The Pirates of Penzance (or, The Slave of Duty), Act I: What ought we to do? (Edith, Kate, Girls, Mabel, Frederic) (1987 Digital

Song The Pirates of Penzance (or, The Slave of Duty), Act I: What ought we to do? (Edith, Kate, Girls, Mabel, Frederic) (1987 Digital
Artist Sir Malcolm Sargent
Album Gilbert & Sullivan: The Pirates of Penzance

Lyrics

[00:00.75] The Pirates of Penzance (or, The Slave of Duty),
[00:01.75] Act I: What ought we to do? (Edith, Kate, Girls, Mabel, Frederic) (1987 Digital）
[00:02.47] EDITH
[00:02.57] What ought we to do,
[00:04.41] Gentle sisters, say?
[00:06.35] Propriety, we know,
[00:08.43] Says we ought to stay;
[00:10.24] While sympathy exclaims,
[00:12.18] "Free them from your tether
[00:14.22] Play at other games--
[00:16.64] Leave them here together."
[00:17.99]
[00:18.28]
[00:19.22] KATE
[00:20.61] Her case may, any day,
[00:22.64] Be yours, my dear, or mine.
[00:24.67] Let her make her hay
[00:26.79] While the sun doth shine.
[00:28.93] Let us compromise
[00:30.65] (Our hearts are not of leather):
[00:32.83] Let us shut our eyes
[00:35.35] And talk about the weather.
[00:37.23]
[00:37.46] GIRLS
[00:37.96] Yes, yes, let's talk about the weather.
[00:41.17]
[00:41.54] (Chattering chorus)
[00:45.03] How beautifully blue the sky,
[00:45.95] The glass is rising very high,
[00:47.06] Continue fine I hope it may,
[00:48.42] And yet it rained but yesterday.
[00:49.82] To-morrow it may pour again
[00:51.24] (I hear the country wants some rain),
[00:52.64] Yet people say, I know not why,
[00:54.04] That we shall have a warm July.
[00:55.40] To-morrow it may pour again
[00:56.75] (I hear the country wants some rain),
[00:58.16] Yet people say, I know not why,
[00:59.50] That we shall have a warm July.
MABEL
[01:04.02] Did ever maiden wake
[01:05.72] From dream of homely duty,
[01:08.82] To find her daylight break
[01:11.59] With such exceeding beauty?
[01:15.29] Did ever maiden close
[01:17.83] Her eyes on waking sadness,
[01:21.43] To dream of such exceeding gladness?
[01:28.98]
[01:29.26] FREDERIC
[01:29.60] Ah, yes!?ah, yes! this is exceeding gladness
[01:31.85]
[01:32.27] GIRLS
[01:34.08] How beautifully blue the sky, etc.
[01:35.31] The glass is rising very high,
[01:37.67] Continue fine I hope it may,
[01:39.12] And yet it rained but yesterday.
[01:40.54] To-morrow it may pour again
[01:41.94] (I hear the country wants some rain),
[01:43.32] Yet people say, I know not why,
[01:44.79] That we shall have a warm July.
[01:46.21] To-morrow it may pour again
[01:47.60] (I hear the country wants some rain),
[01:49.02] Yet people say, I know not why,
[01:50.45] That we shall have a warm July.
[01:52.05] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[01:53.17] SOLO
[01:54.29]
[01:54.74] (During this, GIRLS continue their chatter pianissimo as before, but listening intently all the time.)
[01:55.02]
[01:55.34] FREDERIC
[01:55.90] Did ever pirate roll
[02:00.33] His soul in guilty dreaming,
[02:01.76] And wake to find that soul
[02:02.51] With peace and virtue beaming?
[02:06.56] The glass is rising very high,
[02:07.83] Continue fine I hope it may,
[02:10.69] And yet it rained but yesterday.
[02:11.96] To-morrow it may pour again
[02:13.41] (I hear the country wants some rain),
[02:16.68] Yet people say, I know not why,
[02:17.82] That we shall have a warm July.
[02:19.22] To-morrow it may pour again
[02:20.93] (I hear the country wants some rain),
[02:22.55] Yet people say, I know not why,
[02:24.11] That we shall have a warm July.
[02:35.81] Lyric by wechat chuanxi6

