart — but ours I (Mabel and Fred exit L.) (Mabel and Fred go to month of cave L., and converse. Kats beckons her sinters, who form a semicircle around her.) Edith. What ought we to do, Gentle sisters, prayl ., Propriety, wo know, ;^ ' * Says we ought to stay, < While sympathy exclaims, " Free them from your tether ; .., Play at other games ; Leave them here together." Katb. Her case may any day Be yours, my dear, or mine ; Let her make her hay While the sun doth shine. Let us compromise (Our hearts are not of leather) , ;* Let us shut our eyes And talk about the weather. (Edith, Kate, and girls retire up, and sit two and tico, facing each other, in a line across the stage.) (Chattering Chorus, during which Fred and Mabel fondle.) How beautifully blue the sky ! The glass is rising very high. .i • * r Continue fine I hope it may, , .: ^ ■• • And yet it rained but yesterday ; To-morrow it may rain again (I hear the country wants some rain) ; Yet people say, I know not why, • That we shall have a warm July. !i a I 14 Soi/). — Mabbl. (During thig the girls continue their chatter pianissimo, but listening eagerly all the time.) Did evor maiden wake From dream of homely duty To find her daylight break ' ' With such exceeding beauty 1 , Did ever maiden close Her eyes on wakeninj? sadness, To dream of, Goodness knows, How much exceeding, gladness 1 Fred. Oh yes, oh yes, this is exceeding gladness. (Frederic and Mabel turn awl see that the girls are listening ; detected, they continue their chatter, forte.) . Girls. How beautifully blue the sky ! etc., etc. ' * 'Solo — Fred. . . (During this the girls continue their chatter, pianissimo, as before, but listening intently all the time.) Did ever pirate roll His soul in guilty dreaming. And wake to find that soul With peace and virtue beaming 1 ^ Did ever pirate loathed ., v^P ^ Forsake his hideous mission. To find himself betrothed . To a lady of position 1 , Mabeu Ah yes, ah yes, I am a lady of position. <^ (Mabel and Fred turn as before. Girls resume their chatter, • forte.) Eksekusle ' Fred. Did ever pirate loathed, etc. Mabel. Did ever maiden wake, etc. Girls. How beautifully blue the sky, etc. Ebc. — Fred. Stay ; we must not lose our senses Men who stick at no oifences Will anon be here. 16 I'iracy their dreadful trade in ; Pray you get you hence, young ladies, While the coast is clear. G1RL8. No, we must not lose our senses, If they stick at no offences. Piracy their dreadful trade is — Nice associates for young ladies ! Let us disappear. (During this Chorus the Pirates enter stealthily from R, U. E., and form in a semicircle behind the girls. As the girlf move to go off each Pirate seizes a girl.) All. Too late ! Pirate. Ha ! ha I ' ' ' ' ^ " t Alu Too late I P1BATK8. Ha 1 ha ! ha ! ha ! ha ! ha ! ha ! ha 1 ha ! ha! ensemble. Pirates. Ladies. Now here's a first-rate oppor^ "We have missed our oppor- tunity tunity To get married with impunity, Of escaping with impunity, And indulge in the felicity So farewell to the felicity Of unbounded domesticity. Of our maiden domesticity. You shall quickly be parson- We shall quickly be parson- ified, ified, Conjugally matrimonified, Conjugally matrimonified, By a doctor of divinity By a doctor of divinity • Who resides in this vicinity. Who resides in this vicinity. !^[ABBL (coming forward), Kecit. Hold, monsters ! ere your pirate caravanserai Proceeds against our will to wed us all, , Just bear in mind that we are wards in chancery. And father is a Major General ! Samuel. We'd better pause, or danger may befall ; Their father is a Major-General. All the Ladies. Yes, yes, he is a Major-Geueral. (T7ie Major-General has entered unnoticed on rode L U. E.) vA • I )\ : i I: i I I 1 1 •• ', ) IC fiENKHAL. Yen, I am n Mftjor-General ! A LI* You nre ! Ilurmh for the Mnjor-Ooneral I CiEXERAL. And it is n j^lorious thinp to be a Major-Gencral 1 All. It in I Hiinah for the Major-Generul ! Song — MAJon-lJENKUAL. 1 am the very pattern of a modern niajor-jjincral ; I've infurmntion vegetable, animal, and mineral ; I know tlte kings uf ]i)ngland, and I quote the lights historical, From Maratlion to Waterioo, in order catogoriciil ; I'm very well acquainted, too, witli matters mathematical ; > I understand equations, both the simple and quadraticul ; About binomial theorem I'm teeming with a lot of news — {Bothered for next rhijine.) Lot o' news — lot o' news — {struck with an idea ) With many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse ; {Joyfully.) With many cheerful facts about the square o( the hypotenuse ! Alu With many cheerful facts about the square of the hyf otenuae I General. I'm very good at inlegi-al and differential calculus ; ' ■ ' I know the scientiric names of beings animalc>.i)ous ; ■; In short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral . y I am the very model of a modern major-gincral ! All. In short in