No. 11 - Trio - "Those days of old"

from "The Mountebanks"
Words by W. S. Gilbert
Music by Alfred Cellier
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By Alfred Cellier
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[Nita:] Those days of old
How mad were we To banish!
Thy love was told
Querido mi, In Spanish-
And timid I,
Aflush with shame Elysian,
Could only sigh,
Dieu, comme je t'aime! (Parisian.)
[Bartolo & Pietro:] Could only sigh,
Dieu, comme je t'aime!
[Nita:] Dieu, comme je t'aime!
All:] (Parisian.)
[Nita:] No matter, e'en
Hast thou had coined A Merman,
Thou wouldst have been
Mein lieber freund- (That's German.)
Thy face, ablaze
With loving pats, Felt tinglish,
For in those days
I loved thee- that's Plain English!
[Bartolo & Pietro:] For in those days
I loved thee-
[Nita:] Yes, I loved thee-
[All:] that's Plain English!
[Pietro:] Allow that the plan I devise
Is new and sufficiently clever;
To testify joy and surprise,
Perhaps you will kindly endeavour?
[Nita & Bartolo:] With anything clever or wise,
I never should credit you, never!
To testify joy and surprise,
Observe our united endeavour.
[Nita:] But what a catastrophe! Stop!
I see of objections a crop.
Suppose by some horrible fluke,
I should chance to be bought by the Duke!
[Pietro:] Be easy, I'll certainly see
You'll never get into his clutches.
[Bartolo:] But don't be alarmed about me-
I should like to be bought by the Duchess!
[All:] But don't be alarmed about me/he-
He/I would like to be bought by the Duchess!
Though pride he/I abhor,
I've/He's a "jenny say quor"
That is sure to appeal to a Duchess!

Karaoke version compiled by Colin Johnson

Mountebanks #11 - Those days of old
Soft karaoke
Words
Nita
Bartolo
Pietro
Right Hand
Left Hand
Karaoke Track