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The Pirates of Penzance the Musical - Oh, Dry The Glistening Tear Lyrics
The song is written by Arthur Sullivan and W. S. Gilbert.
CHORUS OF GIRLS:
Oh, dry the glistening tear
That dews that martial cheek;
Thy loving children hear
In them, thy comfort seek
With sympathetic care
Their arms around thee creep
For oh, they cannot bear
To see their father weep!
MABEL:
Dear father, why leave your bed
At this untimely hour
When happy daylight is dead
And darksome dangers lower?
See, heaven has lit her lamp
The twilight hour is past
And the chilly night air is damp
And the dews are falling fast!
Dear father, why leave your bed
When happy daylight is dead?
CHORUS OF GIRLS:
Oh, dry the glistening tear
That dews that martial cheek;
Thy loving children hear
In them, thy comfort seek
With sympathetic care
Their arms around thee creep
For oh, they cannot bear
To see their father weep!
MABEL: (spoken)
Oh, Frederic, cannot you,
In the calm excellence of your wisdom,
Reconcile it with your conscience
To say something
That will relieve my father's sorrow?
FREDERIC: (spoken)
I will try, dear Mabel.
But why does he sit, night after night,
In this draughty old ruin?
MAJOR-GENERAL: (spoken)
Why do I sit here?
To escape from the pirates' clutches,
I described myself as an orphan;
And, heaven help me, I am no orphan!
I come here to humble myself
Before the tombs of my ancestors,
And to implore their pardon
For having brought dishonor
On the family escutcheon
FREDERIC: (spoken)
But you forget, sir,
You only bought the property a year ago,
And the stucco on your baronial castle is scarcely dry
MAJOR-GENERAL: (spoken)
Frederic, in this chapel are ancestors:
You cannot deny that. With the estate,
I bought the chapel and its contents.
I don't know whose ancestors they were,
But I know whose ancestors they are,
And I shudder to think
That their descendant by purchase
(If I may so describe myself)
Should have brought disgrace upon what,
I have no doubt, was an unstained escutcheon
FREDERIC: (spoken)
Be comforted. Had you not acted as you did,
These reckless men would assuredly have called
In the nearest clergyman,
And have married your large family on the spot
MAJOR-GENERAL: (spoken)
I thank you for your proffered solace,
But it is unavailing.
I assure you, Frederic,
That such is the anguish and remorse
I feel at the abominable falsehood by which
I escaped these easily deluded pirates,
That I would go to their simple-minded chief
This very night and confess all,
Did I not fear that the consequences
Would be most disastrous to myself.
At what time does your expedition march
Against these scoundrels?
FREDERIC: (spoken)
At eleven, and before midnight
I hope to have atoned
Dor my involuntary association
With the pestilent scourges
By sweeping them
From the face of the earth – and then,
Dear Mabel, you will be mine!
MAJOR-GENERAL: (spoken)
Are your devoted followers at hand?
FREDERIC: (spoken)
They are, they only wait my orders
Review: The Pirates of Penzance the Musical Lyrics
The Pirates of Penzance the Musical Lyrics
SYNOPSIS
Pour, O Pour The Pirate Sherry
When Frederic Was A Little Lad
Oh, Better Far To Live And Die
Oh, False One, You Have Deceived Me!
Climbing Over Rocky Mountain
Stop, Ladies, Pray!
Oh, Is There Not One Maiden Breast
Poor Wandering One
What Ought We To Do?
How Beautifully Blue The Sky
Stay, We Must Not Lose Our Senses
Hold, Monsters!
I Am The Very Model Of A Modern Major-General
Oh, Men of Dark and Dismal Fate
Oh, Dry The Glistening Tear
Then Frederic
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