matters vegetables, animal, and mineral He is the very molel of a modern mujor-ginerull '\ .' , General. ' • : I know onr mythic history, King Arthur's and Sir Caradoc's ; £ answer hard aciostics ; I've a pretty taste for paradox — I quote in elegiacs all the crimes of Heliogabalus; In cronies I can floor peculi irities parabolous ; I can tell undoubted liaphaels from Gerard Dows and Zof- fanies ; I know the croaking chorus from the Frorfs of Aristophanes ; Then I cm hum a fugue of which I've lieard the music's din afore — {Bothered for next rhyme ) Din afore 1 .din afore 1 din afore ? — {Struck with an idea.) And whistle all the airs from that infer- nal nonsense. Pinafore, {Joyously.) And whistle all the airs from that iufernal nonsense, Pinafore. \\ nonsense. All. And whistle all tbo airs from that infernal nonsense, Pinafore. Obkbral. Then I can write a washing-bill in Babylonia cuneiform, And tell you every detail of Caroctacus's uniform. In short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral ^ 1 am the very pattern of a modtrn mujur-gincrul ! ALIi. In short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral Tie is the very pattern of a modern major-gineral ! Gbkrral. In fact, when T know what is meant by " namolon " and " rav- elin "— When I can tell at sight a chassepot rifle from a javelin — When such affairs as sorties and surprises I'm loure wary at, And when I know precisely what is meant by "^ commissariat" — When I have learnt what progress ha» been mode in modern gunnery — When I know more of tactics than a novice in a nunnery, — [n short, when I've a smattering of elemental strategy — {Bothered for the rhyme.) Strategy ! strategy ! — {Struck with an idea.) {Joijoualy.) You'll say a better major-general has never mt agee. All. We'll say a better major-general has never mt agee. General. For my military knowledge, though I'm plucky and adventury, Has only been brought down to the beginning of the century ; Jiut still, in learning vegetable, animal and mineral I am the very model of a modern major-gineral. All. l>nt still in learning vegetable, animal, and mineral He is the very model of a modern mnjor-gineral. i General. And nuw that I have introduced myself, I should like to have some idea of what's going on. Kate, Oh, papa ! we — Samuel. Permit me ; I'll explain it in two words : we pco~ pose to marry your daughters. ; < • '•.,- < General. Dear me ! GmL8. Against our wills, papa — against our wills L II i,i'; -I ll ! I , I. -the It Obkrral. Oh, but yon muntn't do that May I mIc— thi* ia a picturesque unifurm, but I am not iamiliur with it — what aro you t Kino. We are all Rin^Ie gentlemen. GcNBRAL. Yea, I gathered that. Anything else t Kiwo. No, nothing else. Edith. Papa, dun t boliove them. They are piratns- famous Pirates of Peiizanne I GiNKRAL. The Pirutea of Penzance t I have often heard of them. Mabbl. Yes, all except this gentleman (imlimUng Frbd* brio), who was a pirate once, but who ia out of hia indenture* to-day. Gbnbral. But wait a bit. I object to pirates as sonn-iu' law. Kmo. Wo object to major-genonils as ftitbers-inlaw. But we waive that pf)int ; we do not press it, we look over it Gbnbral. (Aside.) Hah ! an idea 1 (Aloud.) And do yon mean to say that you would deliberately nib me of these the sole remaining props of my old age, and leave me to go through the reraaitidur of life unfriendeil, unprotected, and alone t Kino. Well, yes ; that's the idea. Generau Tull me, have yon ever known what it is to be an orphan 1 All the Piratbs. {DrnjiiMed.) Oh, dash it all I Kino. Here we are again I General. I aak you, Have you ever known what it is to be aB orphan t Kino. (Sighing.) Often. General. Yes, orphan. Have you ever known what it is to bo one 1 Kino. I say, often. All. (Disgusted.) Often ! often ! often [ (Turning afvag.) General. I don't think we quite undentand one another. I ask you, Have you ever known what it is to be an orphan ? and you say " Orphan." As I understand you, you are merely repeating the word " orplian " to show that you understand me. Kino. I didn't repeat the word •' often." General. Pardon me ; you did indeed. KiNQ. I only repeated it once. General. True, but you repeated it. Kino. But not often. GENER.vti. Stop ! I think I see where we are getting con- fused. When you said " orphan " did you mean " orphan," a person who has lost his parents, or " often," frequently 1 Kino. Oh, I beg your pardon I I see you mean frequently. 