Gilbert And Sullivan - Song Lisa Lyrics

The die is cast,

My hope has perished!

Farewell, O Past,

Too bright to last,

Yet fondly cherished!

My light has fled,

My hope is dead,

Its doom is spoken--

My day is night,

My wrong is right

In all men's sight--

My heart is broken!

[Exit weeping.]



LUD (recit.):

Poor child, where will she go?What will she do?



JULIA:

That isn't in your part, you know.



LUD. (sighing):

Quite true!

(With an effort.)

Depressing topics we'll not touch upon--

Let us begin as we are going on!

For this will be a jolly Court, for little and for big!



ALL:

Sing hey, the jolly jinks of Pfennig Halbpfennig!



LUD:

From morn to night our lives shall be as merry as a grig!



ALL:

Sing hey, the jolly jinks of Pfennig Halbpfennig!



LUD:

All state and ceremony we'll eternally abolish--

We don't mean to insist upon unnecessary polish--

And, on the whole, I rather think you'll find our rule tollolish!



ALL:

Sing hey, the jolly jinks of Pfennig Halbpfennig!



JULIA:

But stay--your new-made Court

Without a courtly coat is--

We shall require

Some Court attire,

And at a moment's notice.

In clothes of common sort

Your courtiers must not grovel--

Your new noblesse

Must have a dress

Original and novel!



LUD:

Old Athens we'll exhume!

The necessary dresses,

Correct and true

And all brand-new,

The company possesses:

Henceforth our Court costume

Shall live in song and story,

For we'll upraise

The dead old days

Of Athens in her glory!



ALL:

Yes, let's upraise

The dead old days

Of Athens in her glory!



ALL:

Agreed!Agreed!

For this will be a jolly Court for little and for big! etc