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doyly carte opera company - i am so proud lyrics

pooh-bah:
i am so proud,
if i allowed
my family pride
to be my guide,
i’d volunteer
to quit this sphere
instead of you
in a minute or two,
but family pride
must be denied,
and set aside,
and mortified.

ko-ko:
my brain it teams
with endless schemes
both good and new
for t-tipu;
but if i flit,
the benefit
that i’d diffuse
the town would lose!
now every man
to aid his clan
should plot and plan
as best he can,

pish-tush:
i heard one day
a gentleman say
that criminals who
are cut in two
can hardly feel
the fatal steel,
and so are slain
without much pain.
if this is true,
it’s jolly for you;
your courage screw
to bid us adieu,

ko-ko – pooh-bah – pish-tush
my brain it teams – i am so proud, – i heard one day
with endless schemes – if i allowed – a gentleman say
both good and new – my family pride – that criminals
who
for t-tipu; – to be my guide, – are cut in two
but if i flit, – i’d volunteer – can hardly feel
the benefit – to quit this sphere – the fatal steel,
that i’d diffuse – instead of you – and so are slain
the town would lose! – in a minute or two, – without
much pain.
now every man – but family pride – if this is true,
to aid his clan – must be denied, – it’s jolly for you;
should plot and plan – and set aside, – your courage
screw
as best he can, – and mortified. – to bid us adieu,

ko-ko: and so,
although
i’m ready to go,
yet recollect
’twere disrespect
did i neglect
to thus effect
this aim direct,
so i object–

pooh-bah: and so,
although
i wish to go,
and greatly pine
to brightly shine,
and take the line
of a hero fine,
with grief condign
i must decline–

pish-tush: and go
and show
both friend and foe
how much you dare.
i’m quite aware
it’s your affair,
yet i declare
i’d take your share,
but i don’t much care–

ko-ko – pooh-bah – pish-tush
i object– i must decline– but i don’t much care–
so i object– i must decline– i don’t much care–
so i object– i must decline– i don’t much care–

all: to sit in solemn silence in a dull, dark dock,
in a pestilential prison, with a life-long lock,
awaiting the sensation of a short, sharp shock,
from a cheap and chippy chopper on a big black block!
[exeunt pooh. and pish.

- doyly carte opera company lyrics

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