19 tea M sonA-in< wn what it is 'timing weay.) one another. )e an orphan ? oil are merely ndentand nte* GiNtRAU Ah, you Mid " often " frequently. KiNU. No, only once. ijiNBRAL. Exactly you naid " ofttK, frequently," only Qiao«. ., FiNALi, Bcctt. UlCNBRiL. Oh men of dark and diamal fate, » Forego your cruel effifiloy ; Have pity on my lonely state — I am an orphan boy I Kino. An orphan boy 1 <}bnkrau An orphan boy I PiRATEfl. How ead ! an orphan boy 1 Solo. — General. These children whom you «ee Are all that I can call my own. Pirates. Poor fellow 1 General. Take them away from me, And I shall be indeed alone. Pirates. Poor fellow 1 Gbnerau If pity you can fed. Leave mo my sole remaining joy. See at your foot they kneel ; Your hearts you cannot steel Against the sad, sad tale of the lonely orphan boy. Pirates. (Sobbing,) Poor fellow I 8ee at our feet they kneel ; Our hearts we cannot steel Against the sad, sad tale of the lonely orphan boy. Kino. The orphan boy ! 8am. The orphan boy ! All. The lonely orphan boy ! Poor fellow. General. Fm telling a terrible story, F>ut it doesn't dimin- ^ ish my glory ; For they would have taken my daugh- ters Over the billowy wa- ters, Enbemblb. Girls. (Aside.) Ho'sttilling a terrible story, Which will tend to diminish hisgloty. Though they would have taken his daughters Over the billowy wa- ters. Pirates. (Aside.) If he's telling a ter- rible story, He shall die by a death that is gory — One of the cruellest slaughters That ever was known in thcso waters ; 20 i V General. If I hadn't in elegant diction indulged in an inno- cent fiction, 'V\''hich is not in the same category Asa regular, terrihle story. Gmta. ■ (Aside.) It's easy in elegant diction To call it an innocent fiction, But it comes in the same category As a regular, terrible story. King. Pirates. (Aside.) And we'll finish his moral affliction By a very complete malediction, As a compliment vale- dictory. If he's telling a ter- rible story. Although our dark career Sometimes involves the crime of stealing. We rather think that we're Not altogether void of feeling. Although wo live by strife. We're always sorry to begin it. And what we ask is life Without a touch of poetry in it. All (Kneeling) Hiul, Poetry, thou heaven born maid ! Thou gildest e'en the pirate's trade. Hail, flowing fount of sentiment 1 All hail, divine emollient I Kino. Yrtu may go, for you're at liberty ; our pirate rules protect you, And honorary members of our band Ave do elect you. Ensemble. Pray observe the magnanimity Thev I ^^*P^*y ^ ^*^ *^^ dimity, Never was such opportunity To get married with impunity ; i Bat I jjj f give up the felicity Of unbounded domesticity, Though a doctor of divinity Is located in this vicinity. Kino. For we all are orphan boys ! Alu We are ! Hurrah for the orphan boys ! 'fKNERAL. And it sometimes is a useful thing to be an or* phan boy. Ai.ii. It is ! Hurrah for the orphan boy I (Aside.) I finish lii» kffliction y complete tion, iliment vale- lling a ter- fcory. 21 (Girls and General go up roch^ I* Oroup while Pirates in- dulge in a wild dance of delight on stage R. and R C. The General produces a British flag, and the Pirate Kino (on arched rock R. C) produces a black flag with skull and crosn- bones. Picture, j END OF ACT I mg, protect you, •s! be an or* Scene. — A ruined chapel by moonlight. Aisles C. R. and L., divided by pillars and arches ; ruined Gothic windows at back. General Stanley discovered seated R. C. pensively, surrounded by his daughters. Choru& Oh dry the glistening tear That dews that martial cheek ; Thy loving children hear, In them thy comfort seek. 'With Hympathetic care ". Their arms around thee creep, ^ For oh, they cannot bear To see their father weep. (Enter Mabel and Fred) Solo. — Mabel. Dear father, why leave your bed At this untimely hour, When happy daylight is dead And darksome dangers lower t See, heaven has lit her lamp. The midnight hour is past, And the chilly night-air is damp. And the dew is falling fasU Dear father, why leave your bed When happy daylight is dead 1 (Fred enters R. U. E. and down C.) Mabel. Oh Frederic, cannot you reconcile it with your con- eeience to say something that will i-elieve my father's sorrow 1 Fred, I will try, dear Mal)el, but why does he sit, night alter night, in this draughty old ruin 1 ^ 22 GciTERAL. Why do I nt here 1 To escape from the pirates' clutches I described tnyaelf ns an orphan, and I am no orphan. I came hire to humble myself before tho tombs of my ancestors, and to implore their pardon for the diagrace I have brought upon them. Fred. But you forget sir. You only bought the property a year ago. and the stucco on your baronial castle is scarcely dry. General. Frederic in this chapel are ancestors ; you cannot deny that I don't know whose ancestors they were, but I know whose ancestors they are, and I shudder to think that their decendant by purchase (if I may so describe myself) should have brought disgrace upon what I have no doubt was an un- stained escutcheon. Fred. Be comforted. Had you not acted as you did, theso reckless men would assuredly have called in the nearest clergy- man, and have married your large family on the spot General. I thank you for your proffered solace, but it is un- availing. At what time does your expedition march against these scoundrels t Fred. At