Arthur Sullivan, Colin Wright, Kenneth Sandford, Michael Rayner, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Royston Nash -
Gilbert & Sullivan: The Mikado
5. Young man, despair
Young man, despair
Likewise go to
Yum-Yum the fair
You must not woo
It will not do
I'm sorry for you
You very imperfect ablutioner!
This very day from school Yum-Yum
Will wend her way and homeward come
With a beat of drum
And a rum-tum-tum
To wed the Lord High Executioner!
And the brass will crash
And the trumpets bray
And they'll cut a dash
On their wedding day
She'll toddle away, as all aver
With the Lord High Executioner!
And the brass will crash
And the trumpets bray
And they'll cut a dash
On their wedding day
She'll toddle away, as all aver
With the Lord High Executioner!
It's a hopeless case
As you may see
And in your place
Away I'd flee
But don't blame me —
I'm sorry to be
Of your pleasure a diminutioner
They'll vow their pact extremely soon
In point of fact this afternoon
Her honeymoon
With that buffoon
At seven commences, so you shun her!
And the brass will crash
And the trumpets bray
And they'll cut a dash
On their wedding day
She'll toddle away, as all aver
With the Lord High Executioner!
And the brass will crash
And the trumpets bray
And they'll cut a dash
On their wedding day
She'll toddle away, as all aver
With the Lord High Executioner!
Likewise go to
Yum-Yum the fair
You must not woo
It will not do
I'm sorry for you
You very imperfect ablutioner!
This very day from school Yum-Yum
Will wend her way and homeward come
With a beat of drum
And a rum-tum-tum
To wed the Lord High Executioner!
And the brass will crash
And the trumpets bray
And they'll cut a dash
On their wedding day
She'll toddle away, as all aver
With the Lord High Executioner!
And the brass will crash
And the trumpets bray
And they'll cut a dash
On their wedding day
She'll toddle away, as all aver
With the Lord High Executioner!
It's a hopeless case
As you may see
And in your place
Away I'd flee
But don't blame me —
I'm sorry to be
Of your pleasure a diminutioner
They'll vow their pact extremely soon
In point of fact this afternoon
Her honeymoon
With that buffoon
At seven commences, so you shun her!
And the brass will crash
And the trumpets bray
And they'll cut a dash
On their wedding day
She'll toddle away, as all aver
With the Lord High Executioner!
And the brass will crash
And the trumpets bray
And they'll cut a dash
On their wedding day
She'll toddle away, as all aver
With the Lord High Executioner!
Credits
Writer(s): Arthur Sullivan
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Other Album Tracks
- The Mikado or The Town of Titipu: Overture
- 1. If you want to know who we are
- 2. Gentlemen, I pray you tell me maiden...
- The Mikado: A wand'ring minstrel I
- 4. Our great Mikado, virtuous man
- 5. Young man, despair
- 6. And I have journey'd for a month
- Behold the Lord High Executioner
- The Mikado: As someday it may happen that a victim...
- 9. Comes a train of little ladies
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