The Mikado: A Wand'ring Minstrel I
Colin Wright
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A wand'ring minstrel, I
A thing of shreds and patches
Of ballads, songs, and snatches
And dreamy lullaby
My catalogue is long
Through every passion ranging
And to your humors changing
I tune my supple song
I tune my supple song
Are you in sentimental mood?
I'll sigh with you
Oh, sorrow!
On maiden's coldness do you brood?
I'll do so, too
Oh, sorrow, sorrow!
I'll charm your willing ears with songs of lovers' fears
While sympathetic tears
My cheeks bedew
Oh, sorrow, sorrow!
But if patriotic sentiment is wanted
I've patriotic ballads cut and dried!
For where'er our country's banner may be planted
All other local banners are defied!
Our warriors in serried ranks assemble
Never quail, or they conceal it if they do!
And I shouldn't be surprised if nations trembled
Before the mighty troops, the troops of Titipu!
We shouldn't be surprised
If nations trembled right before our eyes
Before the mighty troops, the troops of Titipu!
And if you call for a song of the sea
We'll heave the capstan round
With a yo, heave, ho, for the wind is free
Her anchor's a trip and her helm's a lee
Hurrah for the homeward bound
Yo-ho, heave-ho
Hurrah for the homeward bound
To lay aloft in a howling breeze
May tickle a landsman's taste
But the happiest hour a sailor sees
Is when he's down in at an inland town
With his Nancy on his knees, yo-ho!
And his arm around her waist
Then man the capstan, off we go
As the fiddler swings us round
With a yo, heave, ho
And a rumbelow
Hurrah for the homeward bound!
With a yo, heave, ho
And a rumbelow
Yo-ho, heave-ho
Yo-ho, heave-ho, heave-ho, heave-ho
Yo-ho!
A wand'ring minstrel, I
A thing of shreds and patches
Of ballads, songs, and snatches
And dreamy lullaby
And dreamy lullaby
Lullaby