Song Description
By modernizing the score to Pirates of Penzance I hope to open the door to the absurd kookiness of Gilbert's book and lyrics for a whole new generation of audiences, designers, choreographers, and directors.
Recorded at Northfire Recording Studios, Amherst, MA, March 5, 2014.
| Song Length |
2:59 |
Genre |
Unique - Unclassified |
| Language |
English |
Era |
2000 and later |
Lyrics
Frederic:
Oh, false one you have deceived me!
Ruth:
I have deceived you?
Frederic:
Yes, deceived me! You told me you were fair as gold,
Ruth:
And master am I not so?
Frederic:
And now I see you're plain and old!
Ruth:
I'm sure I'm not a jot so.
Frederic:
Upon my innocence you play.
Ruth:
I'm not the one to plot so.
Frederic:
Your face is lined, your hair is grey.
Ruth:
It's gradually got so.
Frederic:
Faithless woman to deceive me, I who trusted so.
Ruth:
Master, master do not leave me. Hear me ere I go.
Frederic:
Faithless woman!
Ruth:
Master, master!
Ruth:
Do not leave me, do not leave me, hear me ere I go!
Frederic:
Faithless woman, to deceive me, I who trusted so!
Ruth:
My love without reflecting, oh, do not be rejecting,
take a maiden tender, her affections raw and green.
At very highest rating has been accumulating summers seventeen.
Don't beloved master crush me with disaster.
What is such a dower to the dower I have here?
My love was unabating, has been accumulating forty seven year!
Frederic:
Yes, your former master saves you from disaster.
Your love would be uncomfortable, fervid, it is clear.
If, as you are stating, it's been accumulating forty seven year!
Frederic:
Faithless woman, to deceive me, I who trusted so!
Ruth:
Master, master do not leave me. Hear me ere I go.
Frederic:
What shall I do?
Before these gentle maidens I dare not show in this alarming costume!
No, no!
I must remain in close concealment until I can appear in decent clothing.