a wand'ring minstrel i - d'oyly carte opera company lyrics
nanki-poo:
a wandering minstrel i —
a thing of shreds and patches,
of ballads, songs and sn-tches,
and dreamy lullaby!
my catalogue is long,
through every p-ssion ranging,
and to your humours changing
i tune my supple song!
i tune my supple song!
are you in sentimental mood?
i’ll sigh with you,
oh, sorrow, sorrow!
on maiden’s coldness do you brood?
i’ll do so, too —
oh, sorrow, sorrow!
i’ll charm your willing ears
with songs of lovers’ fears,
while sympathetic tears
my cheeks bedew —
oh, sorrow, sorrow!
but if patriotic sentiment is wanted,
i’ve patriotic ballads cut and dried;
for where’er our country’s banner may be planted,
all other local banners are defied!
our warriors, in serried ranks -ssembled,
never quail — or they conceal it if they do —
and i shouldn’t be surprised if nations trembled
before the mighty troops of t-tipu!
chorus:
we shouldn’t be surprised if nations trembled,
trembled with alarm
before the mighty troops,
the troops of t-tipu!
nanki-poo:
and if you call for a song of the sea,
we’ll heave the capstan round,
with a yeo heave ho, for the wind is free,
her anchor’s a-trip and her helm’s a-lee,
hurrah for the homeward bound!
chorus:
yeo-ho — heave ho —
hurrah for the homeward bound!
nanki-poo:
to lay aloft in a howling breeze
may tickle a landsman’s taste,
but the happiest hour a sailor sees
is when he’s down
at an inland town,
with his nancy on his knees, yeo ho!
and his arm around her waist!
chorus:
then man the capstan — off we go,
as the fiddler swings us round,
with a yeo heave ho,
and a rum below,
hurrah for the homeward bound!
with a yeo heave ho,
and a rum below,
yeo-ho, heave ho,
yeo-ho, heave ho,
heave ho, heave ho, yeo-ho!
nanki-poo:
a wandering minstrel i —
a thing of shreds and patches,
of ballads, songs and sn-tches,
and dreamy lullaby!
and dreamy lulla-lullaby,
lullaby!
chorus:
of dreamy lullaby,
lullaby!
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