eleven, and before midnight I hoped to have atoned for my involuntary association with these pestilent scourges by sweeping them from the face of the earth. — And then, my Mabel, you will be mine ! General. Are your devoted followers at hand t Fred. They are ; they only wait my orders. Rboit. — General. Then, Frederic, let your escort lion-heart- ed be summoned to receive a general's blessing ere they depart upon their dread adventure. Fred. Dear sir, they come ! (Enter Police, marching in single file from L., 2d E.) All. Good luck ! they bear them bravely ! (The Police form in line, facing audience.) SoNO. — Sergeant. "When the foeman bears his steel — All. (Using their clubs as trumpds.) Tarantara ! tarantara t Sergeant. We uncomfortable feel ; Alu * Tarantara ! Sergeant. And we find the wisest thing — All. Tarantara ! tarantara ! Sergeant. Is to slap our chests and sing — All. Tarantara ! Sergeant. For when threatened with emeutes — Ali* Tarantara ! tarantara ! Sergeant. And your heart is in your boots — All. Tarantara I 23 Sbrorant. There is nothing brings it round — All. Tanintara t tarantara 1 SfiRGBANT. Like the trumpet's martial sound — All. Tarantara! 6ER0KANT. Tarantnru-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra ! etc. Alu Tarantara ra-ra-rara-ra] Mabel (from L., addreasing Seboeant.) Go, ye heroes, go to glory ! Though you die in combat gory, Ye shall live in song and story — Go to immortniity ! Go to death and go to slaughter ; Die, and every Cornish daughtef With her tears your graves shall water — Go, ye heroes, go and die ! All, Go, ye heroes, go and die 1 Bbrqeant. Though to us it's evident — All. Tarantara! tarantara! Sergeant. These attentions are well meant — Alu Tarantara ! Sergeant. Such expressions don't appear — All. Tarantara ! tarantara ! Sergeant. Calculated men to cheer — All. Tarantara! Sergeant. Who are going to meet their fate — Alt* Tarantari\! tarantara! Sergeant. In a hi^rhly nervous state — • All. Tarantara ! Sergeant. Still to us it's evident — AiiL. Tarantara! tarantara! Sergeant. These attentions are well meant — Alu Tarantara ! All. Yes, to them it's evident, etc. etc. All. Edith {from R., addressing Sergeant.) Go, and do your best endeavor, And before all links we sever We will say farewell for ever — Go to glory and the grave ! For your foes arc fierce and ruthless. False, unmerciful and truthless ; Young and tender, old and toothless, All in vain their mercy crave. Yes, your foes are fierce and ruthless, etc. A--.. 94 J-M- Chorus of Police. "We observe too great a stress— • iA Tarantara ! tarantara ! ! .1 . On the risks that on ua press — Tarantara! * • •' i* And of reference a lack — •^^'•'• Tarantara! tarantara! To our chance of coming back — ' ' Tarantara ! Sergeant. Still, perhaps, it would be wise — Police. Tarantara ! tarantara ! Sergeant. Not to carp or critiae — All. Tarantara ! , , Sergeant. For it's very evident — Alu Tarantara! tarantara! . , Sergeant. These attentions are well meant — Alij. Tarantara! , « Alu Yes, to us it's evident These attentions are well meant — Tarantara-ra-ra-ra-ra ! etc., etc. , Go, ye heroes, go to glory ! etc , etc;. General. Away! away! , ' Police. {Without moving.) Yes, yes, we go General. These pirates slay. , • ■; , * Police. Yes, yes, we go. - , . General. Then do not stay. Police. We go, we go. Generau Then why all this delay? Police, All right ! We go, we go ; Yes, forward on the foe I Ho! ho! ho! ho I We go, we go, we go ! Tarantara-ra-ra-ra I General. Then forward on the foe I All. Yes ! forward ! Police. Yes! forward! v * General. Yes ! but you don*t go ! Police. We go, we go, we g(j ! , All. At last they really go ! Ensemblr Chorus ok all but Police. Chorus of Policr Go, and do yonr best endeavor, Such expressions don't appear— And before all links we sever Tarantara ! tarantara ! We will say farewall forever ; Calculated men to cheer — Go to glory and the grave I , Tarantara I \ \y Vl!.-:'-" „. ,*_- 26 Chorus of All but Police. Chorus op Police. For your foes are fierce and Who are Koing to their fate — ruthless, Tarantara ! tarantara ! False, unmerciful, and truth- In a highly nervous state — less ; Tarantara ! Young and tender, old and We ohserve too great a strei>.