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gilbert and sullivan - fold your flapping wings lyrics

[recitative, strephon]
my bill has now been read a second time:
his ready vote no member now refuses;
in verity i wield a pow’r sublime
and one that i can turn to mighty uses!
what joy to carry, in the very t++th
of ministry, cross+bench and opposition
some rather urgent measures quite beneath
the ken of patriot and politician!

[verse]
fold your flapping wings
soaring legislature!
stoop to little things
stoop to human nature!
never need to roam
members patriotic
let’s begin at home
crime is no exotic!
bitter is your bane
tеrrible your trials
dingy drury lane!
soapless sеven dials!

[verse]
take a tipsy lout
gathered from the gutter
hustle him about
strap him to a shutter
what am i but he
washed at hours stated
fed on filagree
clothed and educated?
he’s a mark of scorn
i might be another
if i had been born
of a tipsy mother
[verse]
take a wretched thief
through the city sneaking
pocket handkerchief
ever, ever seeking
what is he but i
robbed of all my chances
picking pockets by
force of circumstances?
i might be as bad
as unlucky, rather
if i’d only had
f+gin for a father!

- gilbert and sullivan lyrics

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