[00:00.75]The Pirates of Penzance (or, The Slave of Duty),
[00:01.75]Act I: What ought we to do? (Edith, Kate, Girls, Mabel, Frederic) (1987 Digital）
[00:02.47]EDITH
[00:02.57]What ought we to do,
[00:04.41]Gentle sisters, say?
[00:06.35]Propriety, we know,
[00:08.43]Says we ought to stay;
[00:10.24]While sympathy exclaims,
[00:12.18]"Free them from your tether
[00:14.22]Play at other games--
[00:16.64]Leave them here together."
[00:17.99]
[00:18.28]
[00:19.22]KATE
[00:20.61]Her case may, any day,
[00:22.64]Be yours, my dear, or mine.
[00:24.67]Let her make her hay
[00:26.79]While the sun doth shine.
[00:28.93]Let us compromise
[00:30.65](Our hearts are not of leather):
[00:32.83]Let us shut our eyes
[00:35.35]And talk about the weather.
[00:37.23]
[00:37.46]GIRLS
[00:37.96]Yes, yes, let's talk about the weather.
[00:41.17]
[00:41.54](Chattering chorus)
[00:45.03]How beautifully blue the sky,
[00:45.95]The glass is rising very high,
[00:47.06]Continue fine I hope it may,
[00:48.42]And yet it rained but yesterday.
[00:49.82]To-morrow it may pour again
[00:51.24](I hear the country wants some rain),
[00:52.64]Yet people say, I know not why,
[00:54.04]That we shall have a warm July.
[00:55.40]To-morrow it may pour again
[00:56.75](I hear the country wants some rain),
[00:58.16]Yet people say, I know not why,
[00:59.50]That we shall have a warm July.
MABEL
[01:04.02]Did ever maiden wake
[01:05.72]From dream of homely duty,
[01:08.82]To find her daylight break
[01:11.59]With such exceeding beauty?
[01:15.29]Did ever maiden close
[01:17.83]Her eyes on waking sadness,
[01:21.43]To dream of such exceeding gladness?
[01:28.98]
[01:29.26]FREDERIC
[01:29.60]Ah, yes!?ah, yes! this is exceeding gladness
[01:31.85]
[01:32.27]GIRLS
[01:34.08]How beautifully blue the sky, etc.

[01:35.31]The glass is rising very high,
[01:37.67]Continue fine I hope it may,
[01:39.12]And yet it rained but yesterday.
[01:40.54]To-morrow it may pour again
[01:41.94](I hear the country wants some rain),
[01:43.32]Yet people say, I know not why,
[01:44.79]That we shall have a warm July.
[01:46.21]To-morrow it may pour again
[01:47.60](I hear the country wants some rain),
[01:49.02]Yet people say, I know not why,
[01:50.45]That we shall have a warm July.
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[01:53.17]SOLO
[01:54.29]
[01:54.74](During this, GIRLS continue their chatter pianissimo as before, but listening intently all the time.)
[01:55.02]
[01:55.34]FREDERIC
[01:55.90]Did ever pirate roll
[02:00.33]His soul in guilty dreaming,
[02:01.76]And wake to find that soul
[02:02.51]With peace and virtue beaming?
[02:06.56]The glass is rising very high,
[02:07.83]Continue fine I hope it may,
[02:10.69]And yet it rained but yesterday.
[02:11.96]To-morrow it may pour again
[02:13.41](I hear the country wants some rain),
[02:16.68]Yet people say, I know not why,
[02:17.82]That we shall have a warm July.
[02:19.22]To-morrow it may pour again
[02:20.93](I hear the country wants some rain),
[02:22.55]Yet people say, I know not why,
[02:24.11]That we shall have a warm July.
[02:35.81]Lyric by wechat chuanxi6

The Pirates of Penzance (or, The Slave of Duty),
Act I: What ought we to do? (Edith, Kate, Girls, Mabel, Frederic) (1987 Digital）
EDITH
What ought we to do,
Gentle sisters, say?
Propriety, we know,
Says we ought to stay;
While sympathy exclaims,
"Free them from your tether
Play at other games--
Leave them here together."

KATE
Her case may, any day,
Be yours, my dear, or mine.
Let her make her hay
While the sun doth shine.
Let us compromise
(Our hearts are not of leather):
Let us shut our eyes
And talk about the weather.
GIRLS
Yes, yes, let's talk about the weather.
(Chattering chorus)
How beautifully blue the sky,
The glass is rising very high,
Continue fine I hope it may,
And yet it rained but yesterday.
To-morrow it may pour again
(I hear the country wants some rain),
Yet people say, I know not why,
That we shall have a warm July.
To-morrow it may pour again
(I hear the country wants some rain),
Yet people say, I know not why,
That we shall have a warm July.
MABEL
Did ever maiden wake
From dream of homely duty,
To find her daylight break
With such exceeding beauty?
Did ever maiden close
Her eyes on waking sadness,
To dream of such exceeding gladness?
FREDERIC
Ah, yes!?ah, yes! this is exceeding gladness
GIRLS
How beautifully blue the sky, etc.
The glass is rising very high,
Continue fine I hope it may,
And yet it rained but yesterday.
To-morrow it may pour again
(I hear the country wants some rain),
Yet people say, I know not why,
That we shall have a warm July.
To-morrow it may pour again
(I hear the country wants some rain),
Yet people say, I know not why,
That we shall have a warm July.
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SOLO
(During this, GIRLS continue their chatter pianissimo as before, but listening intently all the time.)
FREDERIC
Did ever pirate roll
His soul in guilty dreaming,
And wake to find that soul
With peace and virtue beaming?
The glass is rising very high,
Continue fine I hope it may,
And yet it rained but yesterday.
To-morrow it may pour again
(I hear the country wants some rain),
Yet people say, I know not why,
That we shall have a warm July.
To-morrow it may pour again
(I hear the country wants some rain),
Yet people say, I know not why,
That we shall have a warm July.
Lyric by wechat chuanxi6