<=<- toothless, Tarantara ! tarnntar:i All in vain their luercy crave, On the risks that on us press — etc. Tarantara ! ,r, ',1 ^r .. i And of reference a lack — •< : , • Tarantara! tarantara! > t, •. To our chance of coming back — Tarantara ! (Mabel tears herself from Fhed, and exits R., followed by her sisters, consoling her. The General a7id others follow th>t Police off L. Yredemo remains (done.) Keoit. — Fred. Now for the pirates' lair I Oh joy unbounded ! Oh sweet relief ! oh rapture unexampled ! At last I may atone, in some slight measure. For the repeated acts of thefts and pillage Of which, at a sense of duty's stern dictation, I, circumstances' victim, havu been guilty. {The Pirate Kino and Ruth appear at the window C, armeil) Kino. Young Frederic! {Covering him icith pistol.) Fred. Who calls ? Kino. Your late commander. (Coming down.) Ruth. And I, your little Ruth ! (Covering him with pistol.) Fred. Oh, mad intruders ! How dare ye face me 1 Know ye not, rash ones, That I have doomed you to extermination? (King and Ruth hold a pistol to each ear.) King. Have mercy on us ! Hear us ere you slaughter ! Fred. I do not think I ought to listen to you. Yes, mercy should alloy one stern resentment. And so I will be merciful, Say on. Trio. — Ruth, King, and Fred. When first you left our pirate fold ^ We tried to cheer our spirits laint. According to our customs old. With quibs and quibbles quaint ; But all in vain the quibs we heard ; We lay and sobbed upon the rocks. ^ ,^M— ■ I > i Until to somebody occurred A curioas parudox. <» ".; • Fred. A paradox ^ Kixo anl Ruth. {Lauffhing.) A paradox — A most ingenious paradox. We've quips and quibbles heard in flocks,' lUit none to beat this [>aradox. Ha! ha! ha! ha! Hoi ho! ho! ho! Kiso. We know your taste for curious quips, For cranks and contradictions queer, And with the laughter on our lips W(! wished you there to hear. We said, " it we could tell it him, How Frederic would the joke enjoy ! " And so we've risked both lite and limb To tell it to our boy. Fred. (Interested.) That paradox. King and Ruth. (Laughing.) That paradox, • Thnt most ingenious paradox. We've quips and quibbles heard in flocks, But none to beat that paradox 1 Ha! ha! ha! ha! ho! ho! ho! ho! Chant. — Kino. For some ridiculous reason — to which, however, I've no desire to be disloyal — Some person in authority — I don't know who ; very likely \he astronomer-royal — Has decided that although for such a beastly month as February twenty-eight days as a general rule is plenty, One year in every tour his days shall bo reckoned as nine-and- twenty. Though some coincidence — I shouldn't be surprised if it were owing to the agency of some ill-natured fairy — You are tlie victim of this clumsy arrangement, having been born in leap-year on the twenty-ninth of February ; And so, by a simple Arithmetical process, you'll easy discover, That though you've lived twenty-one years, yet, if we go by birthdays, you are only five and a little bit over ! Ruth and Kino. Ha ! ha ! ha ! ha ! Ho ! ho ! ho ! ho ! That paradox, etc. Fred. Dear me! Let's see : (Counting on fingera.) Yes, yes, — with yours my figures do ag»"c. Ha! ha! ha! ha! Ho! ho! ho! he' (Frederic more amused than any.) \ \ 27 as nine-and- Alu Kfno. Ruth. Fred. All. How quaint the ways of Paradox 1 At common sense she gaily mocks. Though, counting in the usual way, Years twenty-one I've been alive, Yet, reckoning by my natal-day, I am a little boy of five ! He is a little boy of live, ha ! ha ! At common sense she gaily mocks, So quaint a way has Paradox ! Ha ! ha ! ha I ha ! Ho ! ho ! ho ! ho ! Ha ! ha ! ha ! ha ! Ha ! ha ! ha ! ha ! Ho! ho! ho! ho! (All throw theniselves back on seats exhausted with lanijhing.) Fred. Upon my word, this is most curious, Most ai)8urd]y whimsical. FIvo and a quarter ! No one would think it to look at me. Rdth. You are glad now, I'll be bound that you spared us. You would never have forgiven yourself when you discovered that you had killed two of your comrades. Fred. My comrades 1 Kino. I'm afraid you don't appreciate the delicacy of your position. You were apprenticed to us — Fred. Until I reached my twenty-first year. King. No, until you reached your twenty-first birthday {producing document), and, going by birth-days you are as yet only five and a quarter. Fred. You don't mean to say you are going to hold me to that 1 Kino. No, we merely remind you of the fact, and leave the rest to your sense of duty. Fred. {Wildly.) Don't put it on that footing. As I was merciful to you just now, be njerciful to me. I implore you not to insist on the letter ol your bond just as the cup of happiness is at my lips. Ruth. We insist on nothing. We content ourselves with pointing out to you your duty. Fred. Well, you have appealed to my sense of duty, and my duty is only too clear. I abhor your infamous calling, I shudder at the thought that I have ever been mixed up with it. but duty is before all. At any cost, I will do my duty. King. Bravely spoken ! Come, you are one of us once more. Fred. Lead on I follow ! (Suddenly.) Oh, horror ! Kino and Ruth. What is the matter ? f |! '■' IS Fred. Ought I to tell you t No ! no I I cannot do it ; and yet, as one of youi band — Kino. Speak out, I charge you, by that sense of conscien- tiousness to which we have never yet appealed in vain. Fred. General Stanley, the father of my Mabel — Kino and Ruth. Yes ! yes ! Fr£d. He escaped from you on the plea that he vra^ an orplian 1 Kino. Ho did. Fred. It breaks my heart to betray the honored father of Ihe