No. 8 - Quartette - "Upon my word, Miss"

from "The Mountebanks"
Words by W. S. Gilbert
Music by Alfred Cellier
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By Alfred Cellier
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[Ultrice:] Upon my word, miss!
[Teresa:] Oh, it's you, miss!
How d'ye do, miss?
Didn't know you
Overheard, miss!
[Ultrice:] Oh, you spiteful-
[Teresa:] How politeful!
[Ultrice:] One I owe you,
You tittling, tattling, reckless, rattling,
twopenny, ha'penny parcel of vanity!
[Teresa:] High gentility, amiability,
both combined with true humility!
[Ultrice:] You mischief-making, character-taking,
clicking clacking bit of inanity!
[Teresa:] Play propriety, or society
may suppose it's inebriety.
[Ultrice:] You tittling, tattling, reckless,
rattling, twopenny, ha'penny parcel of vanity!
You mischief-making, character-taking,
clicking clacking bit of inanity!
[Alfredo:] Now, ladies, pray you, listen to me.
Dicky-birds in their nests agree
If they can do so, do so too.
[Girls:] What has it, pray, to do with you?
[Ultrice:] Dicky-birds don't, to gain their ends,
Depreciate their absent friends.
[Teresa:] Dicky-birds don't, whate'er they hear,
Forget that they are ladies, dear!
[Trio:] Dicky-birds tweetle, tweetle tweek,
Which may be silly, and does sound weak;
But dicky-birds don't, whate'er they hear,
Forget that they are ladies, dear!
Dicky-birds tweetle, tweetle tweek,
Which may be silly, and does sound weak;
But dicky-birds don't, whate'er they hear,
Forget that they are ladies, dear!
[Elvino:] Now, pray you, attention!
I've something to mention
That ought your approval to win-
[Ultrice:] And dicky-birds never,
or rarely, endeavour-
[Elvino:] Now, ladies, a truce to this din!
[Teresa:] And dicky-birds don't-
[Elvino:] Be quiet!
[Teresa:] I won't!
[Elvino:] My fortune's about to begin.
The Duke and the Duchess (their quality such is)
Themselves, and their kith and their kin-
[Ultrice:] And dicky-birds rarely
are treating me fairly-
[Elvino:] Are going to stop at the inn!
[Others:] What!
[Elvino:] They're going to stop at the inn!
[Others:] What!
[Elvino:] They're going to stop at the inn!
[Ultrice:] The Duke and the Duchess
fall into our clutches?
A penance, no doubt, for some sin!
[Teresa:] Perhaps it's his figure,
too portly for vigour,
He's stout and he wants to be thin!
[Alfredo:] At least their intention
shows some condescension
For comfort they can't care a pin:
[Elvino:] For excellent eating
Affords a good greeting
To people who stop at my inn!
Good beds and warm sheeting,
They never want Keating,
That ought their approval to win.
[Ensemble:] Indifferent eating
Affords a good greeting
To people who stop at this inn!
Indifferent eating,
Hard beds and damp sheeting,
(I hope they've some Keating)
Afford a poor greeting
To people who stop at this inn!
To people who stop at this inn!
[Elvino:] For excellent eating,
Affords a good greeting
[Ensemble:] A penance, no doubt, for some sin,
Hard beds and damp sheeting-
(I hope they've some Keating)-
For people who stop at this inn!

Karaoke version compiled by Colin Johnson

Mountebanks #8 - Upon my word, Miss
Soft karaoke
Words
Teresa
Ultrice
Alfredo
Elvino
Right Hand
Left Hand
Karaoke Track