No. 12 - Finale Act II (without ballet music)

Words by W. S. Gilbert
Music by Colin Johnson
Copyright © 2001 by Colin Johnson
All Rights Reserved

By Colin Johnson
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[Jupiter:] We can't stand this,
[Mars & Apollo:] We can't stand this,
[Three Gods:] We can't stand this.
It's much too strong,
We can't stand this.
It would be wrong,
Extremely wrong,
[Mars:] Extremely wrong,
If we stood this,
[Apollo:] If we stand this,
[Jupiter:] If we stand this,
[All:] We can't stand this.
[Daphne, Sparkeion & Nicemis:] Great Jove, this interference
Is more than we can stand;
Of them make a clearance,
With your majestic hand.
[Jupiter:] This cool audacity, it beats us hollow,
I'm Jupiter!
[Mars:] I'm Mars!
[Apollo:] I'm Apollo!
[Chorus:] Jupiter, Mars, and Apollo
Have quitted the dwellings of men;
The other gods quickly will follow,
And what will become of us then.
Oh, pardon us, Jove and Apollo,
Pardon us, Jupiter, Mars;
Oh, see us in misery wallow.
Cursing our terrible stars.
Let us remain, we beg of you pleadingly!
[Gods:] Let them remain, they beg of us pleadingly!
[Thespis:] Life on Olympus suits us exceedingly.
[Gods:] Life on Olympus suits them exceedingly.
[Thespis:] Let us remain, we pray in humility!
[Gods:] Let 'em remain, we pray in humility!
[Thespis:] If we have shown some little ability.
Let us remain, we beg of you pleadingly.
[Chorus:] Let us remain, we beg of you pleadingly!
Life on Olympus suits us exceedingly.
Let us remain, we pray in humility!
If we have shown some little ability.
[Jupiter:] Enough, your reign is ended;
Upon this sacred hill
Let him be apprehended,
And learn our awful will.
Away to earth, contemptible comedians,
And hear our curse, before we set you free,
You shall all be eminent tragedians,
Whom no one ever goes to see!
[Chorus:] We go to earth, contemptible comedians,
We hear his curse, before he sets us free,
We shall all be eminent tragedians,
Whom no one ever, ever goes to see!
[Sillimon:] Whom no one...
[Sparkeion:] Whom no one...
[Thespis:] Whom no one...
[All:] Ever, ever goes to see.
[Thespis:] Now, here you see the arrant folly
Of doing your best to make things jolly.
I've ruled the world like a chap in his senses,
Observe the terrible consequences.
Great Jupiter, whom nothing pleases,
Splutters and swears, and kicks up breezes,
And sends us home in a mood avengin',
In double quick time, like a railroad engine.
[Chorus:] Oo-wooh! Oo-wooh!
[Thespis:] And this he does without compunction,
[Chorus:] Oo-wooh!
[Thespis:] Because I have discharged with unction
A highly complicated function,
[Chorus:] Complicated function,
Complying with his own injunction,
[Thespis:] Fol diddle, lol diddle, lol lol lay,
Fol diddle, diddle, lol lol lay.
[All:] Fol diddle, lol diddle, lol lol lay,
Fol diddle, diddle, lol lol lay.
And this he does without compunction,
Because we have discharged with unction
A highly complicated function
Complying with his own injunction.
Fol diddle, lol diddle, lol lol lay,
Fol diddle, diddle, lol lol lay.
Fol diddle, lol diddle, lol lol lay,
Fol diddle, diddle, lol lol lay.

No.12 - Finale Act II
Soft karaoke
Words
Nicemis
Daphne
Sparkeion
Mars
Apollo
Jupiter
Thespis
Sopranos
Contraltos
Tenors
Basses
Right Hand
Left Hand
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