girl I adore, but as your apprentice I have no alternative. It is my duty to tell you that General Stanley is no orphan. Kino and Ruth. What 1 Fred. More than that, ho never was one I Kino. Am I to understand that to save his contemptible life he dared to practice on our credulous simplicity ? ( Fred nods as he weeps.) Our revenge shall be swift and terrible. "We will go and collect our band and attack Tremoixlen Castle tliis very night. Fred. But — Kino. Not a word ! he is doomed ! Trio. Kino and Ruth. Fred. Away ! away ! my heart's on Away ! away ! ere I expire. fire ; I burn, this base deception to repay; This very day my vengeance dire Shall glut itself in gore. Away ! away ! I find my duty hard to do to-day. My heart is filled with anguish dire; It strikes me to the core, Away ! away ! Kino. All. Ruth. Kino. Fred. Ruth. Kino. With falsehood foul He tricked us of our brides ; Let vengeance howl — The pirate so decides ! Our nature stern He softancd with his lies, And in return This night the traitor dies. Yes, yes, to-night the traitor dies! To-night he dies. Yes, or early to-morrow. His girls likewise t They will welter in sorrow ! The one soft spot — \^ 1^ V. \ / x^ it ; and conscien- le wa8 an father of Iternative. 'phuD. itemptible ? (FllEU ible. We 'astle this xpire, ird to do anguish J, Away ! 29 Fred. In their natures they cherish 1?UTH. And all who plot — Kino. To abuse it shall perish. All. Yes, all who plot To abuse it shall perish ! Away 1 away I etc. {Exeunt Kino and Ruth. Fbkd throws himself on a stone L.C. in blank despair. Enter Mabel.) Kecit. — Mabel. All is prepared ; your gallant crew await you. My Frederic in tears 1 It cannot be That lion heart quails at the coming conflict ] Fred. No, Mabel, no. A terrible disclosure Has just been made. Mabel, ray dearly-loved one, I bound myself to serve the pirate captain Until I reached my one-and-twentieth birthday. Mabel. But you are twenty-one 1 Fred. I've just discovered That I was born in leap-year, and that birthday Will not be reached by me till 1940. Mabel. Oh horrible I catastrophe appalling ! Fred. And so tarewell ! Mabel. No, no 1 Oh, Frederic, hear me ! Duet. — Mabel and Fred. Mabel. Stay, Frederic, stay ! They have no legal claim. No shadow of a shame Will fall upon thy name. Stay, Frederic, stay ! Fred. Nay, Mabel, nay ! To-night I quit these walls. The thought my soul appalls, But when stern duty calls I must obey ! Mabel. Stay, Frederic, stay ! Fred. Nay, Mabel, nay ! Mabel. They have no claim. Fked. But duty's name I The thought my soul appalls, But when stem duty calls I must obey ! i^ X ...(-„...w . ! ( Ballad, — Mabbl. Oh leave me not to live Alone and desolate 1 No fate seemed iair as mine — No happiness so great — > And Nature day hy duy Has sung iu accents clear This joyous roundelay, " He loves then — he is here I Fa la I fa la! fatal He loves thee — he is here \" Fred. Oh I must leave thee hero, In endless night to drcnm, Where joy is dark and drear, And sorrow all supreme — Where Nature day by day Will sing in altered tone This weary roundelay, " He loves thee — he is gone ! Fa la! fa la! fa lal He loves thee — hc) is gone 1" In 1940 I of age shall be: I'll then return and claim you, I declare it I Mabel. It seems so long I Fred. Swear that till then you will be true to me. Mabel. (Aside.) Yes, I'll be strong. (AloatL) By all the Stanleys dead and gone swear it ! Ensemble. Oh here is love, and here is truth, And here is food for joyous laughter : She I ^^^^ ^ faithful to his ] j ^ !. > sooth. Till we are wed, and even alter. What joy to know that though \ i \ ni'ist Embrace piratical adventures, gjj'g I will be faithful to I {j^*^ i trust ' Fred. Farewell ! Adieu ! Mabel. The same to you ! Both. Farewell ! Adieu I (Fred ruthea to winciov and leaps out. ires K 81 « Regit. — Mabel. Detraction I Fredrrir I loved one ! oh rotnrii I With love I burn I {Reedleeting.) Stay I I'm a Stanley I Even to the grave I will be brove. HiH conscience bids him give np love and all At dutyV cull ; Mine teaches me that though I love him eo, He is my foe. itt Tie. one I Regit. {FeeJing puJae.) Yes, I am bravo ! fnmily dcHcrnt t How great thy charm! thy sway how excellent! Come one and nil, undaunted men iu blue, A crisis now affairs are coniiug to. Enter Police from R, I. E., marching in aingh file.) Sergeant. Though in body and in mind, tnrantara ! taran- tara! We are timidly inclined, tarantara ! And anything but blind, tarantara ! tarantara ! To the danger that's behind, tarantara ! Yet, when the danger's near, tarantara I tarantara ! We manage to appear, tarantara ! As insensible to fear, tarantara ! tarantara ! As anybody here, tarantara ! Tarantara ! tarantara ra-rara-rara I Madrl. Sergeant approach. Young Frederick was to have led you to death and glory. All. That is not a pleasant way of putting it. Mabel. No mutter. He will not so lead you, for he has allied himself once more to his old associates. All. He has acted shamefully ! Mabel. You speak falsely ; you know nothing about it. He has acted nobly ! All. He has acted nobly ! Mabel. Dearly as I loved him before, his heroic sacrifice to his sense of duty has endeared him to me tenfold ; but if it was his duty to constitute himself my foe, it is likewise viy duty to regard him in that light He has done his duty ; I will do mine. Go ye and do yours. {Exit Mabel, R. I. E.) All. Very well. Serqeant. This is perplexing All. We cannot understand it at all. .