Arthur Sullivan, Sir Geraint Evans/Glyndebourne Chorus/Pro Arte Orchestra/Sir Malcolm Sargent & Sir Malcolm Sargent -
Sullivan - The Mikado
The Mikado (or, The Town of Titipu) (1987 - Remaster), Act I: Behold the Lord High Executioner! (Nobles, Ko-Ko)
Behold the Lord High Executioner!
A personage of noble rank and title –
A dignified and potent officer,
Whose functions are particularly vital!
Defer, defer,
To the Lord High Executioner!
To the Nobel Lord
To the Nobel Lord
To the Lord High Executioner!
To the Nobel Nobel Lord High Executioner
Taken from the county jail
By a set of curious chances;
Liberated then on bail,
On my own recognizances;
Wafted by a favouring gale
As one sometimes is in trances,
To a height that few can scale,
Save by long and weary dances;
Surely, never had a male
Under such-like circumstances
So adventurous a tale,
Which may rank with most romances.
Taken from the county jail
By a set of curious chances;
Liberated then on bail,
Surely, never had a male
So adventurous a tale,
Defer, defer,
To the Lord High Executioner!
To the Nobel Lord
To the Nobel Lord
To the Lord High Executioner!
To the Nobel Nobel Lord High Executioner
A personage of noble rank and title –
A dignified and potent officer,
Whose functions are particularly vital!
Defer, defer,
To the Lord High Executioner!
To the Nobel Lord
To the Nobel Lord
To the Lord High Executioner!
To the Nobel Nobel Lord High Executioner
Taken from the county jail
By a set of curious chances;
Liberated then on bail,
On my own recognizances;
Wafted by a favouring gale
As one sometimes is in trances,
To a height that few can scale,
Save by long and weary dances;
Surely, never had a male
Under such-like circumstances
So adventurous a tale,
Which may rank with most romances.
Taken from the county jail
By a set of curious chances;
Liberated then on bail,
Surely, never had a male
So adventurous a tale,
Defer, defer,
To the Lord High Executioner!
To the Nobel Lord
To the Nobel Lord
To the Lord High Executioner!
To the Nobel Nobel Lord High Executioner
Credits
Writer(s): Daryl Runswick, Arthur Sullivan, William Gilbert
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Other Album Tracks
- The Mikado (or, The Town of Titipu) (1987 - Remaster): Overture
- The Mikado (or, The Town of Titipu) (1987 - Remaster), Act I: If you want to know who we are (Nobles)
- The Mikado (or, The Town of Titipu) (1987 - Remaster), Act I: Gentlemen, I pray you tell me (Nanki-Poo, A Noble)
- The Mikado (or, The Town of Titipu) (1987 - Remaster), Act I: A wand'ring minstrel, I (Nanki-Poo, Nobles)
- The Mikado (or, The Town of Titipu) (1987 - Remaster), Act I: Our great Mikado, virtuous man (Pish-Tush, Nobles)
- The Mikado (or, The Town of Titipu) (1987 - Remaster), Act I: Young man, despair (Pooh-Bah, Nanki-Poo, Pish-Tush)
- The Mikado (or, The Town of Titipu) (1987 - Remaster), Act I: And have I journey'd for a month (Nanki-Poo, Pooh-Bah)
- The Mikado (or, The Town of Titipu) (1987 - Remaster), Act I: Behold the Lord High Executioner! (Nobles, Ko-Ko)
- The Mikado (or, The Town of Titipu) (1987 - Remaster), Act I: As some day it may happen (Ko-Ko, Nobles)
- The Mikado (or, The Town of Titipu) (1987 - Remaster), Act I: Comes a train of little ladies (Girls)
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