L’Opera (Excerpts from Pirates of Penzance)

Lyrics

[PIRATE Chorus] Come, friends, who plough the sea Truce to navigation Take another station Let's vary privacy With a little burglary With cat-like tread Hey, upon the prey we steal Hey, in silence dread Hey, our cautious way we feel Hey, no sound at all Hey, we never speak a word Hey, a fly's foot-fall would be distinctly heard Tarantara So stealthily, the pirate creeps While all the household soundly sleeps Tarantara Come, friends, who plough the sea Truce to navigation Take another station Let's vary privacy With a little burglary Tarantara With cat-like tread Upon the prey we steal Tarantara Tarantara [MAIDENS Chorus] Poor wandering one If such poor love as ours Can help you find true peace of *Screams* Climbing over Rocky Mountain Skipping rivulet and fountain Passing where the willows quiver Scaling rough and rugged passes Climb the hardy little lasses Till the bright seashore they gain Let us gaily tread the treasure Make the most of fleeting leisure Make the most of fleeting leisure Hail it as a true ally [MODERN MAJOR GENERAL] I am the very model of a modern Major-General I've information vegetable ani- historical From Marathon to Waterloo, in order categorical I'm very well acquainted too with matters mathematical I understand equations, both the simple and quadratical About the binomial theorem I'm teeming with a lot o' news With many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse [Chorus] With many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse With many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse With many cheerful facts about the square of the hypoto-potenuse I'm very good at integral and different calculus I know the scientific names of being animalculous In short, in matters, vegetable, animal, and mineral I am the very model of a modern Major-General [Chorus] In short, in matters, vegetable, animal, and mineral He is the very model of a modern Major-General [MAJOR GENERAL] In fact, when I know what is meant by "mamelon" and "ravelin" When I can tell at sight a Mauser rifle from a javelin When such affairs as sorties and surprises I'm more wary at And when I know precisely what is meant by "commissariat" When I know more of tactics than a novice in a nunnery In short You'll say a better Major-General has never sat a gee [Chorus] You'll say a better Major-General has never sat a gee You'll say a better Major-General has never sat a gee You'll say a better Major-General has never sat a sat a gee *Vocalizations*