^.M J-: ^*n.' » » Mrrorant. Still, if he ia Mtnated by a sense of duty — Alu Thttt makes a difference, of eoune. Atthejame time, we repent we cannot understand it HiROBANT. No matter. Our coursf is clear ; wo must do our best to capture tboae pirates alone. It is nioiit (UstroMing to us to bo the agunts whereby our erring fellow-creatureM are deprived uf that liberty which is so dear to all, but we should hiive thought of that before we joined the force. All. We should. HeuaKANT. It is too late now. All. It is. So.vo. — Sbroeant. When a felon's not engaged in his employment — Alu HIh employment, Hkrokant. Or maturing his felonious little plans — A r.ii. Little plans, Skkoeant. His capacity for innocent enjoyment — All. -Cent enjoyment Srrqeant. Is just as great as any honest man's — All. Honest man's. Hkrobant. Our feelings we with difficulty smother — ALFi. -Culty smother, Skrgeant. When constabulary duty's to be done — All. To be done. »Srrqbant. Ah, take one consideration with another — All. With another, ISkrogant. a policeman's lot is not a happy one — All. Happy one. When constabulary duty's to bo done — To be done — , The policeman's lot is not a happy one — Happy one ! Heroeant. When the enterprising buiglar'a not a-burgling — A LL. Not a burgli ng, Sergeant. When the cutthroat isn't occupied in crime — All. -Pied in crime, Heroeant. He loves to hear the little brook a-gurgling— All. Brook a gurgling, Srrqeant. And listen to the merry village chime — All. Village chime. Serqbant. When the costor's finished jumping on his mother- All. On his mother, Sergeant. He loves to lie a-basking in the sun — All. In the sun. Sergeant. Ah, take one consideration with another— Alu With another, -*r 83 ae tirae, must do struMing ,iire« ai* 3 should tyinent — Br — e — burgling— crime — rgling— his mother- her— iSKHGEANT. Tlie policoman's lot in not a happy one- - Happy one I Wiwjn coiiHtaliulury duty's to be done — To be done, The policcmau'H lot is not a huppy one — Happy one I ^ CHOnUS OF PiRATRS OtJTHIDE, IN THR DlMrAM'K. >■ A rollicking hand of piratts we, Who tired of toHain^ on the h«'u, Are tryinp; thuir hand ut a hurglarue With weapons grim and gory ! 8kiio. Hiwh ! huHh ! I hoar them on the manor pf);\chin|,' ; With stealthy stop the pirates are approaching. Chorl'8 of Pirates resumed Nrarkh. We are not coming for plate or gold- A story (iunerul Stanley told — We seek a penalty fifty-fold Kor Oeneral Stanley's story. I'or.icK. They seek a penalty. • ' iMriATKB. (ir/MoM/.) Fifty-fold ! ^- '' • '• We seek a penalty fifty-fold ! lii.i-. W^e f seek a penalty Ufty-fold They ( for General Stanley's story. PoiJOK. They come in force, The bohl, burglarious elves ; Our obvious course Is to conceal ourselves. . > ' Volute conceal themselves in aisle L. As ihey du so the PlnUrn, ini'lU Ruth and FftEDEnic, arc seen appear ivy ut ruined win- dnw G. They enter cautiously, and come down slwjn on fi/itm-. The Kino is laden toith burglarious tools and jiistolf, vie, >•!,'.) Chorus. — Pirates. {W-ry loud.) With cat-like tread % Upon our prey we steal — In silence dread Our cautious way wo feel. I'oLioE. (Pianissimo.) Tarantara ! farantara I I'lHATES. No Bound at all : We never speak a word ; A fly's footfall Would be distinctly heard. Poi.icH. Tarantara I tarantora ! -il N 34 Pirates. Ha ! ha! Ho! ho! So stealthily the pirate creeps While all the household soundly sleeps. Gurr! gurr! Gurr ! gurr ! (Imitating moving.) Ha! ha 1 Ho! ho! PoLioE. {Pianissimo.) Tarantara ! tarantara ! {Forte.) Tarantara ! ' Becit. — Fred. Hush ! not a word ! I see a light inside. {Looks through key-hole L.) The major-general comes, so quickly hide. Major-General. {Without.) Yes, yes, the wajor-geneml comes. riRATBS. He comes ! Major-Genbral. {Entering in dressing-gown, eamjing a light.) Yes, yes, I come ! Pulioe. He comes ! Major-General. Yes, yes, I come. Alii. The major'geueral comes. Solo. — General^ Tormented with the anguish dread Of falsehood unatoned, I lay upon my sleepless bed. And tossed and turned and groaned. The man who finds his conscience ache Ko peace at all enjoys ; And as I lay in bed awake I thought I heard a noise. Pirates. He thought he heard a noise i Ha ! ha ! ha ! ha ! h^ I ha ! Police. He thought he heard a noise ! Tarontara-ra-ra ! General. No, all is still In dale on hill My mind is set at ease. So still the scene It might Lave been The sighing of the breese. Ballad. — General. Sighing softly to the river Comes the loving breeze, J -'*^,*v^.s*^ . 