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FRED: Stay, we must not lose our senses;
Men who stick at no offences
Will anon be here!
Piracy their dreadful trade is;
Pray you, get you hence, young ladies,
While the coast is clear!

GIRLS: No, we must not lose our senses,
If they stick at no offences
We should not be here!
Piracy their dreadful trade is,
Nice companions for young ladies!
Let us disap-
Too late!

PIRATES: Ha, ha!

GIRLS: Too late!

PIRATES: Ho, ho,
Ha, ha! Ha, ha!
Ho, ho! Ho, ho!
Here's a firstrate opportunity
To get married with impunity,
And indulge in the felicity
Of unbounded domesticity!
You shall quickly be parsonified,
Conjugally matrimonified,
By a doctor of divinity,
Who is located in this vicinity.

GIRLS: We have missed our opportunity
Of escaping with impunity;
So farewell to the felicity
Of our maiden domesticity!
We shall quickly be parsonified,
Conjugally matrimonified,
By a doctor of divinity,
Who is located in this vicinity,

ALL: By a doctor of divinity,
Who resides in this vicinity,
By a doctor, a doctor,
A doctor of divinity,
Of divinity!

By Arthur Sullivan
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Pirates No. 11
Lyrics
Fred
Chorus Soprano
Chorus Alto
Chorus Tenor
Chorus Bass
Piano Right
Piano Left
Tempo Track