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CHORUS: Climbing over rocky mountain,
Skipping rivulet and fountain,
Passing where the willows quiver,
Passing where the willows quiver
By the everrolling river,
Swollen with the summer rain, the summer rain
Threading long and leafy mazes
Dotted with unnumbered daisies,
Dotted, dotted with unnumbered daisies,
Scaling rough and rugged passes,
Climb the hardy little lasses,
Till the bright seashore they gain;
Scaling rough and rugged passes,
Climb the hardy little lasses,
Till the bright seashore they gain!

EDITH: Let us gaily tread the measure,
Make the most of fleeting leisure,
Hail it as a true ally,
Though it perish byandby.

CHORUS: Hail it as a true ally,
Though it perish byandby.

EDITH: Every moment brings a treasure
Of its own especial pleasure;
Though the moments quickly die,
Greet them gaily as they fly,
Greet them gaily as they fly.

CHORUS: Though the moments quickly die,
Greet them gaily as they fly.

KATE: Far away from toil and care,
Revelling in fresh seaair,
Here we live and reign alone
In a world that's all our own.
Here, in this our rocky den,
Far away from mortal men,
We'll be queens, and make decrees
They may honour them who please.

CHORUS: We'll be queens, and make decrees
They may honour them who please.
Let us gaily tread the measure,
Make the most of fleeting leisure,
Hail it as a true ally,
Though it perish byandby.
Hail it as a true ally,
Though it perish byandby.
Let us gaily tread the measure,
Make the most of fleeting leisure,
Hail it as a true ally, a true ally.

By Arthur Sullivan
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Pirates No. 5
Lyrics
Kate
Edith
Chorus Soprano
Chorus Alto
Piano Right
Piano Left
Tempo Track