35 [>pa. jor-gener»l 'Mrrymg a 1. •i Gekeral. Genkral. Setting Nature all a-quiver, Rustling through the treoa Alu Through the treua General. And the brook in rippling measure Laughs for very love, While the poplars in their pleasure Wave their arms above. Police and Pirates. Yes, the trees for very love. Wave th«-ir leafy arms above. Eiver, river, little river! May thy loving prosper ever! Heaven speed the poplar tree! May thy wooing happy be ! Yes, the bret-re is but a rover ! When he wings away, Brook and poplar mourn a lover, Sighing " VVell-a-tlay !" Well-a-s, and carrying candles.) Girls. Now, what in this 1 and what is that 1 and why does father leave his nest At such a time of night as this, so incompletely dressed? Dear father is, and always was, the most methodical of men ; It's his invarable rule to ^o to bed at half-past ten. What strange occurrence can it be that calls dear father from his nest At such a time of night as this, so very, so very incompletely dressed) KiKO. {Springing up.) Forward, my men, and seize that general there 1 ^ ■ His life is over. General. The pirates ! Oh, despair I Mabel and Girls. The pirates! oh, the pirates! Oh, despair ! Pirates. Yes, yes, we are the pirates, so despair I 'ic ! r- L W' 36 (They sefze the Gesbral.) ,m Kino With bane deceit You worked upon our feelings ; Revenge is sweet, And flavors all our dealings. With courage rare, ..' And resohition niunly, ■ • 'V For death prepare, ,»i'[ ■ v . Unhappy General Stanley ! Kked. (Coming forward.) Alas! alas* unhappy General Stanley ! General. Frederic herel Oh joy ! oh rapture ! — ■ Suranion your men and effect their capture. Mabel. Frederick, save us I Fred. Beautiful Mabel, I would if I could, but I am not able. Pirates. He's telling the truth ; he is not able. Police. (Pianissimo.) Tar.intara ! tarantara ! (They bind the General to broken pillar C.) Mabel. ( Wildly.) Is he to die, unshriven and unannealed t Girls. Oh spare him ! Mabel. Will no one in his cause a weapon wield 1 ' Girls. Oh s()are him 1 Police. (Springing up.) Yes, we are here, though hitherto concealed. GiRiiS. Oh, rapture ! Police. So to our powers, pirates, quickly yield I Girls. Oh, rapture ! {A struggle ensues between Pirates and Police, Ruth tackling ' Sergeant. Event uaily the Police are overcome and fall prostrate, the pirates standing over them with drawn swords. ) General. To gain a brief advantage you've contrived, But your proud triumph will not bo long-lived ! Kino. Don't say you are orphans, for we know that game. Serqeant. On your allegiance we've a nobler claim : We charge you yield in Qut:en Victoria's name ! King. (Baffled.) You do 1 Police. We do I Wo charge you yield in Queen Victoria's name ! (Pirates kneel ; Police stand over them triumphantly.) Kino. We yield at once with humbled mien. Because, with all our fimlts, we love our queen. Police. Yes, yes, with all their faults they love their queen. 37 General ire. nealed t d1 h. hitherto .1 a tackling ! and full m swords.) ived, »ng-Uved ! that game, in : •ia's name ! irt's name ! antly.) > )ur queen. their queen. {Policef holding Pirates hy the collar, talce out handkerchiefs and weep.) GsNBRAii. Away with them and place thorn at the har I Ruth. One moment ; let me tell you who we are. We are no memhers of the common throng ; We are all noblemen who have gone wrong. Gbkbral, Fulicr, and Giria What I yl// noblemen 1 Kino and Pirates. Yes, all noblemen I General, Police, and Girls. What I A111 Kino. Well, nearly all. Alu They are nearly all noblemen who have gone wrong. Then give three cheers both loud and strong, For the twenty noblemen who have gone wrong ! Then give three cheera both loud strong. For the noblemen who have gone wrong ! Gekbral. No Englishman unmoved that statement hears, Because, with all our faults, we love our House of Peers ! .»/t> f^% '\ n (All kneel) . „ p All. Hail, ever hail, House of Peers I ^ Z*^', To wisdom that mankind reveres j • ' ' ' We listen with respectful ears. For oh we love our House of Peers ! {All rise. Each Pirate takes a Girl.) ■' I s I ■: Becit, — General. ^ j ,? ■ "^ ,:^. , ' I pray 3'ou pardon me, ex pirate king ; Peers will b peers, aud youth will have its fling, Kesume your ranks and legislative duties, And lake my daughters, all of whom are beauties. FINALE. - '" - * Ruth. At length we are provided, with unusual facility. To change piratic crime f(»r digniHed respectability. Kino. Combined, I needn't say, with the unparalleled felicity Of what we have been longing for — unbounded domesticity. Mabel. To-morrow morning early we will quickly ^ parsonihed — Hymeneally coupled, conjugally matrimonified. Sergeant. 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