Now for the Pirates' Lair! Lyrics — Pirates of Penzance, The
Now for the Pirates' Lair! Lyrics
FREDERIC
Now for the pirates' lair! Oh, joy unbounded!
Oh, sweet relief! Oh, rapture unexampled!
At last I may atone, in some slight measure,
For the repeated acts of theft and pillage
Which, at a sense of duty's stern dictation,
I, circumstance's victim, have been guilty!
KING
Young Frederic! (Covering him with pistol)
FREDERIC
Who calls?
KING
Your late commander!
RUTH
And I, your little Ruth! (Covering him with pistol)
FREDERIC
Oh, mad intruders,
How dare ye face me? Know ye not, oh rash ones,
That I have doomed you to extermination? (KING and RUTH
hold a pistol to each ear)
KING
Have mercy on us! hear us, ere you slaughter!
FREDERIC
I do not think I ought to listen to you.
Yet, mercy should alloy our stern resentment,
And so I will be merciful-- say on!
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Now for the pirates' lair! Oh, joy unbounded!
Oh, sweet relief! Oh, rapture unexampled!
At last I may atone, in some slight measure,
For the repeated acts of theft and pillage
Which, at a sense of duty's stern dictation,
I, circumstance's victim, have been guilty!
KING
Young Frederic! (Covering him with pistol)
FREDERIC
Who calls?
KING
Your late commander!
RUTH
And I, your little Ruth! (Covering him with pistol)
FREDERIC
Oh, mad intruders,
How dare ye face me? Know ye not, oh rash ones,
That I have doomed you to extermination? (KING and RUTH
hold a pistol to each ear)
KING
Have mercy on us! hear us, ere you slaughter!
FREDERIC
I do not think I ought to listen to you.
Yet, mercy should alloy our stern resentment,
And so I will be merciful-- say on!
Lyrics from <a href="http://www.elyrics.net">eLyrics.net</a>
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Pirates of Penzance, The Lyrics: Song List
- Act 1
- Pour, O Pour the Pirate Sherry
- You Are Too Tender-Hearted
- 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?
- Oh, Sisters, Deaf To Pity’s Name
- 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
- And Now That I’ve Introduced Myself (Dialogue)
- For He Is An Orphan Boy
- Oh, Dry the Glistening Tear
- Finale Act I
- Act 2
- Oh, Men of Dark and Dismal Fate
- I’m Telling a Terrible Story
- Now, Frederic, Let Your Escort Lion-Hearted When the Foeman Bares His Steel
- Now for the Pirates' Lair!
- When You Had Left Our Pirate Fold
- Away, Away! My Heart's on Fire
- All Is Prepared / Stay, Frederic, Stay!
- No, I'll be brave
- When a Felon's Not Engaged in His Employment
- A Rollicking Ban of Pirates We
- With Cat-Like Tread
- Hush, Hush! Not a Word / Sighing Softly to the River
- Finale