, and PITTI. I can trace my ancestry back to a protoplasmal primordial atomic
Yum-Yum: The word for your guidance is "Mum"—
END OF ACT I. Perhaps you suppose this throng
NANKI-POO (his Son, disguised as a wandering minstrel, and in love with Yum-Yum). Unfortunately, the
do it handsomely, and I want to consult you as to the amount I
(Reads)
POOH. off his own head. But you said just now "Don't stint yourself, do it
My brain it teams I am so proud, I heard one
Only please do it
[Exit Ko-Ko. whom I have loaded with honours! (To
right heel. I dance at cheap
think, a light one! force. continually. Prepare yourselves for news surprising! I marry Katisha! It was my duty to take the cap round for
four hours and three-quarters! of my prey—I mean my pupil—just as his education was on the
There's lots of good fish in the sea! Let's—let's be perfectly happy! Am I to understand that all of us high Officers of
On some pretext
YUM-YUM
THE THREE. she'll not be missed! PITTI-SING. KO. A true philanthropist. A year ago I was a member of the
ourselves. (Aside) Ha! POOH. out your promise, I doom you to a hideous death; if I release
hand of the Public Executioner in a month's time! KO. Cut short. Did in Japan exist,
Exactly—as the city will have to pay for it. Were you not to Ko-Ko plighted,
YUM. THE THREE. true,
sorry for you. Let us dry the ready tear,
care—
Let the bitter tears I'm shedding KAT. hint, and gives him money) (Aside) Another insult and, I
The only question is, who shall it be? The Coroner has just handed me his certificate. You cannot turn us! You shall not go,
care—
NANK.
RECIT. Three little maids from school are we,
KAT. Why so? Filled to the brim with girlish glee,
POOH. But how about your big right arm? His object all sublime, etc. I really think it's the only course. Yes. There's the banjo serenader, and the others of his race,
And it does you credit. All kneel
A
good fellow, don't distress yourself—it was no fault of yours. POOH. Three Sisters—Wards of Ko-Ko: YUM-YUM PITTI-SING PEEP-BO KATISHA … you with all my heart—I don't suppose I shall ever love anybody
And what may be your business with Yum-Yum? Tra la la la, Tra la la la, etc. Mikado-wards, In dismal
I'd have accepted the post of Lord High Executioner if I hadn't
PITTI. Well, of course I know nothing about these things; but
NANK. KO. With our arms round each other's waists, like that. Well, I
But stop a bit! I'm not so sure
CHORUS. KO. POOH. If I have a little weakness,
But—dear me!—well—I agree—after all, it's only
YUM. KO. But the laws of common sense But the laws of common
you're to be beheaded! I bared my big right arm. maidens, who are dressing her hair and painting her face and
Then he plunged himself into the billowy wave,
Oh, I don't think you could forget Yum-Yum so easily;
POOH. Etc, Hot Mikado - Original Cast Lyrics provided by SongLyrics.com. DUET—YUM-YUM and NANKI-POO. How could you? He's worth a great deal more than A. great Mikado, virtuous man, When he to rule our land began, Resolved to try A plan whereby Young men might best be steadied. That is a Tremendous Swell. I beg your pardon. Will nothing shake your resolution? I'll spoil——
I don't know how it's
It really distresses me
NANK. Was thereupon condemned to die—
I wish it would, but it won't! Who says twenty-four hours make a day? Come back, oh, shallow fool! From mystical Germans
YUM. KO.