Pinyin

[00:00.75] The Pirates of Penzance or, The Slave of Duty,
[00:01.75] Act I: What ought we to do? Edith, Kate, Girls, Mabel, Frederic 1987 Digital
[00:02.47] EDITH
[00:02.57] What ought we to do,
[00:04.41] Gentle sisters, say?
[00:06.35] Propriety, we know,
[00:08.43] Says we ought to stay
[00:10.24] While sympathy exclaims,
[00:12.18] " Free them from your tether
[00:14.22] Play at other games
[00:16.64] Leave them here together."
[00:17.99]
[00:18.28]
[00:19.22] KATE
[00:20.61] Her case may, any day,
[00:22.64] Be yours, my dear, or mine.
[00:24.67] Let her make her hay
[00:26.79] While the sun doth shine.
[00:28.93] Let us compromise
[00:30.65] Our hearts are not of leather:
[00:32.83] Let us shut our eyes
[00:35.35] And talk about the weather.
[00:37.23]
[00:37.46] GIRLS
[00:37.96] Yes, yes, let' s talk about the weather.
[00:41.17]
[00:41.54] Chattering chorus
[00:45.03] How beautifully blue the sky,
[00:45.95] The glass is rising very high,
[00:47.06] Continue fine I hope it may,
[00:48.42] And yet it rained but yesterday.
[00:49.82] Tomorrow it may pour again
[00:51.24] I hear the country wants some rain,
[00:52.64] Yet people say, I know not why,
[00:54.04] That we shall have a warm July.
[00:55.40] Tomorrow it may pour again
[00:56.75] I hear the country wants some rain,
[00:58.16] Yet people say, I know not why,
[00:59.50] That we shall have a warm July.
MABEL
[01:04.02] Did ever maiden wake
[01:05.72] From dream of homely duty,
[01:08.82] To find her daylight break
[01:11.59] With such exceeding beauty?
[01:15.29] Did ever maiden close
[01:17.83] Her eyes on waking sadness,
[01:21.43] To dream of such exceeding gladness?
[01:28.98]
[01:29.26] FREDERIC
[01:29.60] Ah, yes!? ah, yes! this is exceeding gladness
[01:31.85]
[01:32.27] GIRLS
[01:34.08] How beautifully blue the sky, etc.
[01:35.31] The glass is rising very high,
[01:37.67] Continue fine I hope it may,
[01:39.12] And yet it rained but yesterday.
[01:40.54] Tomorrow it may pour again
[01:41.94] I hear the country wants some rain,
[01:43.32] Yet people say, I know not why,
[01:44.79] That we shall have a warm July.
[01:46.21] Tomorrow it may pour again
[01:47.60] I hear the country wants some rain,
[01:49.02] Yet people say, I know not why,
[01:50.45] That we shall have a warm July.
[01:52.05]
[01:53.17] SOLO
[01:54.29]
[01:54.74] During this, GIRLS continue their chatter pianissimo as before, but listening intently all the time.
[01:55.02]
[01:55.34] FREDERIC
[01:55.90] Did ever pirate roll
[02:00.33] His soul in guilty dreaming,
[02:01.76] And wake to find that soul
[02:02.51] With peace and virtue beaming?
[02:06.56] The glass is rising very high,
[02:07.83] Continue fine I hope it may,
[02:10.69] And yet it rained but yesterday.
[02:11.96] Tomorrow it may pour again
[02:13.41] I hear the country wants some rain,
[02:16.68] Yet people say, I know not why,
[02:17.82] That we shall have a warm July.
[02:19.22] Tomorrow it may pour again
[02:20.93] I hear the country wants some rain,
[02:22.55] Yet people say, I know not why,
[02:24.11] That we shall have a warm July.
[02:35.81] Lyric by wechat chuanxi6