Oh, Men of Dark and Dismal Fate Lyrics — Pirates of Penzance, The
Oh, Men of Dark and Dismal Fate Lyrics
[MAJOR-GENERAL]
Oh, men of dark and dismal fate
Forego your cruel employ
Have pity on my lonely state
I am an orphan boy!
[SAMUEL & PIRATE KING]
An orphan boy?
[MAJOR-GENERAL]
An orphan boy!
[Chorus OF PIRATES]
How sad, an orphan boy!
[MAJOR-GENERAL]
These children whom you see
Are all that I can call my own!
[Chorus OF PIRATES]
Poor fellow!
[MAJOR-GENERAL]
Take them away from me
And I shall be indeed alone!
[Chorus OF PIRATES]
Poor fellow!
[MAJOR-GENERAL]
If pity you can feel
Leave me my sole remaining joy -
See at your feet they kneel;
Your hearts you cannot steel
Against the sad, sad tale of the lonely orphan boy!
[PIRATE Chorus, PIRATE KING, & SAMUEL]
Poor fellow!
See at our feet they kneel!
Our hearts we cannot steel
Against the sad, sad tale of the lonely orphan boy!
[SAMUEL]
The orphan boy!
[SAMUEL & PIRATE KING]
The orphan boy!
See at our feet they kneel!
Our hearts we cannot steel
Against the sad, sad tale of the lonely orphan boy!
[PIRATE Chorus, PIRATE KING, & SAMUEL]
Poor fellow!
Oh, men of dark and dismal fate
Forego your cruel employ
Have pity on my lonely state
I am an orphan boy!
[SAMUEL & PIRATE KING]
An orphan boy?
[MAJOR-GENERAL]
An orphan boy!
[Chorus OF PIRATES]
How sad, an orphan boy!
[MAJOR-GENERAL]
These children whom you see
Are all that I can call my own!
[Chorus OF PIRATES]
Poor fellow!
[MAJOR-GENERAL]
Take them away from me
And I shall be indeed alone!
[Chorus OF PIRATES]
Poor fellow!
[MAJOR-GENERAL]
If pity you can feel
Leave me my sole remaining joy -
See at your feet they kneel;
Your hearts you cannot steel
Against the sad, sad tale of the lonely orphan boy!
[PIRATE Chorus, PIRATE KING, & SAMUEL]
Poor fellow!
See at our feet they kneel!
Our hearts we cannot steel
Against the sad, sad tale of the lonely orphan boy!
[SAMUEL]
The orphan boy!
[SAMUEL & PIRATE KING]
The orphan boy!
See at our feet they kneel!
Our hearts we cannot steel
Against the sad, sad tale of the lonely orphan boy!
[PIRATE Chorus, PIRATE KING, & SAMUEL]
Poor fellow!
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