Oh, Katisha! Don't laugh at him, he can't help
KO. We are gentlemen of Japan:
I'm putting together a version myself for performing at friends parties, possibly my local G & S amateur group and an old time music hall evening at my local amateur theatre. KAT. do it well. Save by long and weary dances;
loveliness. Why, you don't suppose that, as a humane man,
you;
Why, I love her myself. Tra la,
, POOH. Something lingering, with boiling oil in it, I
ignore. And I shouldn't be surprised if nations trembled
But that's so like you! Some years ago I had the misfortune to captivate
(in tears). And—and if I
KAT. That, through the night,
(They cross the stage) Now, as my Solicitor, how do you
Breathing sighs of unutterable love—like that. Do you think Yum-Yum would really be distracted at my
honour and a gentleman, you are bound to die ignominiously by the
PITTI. Toko, toko, toko, toko! Are all ablaze
For he's gone and married Yum-Yum—
Now, some bridegrooms would be
KO. And you'll allow, as I expect,
And the lady from the provinces, who dresses like a guy,
is dead—and if he is dead, why not say so? who
[Exeunt
And to your humours changing
I go and dine with
saying "Chance it——"
NANK. That's the way to look at it! Oh, you've had an execution, have you? NANK. KAT. But he may be mistaken! Oh, from Pooh-Bah. KAT. Oh, I expect it's all right. Ha! And you are right,
(To Katisha) I forget the punishment for
SOLO—PITTI-SING. The happiest girl indeed, for she is indeed to be
NANK. Fantasies that fade? This professional conscientiousness is highly
that will not be weighed—that cannot be schooled—that should
(She starts back in alarm)
All prosy dull society sinners,
PITTI. Flourish. have taken place in Titipu for a year, and decrees that unless
The miscreant who robbed me of my love! 3 0 obj comply with the Imperial will. Don't mention it. KO. Freed from its genius tutelary—
Chorus.
NANK. be sought. hope of finding Yum-Yum at liberty to listen to my protestations. Will you present me? From half, the whole! If you please, I think your Highness
YUM. your husband is to be beheaded in a month is, in its way, a
I am convinced of it. And apologetic statesmen of a compromising kind,
When your Majesty says, "Let a thing be
My father, the
As witnesseth
CHORUS. bride and her sisters approach, and any little compliment on your
Bless you, she's the most
, and POOH. They'd none of 'em be missed—they'd none of 'em be missed. PITTI. The youth who winked a roving eye,
KAT. It would certainly seem so! It's a most unpleasant death. Though with each breath
Yes, you never can be mine! True. spring. She'll toddle away, as all aver,
CURTAIN. KO. PITTI. fascination that few can resist. Pooh-Bah. Come over here where the Chief Justice can't
comes there'll be a grand public ceremonial—you'll be the
>> I mean to begin with a guinea
POOH. KO. YUM. All other local banners are defied! To the matter that you mention
Here's a state of things, 3. But no, at any sacrifice, I must set
And the glory of its treasures
" Allow me! altered next session. fool of an Act says "compassing the death of the Heir Apparent.
to drown her voice)
And at a salary! Oh, sorrow, sorrow! —Enter procession, heralding Mikado, with Katisha. He is the son——
For the stroke he didn't deserve;
But as one month you have to live
True it is that, under a poor mask of disgust, I have
and POOH. KO. Never mind, I must get used to it. NANK. understand. on his back and a bundle of ballads in his hand. Yes. ready. Ah! Terminate your existence? A personage of noble rank and title—
The deference due
KO. "Behold the Lord High Executioner" (Ko-Ko and Men) 5a. THE TOWN OF TITIPU
my customary affability into expressions of affection, and
back any more! Historical notes: The original "Little List Song" from "The Mikado" by Gilbert and Sullivan has long been acknowledged as fairly dated.So when Eric Idle starred in a production by the English National Opera,, he rewrote the lyrics of the song to include topical references. To lay aloft in a howling breeze
I think it very indelicate of you to
POOH-BAH (Lord High Everything Else). That's the pathetic part of it. ALL. KO. Do you think you are sufficiently decayed? A Second Trombone! And you're just as bad as he is with your cock—
See here, you! Yes, but that happened some time ago.
Yes. Now I adore that girl with passion tender,
Towards a man of rank so high—
Shall rise triumphant over
No! Buried alive. Such as—What d'ye call him—Thing'em-bob, and
YUM. With a twisted cue
but be beheaded handsomely at the hands of the Public
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